What's with the loud exhausts?

[WineOh]

see them everday. Usually some youngish guy (18-30) driving a shoddy 50cc yamaha scooter, screaming along with a terrible sounding exhaust on the back. kinda like a high pitched squeal, it's so irritating. They pass my house regularly at 3am, waking me up.. also speed past me, sometimes with 3/4 on the bike, no helmets of course.. any else find this annoying? 

 

whats the deal with these exhausts? do they think it sounds cool or soemthing?

looks/sounds really pathetic to me when they drive along side me on my Harley fatboy ????

[Just Weird]

6 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

whats the deal with these exhausts? do they think it sounds cool or soemthing?

looks/sounds really pathetic to me when they drive along side me on my Harley fatboy 

The irony.  Nothing more pathetic than the ridiculously annoying and irritating sound of a Harley.  

[Isaanbiker]

We did similar things when we were young.

 

A louder exhaust might give them the feeling to ride faster. 

 

Even when I a kind of dislike it when trying to talk to somebody and plenty of them speed by, it's just a matter of time until they get caught, or they crash.

 

   

 

 

[PatOngo]

12 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

whats the deal with these exhausts?

It makes their little willy's feel bigger!

[Isaanbiker]

2 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The irony.  Nothing more pathetic than the ridiculously annoying and irritating sound of a Harley.  

Wait. When you buy a Harley, you also buy the right to have a loud exhaust.

 

But you're right, it's like a fat guy asking another fat guy why he eats so much.

 

  OP, how many people can differentiate between a Harley exhaust sound and a 150 cc- without baffles sound at night? 

 

I can, you can, a few people do. But not the majority. For them it's just loud. 

 

[WineOh]

1 minute ago, PatOngo said:

It makes their little willy's feel bigger!

that's what I thought!

just needed to clarify.

thanks mate!

[AussieBob18]

Try these old man - help you sleep through it all - and close the window.

 

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[Vacuum]

25 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

whats the deal with these exhausts? do they think it sounds cool or soemthing?

They're for simpletons who lack the skills for track racing, or lack of a bike to do so.

[DPKANKAN]

31 minutes ago, PatOngo said:

It makes their little willy's feel bigger!

I have have a theorum being considered by a science council for recognition... "A Thai boys dick is inverserly proportional to the noise emitted from his motor exhaust"!!.... ????????????????????????????????

[Isaanbiker]

4 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

I have have a theorum being considered by a science council for recognition... "A Thai boys dick is inverserly proportional to the noise emitted from his motor exhaust"!!.... ????????????????????????????????

How many Thai boys have you tried so far to come to such a conclusion? 

[Just Weird]

47 minutes ago, Liverpoolfan said:

55 minutes ago, Just Weird said:

The irony.  Nothing more pathetic than the ridiculously annoying and irritating sound of a Harley.  

what do you ride then?

one of those electric mobility scooters i bet ????

Is it necessary to ride a bike to qualify for commenting on a noise issue? 

 

I don't ride a motorbike at all now but, if I did, I sure wouldn't ride a Harley.

 

Are you taking the p iss out of the disadvantaged that do use mobility scooters?  Shameful.

[DPKANKAN]

13 minutes ago, Isaanbiker said:

How many Thai boys have you tried so far to come to such a conclusion? 

Might be your hobby but certainly not mine!!!????????????????

[Just Weird]

18 minutes ago, DPKANKAN said:

I have have a theorum being considered by a science council for recognition... "A Thai boys dick is inverserly proportional to the noise emitted from his motor exhaust"!!.... ????????????????????????????????

I hope that your theory includes all Harley riders also?

[anterian]

Watch a group of Thais talking, the alphas make the most noise, same with bikes and sound systems in cars (the kind that shake the walls as they go past).

[NightSky]

The equation looks something like this;

 

small pen_s + no brain = loud exhaust

[Enoon]

 

The young Thai lads who threaten you so much (while you sit there on your marvellous "Iron Horse") do so for the same reason that all those who ride with over-loud exhausts do:

 

So people hear them and notice them.

 

Maybe they like people thinking that they (whatever size, cost or make of motorcycle happens to be making too much noise) are a t***.

 

PS However I would not think that someone riding a Gilera 500 4c was a t***.

 

 

 

 

[poohy]

A simple equation

The sound is inversely proportional to the size of their penis

 

better summarized as ..........Big noise small dick

[EVENKEEL]

Putting some AEW's on my bike soon...enjoy the rumble.  ????

[OneMoreFarang]

2 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

whats the deal with these exhausts? do they think it sounds cool or soemthing?

looks/sounds really pathetic to me when they drive along side me on my Harley fatboy ????

Were you ever young? Did you ride a (small) bike at that time?

When I was young I modified on my small bike the air-filter to make more noise. And with more noise any bike feels faster.

And later I changed to a racing exhaust which actually made the bike faster and because it made it a lot louder it felt a lot faster.

 

Does that make a lot of sense? No. But as a teenager there are lots of things which don't really make sense but you do it because it makes you feel better. Obviously the girls also notice (guys on) loud motorcycles a lot more.

 

I hear the loud bikes in Bangkok from time to time and sometimes they are annoying. Can I change anything about it? No. Would it change anything if I would ask any of those guys to make less noise? No. So what's the point. It's one of those things which can't be changed, almost like the weather. ???? 

[EVENKEEL]

News to me these bikes being 50CC, ahahahaa no clue do you.

[Hanaguma]

A wise teacher once told me, "children would rather be praised than punished, but they would also rather be punished than ignored". Seems to be the same case here. The lads would rather be thought of as cool than as tw@ts, but they would rather be thought of as tw@ts than ignored.

[bkk6060]

2 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

They pass my house regularly at 3am

So, you bought the house not rent?

 

Sorry, if I was to buy or rent any property any place in the world (which I have), I would investigate the place day and night before I put down my hard earned money. 

Noise is a big problem here. So, now you know. 

 

 

[DannyCarlton]

1 hour ago, Enoon said:

PS However I would not think that someone riding a Gilera 500 4c was a t***.

Hearing a Benelli 6 ripping up the Mountain at the I-O-M TT many years ago really was a symphony on wheels.

[canthai55]

Silence is over rated

[Just Weird]

7 hours ago, anterian said:

Watch a group of Thais talking, the alphas make the most noise, same with bikes and sound systems in cars (the kind that shake the walls as they go past).

"Watch a group of Thais talking, the alphas make the most noise..."

Why pick on Thais, why not use the word "people" instead when it's something that applies to every nationality?   Have you never heard a group of Yanks, Britons, Aussies, Scandinavians, Russians or Europeans talking?  Geez...

[EricTh]

8 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said:

 

Their motorbike's engine is illegally modified so that it can accelerate faster. That's why it is so noisy. That's what one of my mechanics told me.

 

They get the trill of speeding.

 

A normal 50cc is actually very slow.

 

[ChakaKhan]

I hate it as well...Im old

[EricTh]

7 hours ago, poohy said:

 

 

better summarized as ..........Big noise small dick

 

Don't agree on this. 

[eisfeld]

2 hours ago, EricTh said:

Their motorbike's engine is illegally modified so that it can accelerate faster. That's why it is so noisy. That's what one of my mechanics told me.

Nonsense. They are loud because they changed the exhaust, simple as that. Tuning the engine for power wont make it louder.

[Neilly]

To be honest I find dogs barking/yapping more annoying, at least a noisy bike will be out of earshot in a few seconds...whereas a bl00dy dog will go on for hours ????