Muffler noise level

Centerstand . Sounds like the sort of thing youd have on a Mk III , but Id sink into the Tarmac with all that weight !
Hotter Primary Case ! If your going twice as fsst it'd be cooler , with all that air going past . fsst fsst fsst . c o o l .

Muffler noise level


If you have the proper side stand and lug , it fits in under , and weighs half as much too . So then the side Stand can sink into the tarmac .
This is why roads were originally concrete , and lasted properly .
 
I replaced BUB mufflers (loud annoying sound) with Emgo peashooters. The Emgos are quieter and, to me, more musical. I keep not getting around to posting the BUBs for sale. $50 for the pair plus shipping. Need to post photo. Will do so at some point
 
My EMGOs look good, decent welds, chrome is holding up fine, have a beautiful sound . Louder than my modern Triumph, but not nearly as loud as my neighbors Harleys.
 
marshg246 said:
Here are the Roadster Peashooters I've used with and without crossover pipes:

EMGO - Very Loud and very high quality. Most customers opt for these because they like loud, and the cost less than 1/4 of the AN price from me. They have a perforated tube down the center but no obstructions. They mount normally with Roadster pipes and mounting hardware.

AN - Quieter but not quiet.

Original - Quiet if the restrictor is left in the end.
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I purchased a complete EMGO system, from the head on back, from Greg. The fit was great using all of the stock rubber muffler mounts. I didn't think they are
that loud, that is subjective in my opinion. Of course, I've been around and building race cars for over 50 years with side gigs working as a stage hand for rock concerts......
 
Matt Spencer said:
Centerstand . Sounds like the sort of thing youd have on a Mk III , but Id sink into the Tarmac with all that weight !
Hotter Primary Case ! If your going twice as fsst it'd be cooler , with all that air going past . fsst fsst fsst . c o o l .

Muffler noise level


If you have the proper side stand and lug , it fits in under , and weighs half as much too . So then the side Stand can sink into the tarmac .
This is why roads were originally concrete , and lasted properly .
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This photo is of the 1971 model side stand mount. The stand mounted on the pin with a circlip. The problem was the pin or the clip sometimes broke or fell off. This allowed the stand to fall while still hanging by the spring. Quite exciting if the bike was moving when it happens. The design was changed for 1972,
 
If I had a Commando road bike, I would want it to look as close to original as possible. The normal Commando cam is almost a race cam. To keep it really quiet is probably not possible without losing performance. Some MotoGP bikes have used Exup which is supposed to give more torque, but is probably a noise dodge, so they can use hotter cams. I have heard Superbikes racing without the Exup. Our officials have lost their noise meters.
 
Yakatak said:
My EMGOs look good, decent welds, chrome is holding up fine, have a beautiful sound . Louder than my modern Triumph, but not nearly as loud as my neighbors Harleys.
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I also purchased the Emgo peashooters. Have started the bike since installing them and they are plenty loud for my taste. Back in my (much) younger days, like a lot of us here, louder was better. Well, as some of the rock bands (KISS?) proclaimed if it's too loud, you're too old. I guess at this point in life that's how I feel about noise in general and exhaust noise specifically. To me, I don't think there's anything more annoying than a straight pipe harley. I'd just about as soon listen to a Kawi 2-stroke triple with expansion chambers than the unmufflered harley. I suspect a good number of the straight pipe harleys get ridden about 6 or 8 blocks from home to the favorite watering hole but never get out of town. Any harley riders here can now dump on me.
 
quawk said:
I suspect a good number of the straight pipe harleys get ridden about 6 or 8 blocks from home to the favorite watering hole but never get out of town. Any harley riders here can now dump on me.
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That seems to apply to all makes of bike. It often amazes us here on our little island that when old bikes are imported from the USA they often have such low mileage. For example, I bought a T160 from the US that had only done 6,000 miles, and that’s quite common. Given the size of the US, it seems quite paradoxical, to us at least.
 
