Commuters blues.

cheap_trix · Post by **cheap_trix** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 10:59 pm

I am coping flack from some neighbours about the noise emmiting from my beloved bike at 5:30am.
In trying to be considerate, I am exploring avenues to remedy this issue.
My cans are pretty much straight through but I have had them repacked and spark arrestor cones inserted in an attempt to tone them down, to no avail.
I may heve to install the standard cans until I can sort something but I do not want the drop in performance or the extra weight that will inevitably result.
I can't afford new cans right now but will have to start shopping. Can anyone suggest a solution. (No, I am not prepared to shoot the neighbours.)

Olputt · Post by **Olputt** » Sun Dec 17, 2006 11:31 pm

Run it with nothing more than the headers at 5:30am for a month then tell them you are getting a new exhaust system, stick your current system back on and they will love you for it

It's all relative

Triton · Post by **Triton** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 1:29 am

In the good old days, I used to push my 1980 T140E Triumph about half a mile up the street to avoid waking the girlfriend's parents!

Bonus: The extra exercise will get you fit!

PS: I have a brand new set of standard cans. Make an offer!

cheap_trix · Post by **cheap_trix** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 2:31 am

Triton wrote

In the good old days, I used to push my 1980 T140E Triumph about half a mile up the street to avoid waking the girlfriend's parents!

Yeh! I already roll it down the hill so that when I light the wick at least I am moving.

Triton also wrote

PS: I have a brand new set of standard cans. Make an offer!

I still have my original cans but I am really going to miss the note my bike has now.

Does anybody know how much a full 2 into 1 Akrapovic system is?
How loud is it with the removable baffle installed?

Post by **Kevtrx849** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:09 am

Somewhere between $1900 and $2200 if you can still find them locally.
Might be worth contacting Noel at motorcycle exhaust professionals in Moss St, he should be able to quieten it down with some removeable baffles. About $40 a side.
CYA, Kev.

cheap_trix · Post by **cheap_trix** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:24 am

Kev wrote

Might be worth contacting Noel at motorcycle exhaust professionals in Moss St, he should be able to quieten it down with some removeable baffles. About $40 a side.

Thanks Kev. sounds like a plan.

Wombat · Post by **Wombat** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 5:25 am

Back when I used to live at the parents place out Western Sydney (past Castle Hill) I had a Guzzi LeMans w/- LaFranconi mufflers and my brother had a Ducati 900S2 w/- 2-1 Staintune megaphone. We were always getting complaints from the neighbours so we were always bump starting them at the bottom of the hill in the mornings.

Later moved closer into the Hills area where I had the Guzzi for a number more years. Always asked the neighbours if my bike woke them up in the mornings and they said no. Seeing the TRX has std pipes on it at the moment, its whisper quiet.

Bob

Ridgifumi · Post by **Ridgifumi** » Mon Dec 18, 2006 8:26 am

I say F*#K the neighbours Glenn people have to make a living

Ya could always ride the CR mate

cheap_trix · Post by **cheap_trix** » Tue Dec 19, 2006 2:17 am

Ridgifumi wrote

Ya could always ride the CR mate

I think I might take the CR for a blast up and down the street early Sunday morning. Maybe the neighbours will appreciate the beautiful symphony that eminates from Trixy when they awake to the tumultuous cacophony that is blasted from the CR's FMF race pipe.