I'm a member of several Facebook bike groups, both here in Pattaya and in other countries......

 

Why is it that so many "blokes" get a new bike and bung on a "loud" exhaust and a tail tidy - and then grin and bear it for the sake of vanity, when the bike runs lean / pops like mad and water gets sprayed up their back when it rains  ?

 

maybe they think people who look at them when they ride past are thinking "i wish i was him" .....

 

 

Little macho men, they have a 100cc plastic moped and they make it as noisy as possible and pretend they're riding a Harley-Davidson.

31 minutes ago, piston broke said:

Why is it that so many "blokes" get a new bike and bung on a "loud" exhaust and a tail tidy - and then grin and bear it for the sake of vanity, when the bike runs lean / pops like mad and water gets sprayed up their back when it rains  ?

1. The answer is easy to understand they like to personalize their bikes.

2. Tuning usually comes with a louder sound than OEM supplied.

3. Some tail tidies are aesthetically better looking than OEM.

4. I would agree that some take tail tidying to extremes to the point of ugly.

5. As for pops & bangs I think you refer to many Thais here who do not tune bikes when messing with their exhausts just to make them loud.

6. You can tune a bike to be loud to make a nice sound.

7. As for some of the idiot that ride here I don't think they are capable of thinking.  

 

 

same with the cretins who remove their rear bumpers, the damge  in a small  shunt will be way  more expensive to fix than just a bent  bumper

People do look at them as they ride past.  The rider thinks they think he's cool when in fact the are thinking what a <deleted>! 

1 minute ago, ThaIrish Sean said:

People do look at them as they ride past.  The rider thinks they think he's cool when in fact the are thinking what a <deleted>! 

Im often thinking pls  drive into the next electric  pole,,,,,,,,,,,,, sure as  day they often do in Thailand

57 minutes ago, piston broke said:

Why is it that so many "blokes" get a new bike and bung on a "loud" exhaust and a tail tidy

1) It's because of the small dick syndrome, it compensates them where they are lacking in the other department, high babie, listen to this........

 

2) Because you never see a cop in sight, in other words, do as you like here in the LOS

Most Thai think that Noise = Power;  So the nosier thy can make their puny little step-through, the more powerful nd faster it will be..  Also, i think that Thai built silencers are noisier that original equipment, and cheaper.  

Thai police will ignore any bike with noisy exhaust, unless desperate for some money

8 minutes ago, Robin said:

Most Thai think that Noise = Power;  So the nosier thy can make their puny little step-through, the more powerful nd faster it will be..  Also, i think that Thai built silencers are noisier that original equipment, and cheaper.  

Thai police will ignore any bike with noisy exhaust, unless desperate for some money

Not only Step throughs, proper looking motorbikes that have been messed with. 

Harley's are noisey. 

1 hour ago, piston broke said:

I'm a member of several Facebook bike groups, both here in Pattaya and in other countries......

 

1 hour ago, grain said:

pretend they're riding a Harley-Davidson.

 

16 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

do as you like here in the LOS

 

 

You and your loud motorbikes, 

2 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

 

You and your loud motorbikes, 

80 decibels is OK as long as it's a nice exhaust note. 

95 db & 99 db are allowed for motorbikes in Thailand.

1 hour ago, grain said:

Little macho men, they have a 100cc plastic moped and they make it as noisy as possible and pretend they're riding a Harley-Davidson.

I used to do that to my Vespa and Lambretta's back in the 60's....I never pretended to be anything else other than a "Mod".....????

 

47 minutes ago, Robin said:

Most Thai think that Noise = Power;  So the nosier thy can make their puny little step-through, the more powerful nd faster it will be..  Also, i think that Thai built silencers are noisier that original equipment, and cheaper.  

Thai police will ignore any bike with noisy exhaust, unless desperate for some money

Perhaps they just like the noise, I was young once, and did enjoy the noise, just being different to the old farts....????

1 minute ago, transam said:

I used to do that to my Vespa and Lambretta's back in the 60's....I never pretended to be anything else other than a "Mod".....????

But may have hogged out the motor and installed an Ancelotti exhaust which was a tad louder. ???? But installed for performance not volume.

Just now, VocalNeal said:

But may have hogged out the motor and installed an Ancelotti exhaust which was a tad louder. ???? But installed for performance not volume.

My Lambretta TV175 did have an orange Ancelotti box, and Wal Phillips fuel injection...????.....

But I had various boxes to suit my mood...????

Anyone who modifies an exhaust to make it louder should indeed be fined........total lack of concern for other people. If you like it then listen to it in your own living room/ Same for those blaring speakers in the back of pick-ups.

