"Eisboch" wrote in message
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"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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A Gold Wing flew past 3 feet away, accelerating nicely to about 60
as he passed us.
We saw it. Didn't hear anything.
Honda Rules! Harley Sucks!

--Vic

You sure it was a Gold Wing and not a Honda Civic? Same exhaust sound.
(With applogies to a certain Florida Jim)

The stock Harley exhaust is not all that loud. The problem is that most
newbie Harley owners immediately exchange the pipes for a set of illegal
or semi-legal aftermarket slip-ons. It's a ritual of sorts. Then there's
the screaming 2 stroke rice rockets that will rupture your ear drums.

I ride an Ultra Classic with stock pipes and it isn't loud at all.

Eisboch



Actually the Wing is quieter than a lot of cars. It's quite pleasant to be
tooling down a quiet country road and be able to hear the sounds of nature.
My wifes Honda ACE kind of sounds and feels like a stock Harley. It must
have killed the engineers to have to design those attributes into a Honda
engine. ;-{))

The stock Harley signature sound, is not objectionable at all. Once in a
while I hear a modified one that sounds pretty good too. If you idle em down
low enough, almost to a stall, you hear the "potato-potato" sound they are
famous for. I kind of like that.


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