Fast Eddie said:
That seems to apply to all makes of bike. It often amazes us here on our little island that when old bikes are imported from the USA they often have such low mileage. For example, I bought a T160 from the US that had only done 6,000 miles, and that’s quite common. Given the size of the US, it seems quite paradoxical, to us at least.
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This is getting off topic here, but since you mentioned it, and out of curiosity, could I ask how much does it cost to import and ship a bike from the U.S. into the U.K. I find it interesting that the bike you imported was built in your country originally, but apparently purchased from and brought back from the U.S. Without getting into the statistics and history of it, I realize that the U.S., being a much larger country than yours, may very probably have been a much larger market for the brit bikes than the country that produced them, in other words a larger export market than a domestic market, and therefore has a larger pool of old bikes.
 
Fast Eddie said:
That seems to apply to all makes of bike. It often amazes us here on our little island that when old bikes are imported from the USA they often have such low mileage. For example, I bought a T160 from the US that had only done 6,000 miles, and that’s quite common. Given the size of the US, it seems quite paradoxical, to us at least.
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It was uncommon for them to be used for transportation in the US. Certainly, some did and do, but it is still uncommon.

My 310311 850 MK2A purchased in Scotland and then imported to PA, USA. It was converted to a cafe racer, converted back, ridden to CA, converted to a cafe racer, converted back, ridden to PA and sold to the second owner in 1976. Never restored, engine/gearbox never apart. Original rims, no rust, original mufflers, still look good. Still under 10k miles!

I've bought complete "barn find" bikes with less than 3k miles!

I have one T150V that is absolutely stock and never apart that has 11k miles and one that has never been apart but has had the tank repainted with 13k miles. I sold another one a while back with less than 10k miles.

I think the difference may be that while we often live far from work, we get there on huge roads that are not enjoyable for motorcycles. At one time I lived in Dale City, VA and worked in Washington DC. 32 miles each way. In 1971 I rode my Triumph 500 to work one time - lots of stop and go. On the way home, the traffic was bad and it was about 95F outside. I basically walked the bike about 10 miles and rode slow most of the rest - never did it again! Sitting over a hot engine in hot weather and walking it like a kiddy bike is NO fun and if I had let it idle all that time, it would have destroyed itself! In those days, that trip was 45 minutes to 3 hours.
 
quawk said:
This is getting off topic here, but since you mentioned it, and out of curiosity, could I ask how much does it cost to import and ship a bike from the U.S. into the U.K. I find it interesting that the bike you imported was built in your country originally, but apparently purchased from and brought back from the U.S. Without getting into the statistics and history of it, I realize that the U.S., being a much larger country than yours, may very probably have been a much larger market for the brit bikes than the country that produced them, in other words a larger export market than a domestic market, and therefore has a larger pool of old bikes.
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It’s expensive if importing one bike, but dealers import a container load at a time which makes it viable if / when prices and exchange rates are in the right direction. My T160 was from such a dealer.
 
I used to ride to work and a lot of people in my area still do. Recently, however, the roads have become so dangerous during commute hours that many people have switched back to cages
 
As another member here called it, some more "topic drift". Members here talking about commuting in general and commuting on a bike specifically, and some of their recollections and stories about what seems to me to be very extended commuting times for stated distances again, as I may have posted previously, it makes me thankful for at least one small thing in my life and that's living in a rural area of the country where I don't have to deal with the taffic jams, gridlock, and commuting madness that some of you guys apparently do. You that do have my sympathy.
 
quawk said:
As another member here called it, some more "topic drift". Members here talking about commuting in general and commuting on a bike specifically, and some of their recollections and stories about what seems to me to be very extended commuting times for stated distances again, as I may have posted previously, it makes me thankful for at least one small thing in my life and that's living in a rural area of the country where I don't have to deal with the taffic jams, gridlock, and commuting madness that some of you guys apparently do. You that do have my sympathy.
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I am also fortunate enough to live in an area like yours.Makes riding much easier on an older motorcycle.
Mike
 

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