5 minutes ago, transam said:

and Wal Phillips fuel injection...????.....

I was an Amal man myself.  Li200.

2 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

I was an Amal man myself.  Li200.

A bored out Li, interesting...????

Just now, transam said:

Perhaps they just like the noise, I was young once, and did enjoy the noise, just being different to the old farts....????

My Norton had a Gold Star silencer that had burnt on Castrol R on it. It sounded lovely enough to annoy my dad.  My hooligan big bro. on his Goldie now says ' Hanging is too good for people with noisy bikes '.

But as we age I dislike loud noise of any kind. My Norton . brothers Goldie circa 1965.

I just fitted a few new ones on my bike.

 

17 minutes ago, properperson said:

Anyone who modifies an exhaust to make it louder should indeed be fined........total lack of concern for other people. If you like it then listen to it in your own living room/ Same for those blaring speakers in the back of pick-ups.

There's are high Decibels levels allowed in Thailand. 

 

Proper motorbikes are modified to improve performance and aesthetics and done out of interest for motorbike enthusiasts.

 

I understand there are people that find any noisy motorbike annoying IMHO it is because mostly Thais do it themselves and mess it up. 

28 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

I was an Amal man myself.  Li200.

Didn't know there were aftermarket kits in those days only remember the first fuel injected bike came out in 1980.

2 hours ago, grain said:

Little macho men, they have a 100cc plastic moped and they make it as noisy as possible and pretend they're riding a Harley-Davidson.

Why would anyone want to pretend to have a "macho man's HD" that most HD owners make as noisy as possible?!   Is there anything good or desirable about a Harley that only serves to confirm what everyone is thinking about the rider?

1 hour ago, 4MyEgo said:

It's because of the small dick syndrome, it compensates them where they are lacking in the other department, high babie, listen to this........

Congratulations on admitting to be so well-informed about Thai mens' penises.   

 

"High babie..." [sic]?  What?

Just now, Rampant Rabbit said:

same with the cretins who remove their rear bumpers, the damge  in a small  shunt will be way  more expensive to fix than just a bent  bumper

and what is that all about with false exhausts , you see them on Yaris '  , that board with 4 round chrome things , supposed to look like real exhausts.  Does the owner think ' That will impress other Yaris owners when they see my fake exhasts ' .

3 hours ago, piston broke said:

 

I'm a member of several Facebook bike groups, both here in Pattaya and in other countries......

 

Why is it that so many "blokes" get a new bike and bung on a "loud" exhaust and a tail tidy - and then grin and bear it for the sake of vanity, when the bike runs lean / pops like mad and water gets sprayed up their back when it rains  ?

 

maybe they think people who look at them when they ride past are thinking "i wish i was him" .....

I think it's easy to understand why lots of guys like to customize their bikes. And part of that is making the bike sound and look "faster". Guys with big bikes don't need to do that. But boys who can't afford big bikes want at least something that sounds like a big bike. I remember that because there was a time when I was young and I had a small bike.

 

But being a member of several facebook groups is definitely something I don't understand...

31 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

and what is that all about with false exhausts , you see them on Yaris '  , that board with 4 round chrome things , supposed to look like real exhausts.  Does the owner think ' That will impress other Yaris owners when they see my fake exhasts ' .

They like the look along with the chrome fuel cover. ????

2 hours ago, toofarnorth said:

My Norton had a Gold Star silencer that had burnt on Castrol R on it. It sounded lovely enough to annoy my dad.  My hooligan big bro. on his Goldie now says ' Hanging is too good for people with noisy bikes '.

But as we age I dislike loud noise of any kind. My Norton . brothers Goldie circa 1965.

Fantastic bike and a true riders dream but eye watering expensive now to buy a genuine one and not a fake. I had a Rocket Gold Star in full racing trim made road legal that had been raced at the IOM. It had much larger amal monoblock carbs than a standard and a very high compression ratio and was extremly fast for a road bike in those days. it used to drink fuel but fortunately I had a mate who worked at a garage selling it!  On the front of the fairing 2 naked girls were painted in all their explicit glory. I wonder if you would get away with that now. Sold it for 300 quid to get married and current price for a standard one is over 20000 quid. Sorry no pics same wife destroyed them all!

4 hours ago, Rampant Rabbit said:

same with the cretins who remove their rear bumpers, the damge  in a small  shunt will be way  more expensive to fix than just a bent  bumper

I asked the ford dealer where my stock rear bumper was at , I don't like the aftermarket bumpers front and rear they stuck on .  they said cars ( truck ).  are not sold with a bumper.