| Author | Message | ||
     Pizzaboy |
...my bike with a drummer. BIG FAT THANKS TO CCMDOC for offing his to me, paid a bit less and probably got it a week or 2 faster than i would have if i ordered it brand new. however, now i understand what everyone is talking about. the drummer is one loud SOB... almost too loud. it starts at low RPM extremely loud, with boatloads of air travel, like leafblower status air movement, but it doesnt get louder progressively with RPMS and speed.... just stays about the same level all the way to red line. to those of you wondering what it sounds like, think drag bike loud. it may need some baffle loving in the future. now just if someone had told me how finicky the valve cover gaskets are to go on correctly. it took me 3 tries to get the rear cylinder back sealed correctly... and needless to say, it needs a deep de-greasing bath tomorrow! | ||
| Ziomeme |
No no my darling. I'm disappointed with you. MY bike with HPE is the louder one  My biggest satisfaction is listening car alarms starts singing after CR passage or old people want to kill me every time recognize my helmet  Salut | ||
| Andros |
any sound clip of the HPE exhaust? | ||
| Ziomeme |
ASAP... Salut | ||
| Zac4mac |
I have a Drummer, compared it to a Jardine - Jardine's louder/harsher. Doesn't seem to bother any of my neighbors either. They all still wave and smile at me. It helps to have one that runs smooth and strong from idle up. I putt thru the 'hood at 15-20 mph in 2nd or 3rd. I've been in a parking garage once, hehehehahahahah, wow that was loud. With the nearly non-existent flywheel mass, it revs like an F1 once she's warmed up. Still trying to get on a dyno and check A/F. Zack | ||
| White79bu |
I should get my Drummer by Thursday or Friday. I hope it will be ok to ride long distance with the noise. I do wear ear plugs so that should help. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
I know that it's not really nice, but I do love parking garagrs with lots of car alarms.... R | ||
| Bott |
haven't heard one,but i will say my D&D (pre-baffle) was the loudest streetbike I have ever heard. | ||
| Geforce |
D&D was louder than the Jardine at Buell Homecoming, unfortunately I didn't see any Drummers... which is sad because I wanted to hear it. | ||
| Zac4mac |
Ryan(Cataract2) rode up from Colorado Springs and let me hear his, before I got mine. I knew I would have one when I heard it. It's really made well too, I think you could shoot one with a .380 and not hurt it. You DO get your money's worth with Kevin's pipe. If you think it's too loud, start up with just the mid-pipe. I did that a couple of times, I think that's why the neighbors wave still. Z | ||
| Xl1200r |
I hope it will be ok to ride long distance with the noise. I do wear ear plugs so that should help. It won't. I put a baffle in mine and brought the volume down considerably. Still pretty loud, and just barely doable on a long trip with earplugs. | ||
| Fresnobuell |
"The thing we motorcyclists need to be aware of is there are more of us these days, and we have to fit into the communities," Real continues. "Some cities have designated truck routes, and it would just take a stroke of the pen to have designated motorcycle routes because of excessive sound." --Excerpt from American Motorcyclist (Official magazine of the AMA.) Chris Real is a member of SAE committee that put together the new street motorcycle sound procedure. | ||
| Zac4mac |
OK Harlan - I won't ride near your neighborhood. Even as loud as my Drummer is, it's quieter than most Harleys and RR rocket bikes. My neighbors are cool and I love the sound. Sheesh. Many years ago, I visited my ancient great-uncle and aunt in Ojai. They lived in a retired folks gated community. I rolled thru the gates with my motor OFF and coasted into their driveway. The next morning when I left, I PUSHED my Harley outside the gates before I started it up. You CAN have a loud exhaust and NOT be an A-hole about it. Zack | ||
| Hardcorps |
I push my bike in to the street before starting, and I make sure that I keep the RPMS low while on the neighborhood street. There is an a hole that has dirt bikes that rides them way to fast up and down the street, so my neighbors pretty much think I am a saint compared to him | ||
| Fresnobuell |
Don't be so sensitive, Zac. If you are not intentionally setting off car alarms or other crap, then you are not part of the problem. Be glad you have cool neighbors. I don't mean to pee on the loud-exhuast parade. I personally believe that it's a great thing that cops will have a method to do road-side DB checks. | ||
| Cyclonedon |
Geforce, your 1125R is the loudest motorcycle I've ever heard. I was at Homecoming this year when you left the factory and there were several motorcycles already running when you started your bike with that D&D pipe on it and all I could hear was your motorcycle! I couldn't hear myself think for about an hour later. Have you gotten any tickets for the excessive noise from it yet? I really don't think the LEO would allow it around here. | ||
| White79bu |
I put my drummer on Thursday night and I love it. It is a little on the loud side but it's not crazy. I wear ear plugs when riding so I hardly notice it. I did notice it feels like the bike breaths better than with the stock pipe. And seems to be happy with the Drummer. I love the quality of the pipe and the customer service. Kevin is a great guy and will do anything if you have a problem. I called Kevin probably 5 times before I decided to buy the pipe and he was great to talk to every time. I highly recommend a Drummer to anyone wanting an exhaust for a 1125r. | ||
| Badlionsfan |
No Pizzaboy, this is loud-- http://www.twitvid.com/313EA http://www.twitvid.com/BEEE8 | ||
| Xl1200r |
Even as loud as my Drummer is, it's quieter than most Harleys and RR rocket bikes. I have to disagree with you on that one. When the open Drummer was on my bike, it was easily the loudest non-track only bike I had ever heard. I never opened it up because I felt so bad about the noise. I felt guilty just sitting at a light next to another car. I wear ear plugs when riding so I hardly notice it. then you're already deaf. I still hear the pipe at least as much as the wind noise, and I have a baffle in my drummer. Ear plugs or not. I'm with Fresno on this. I think the Drummer is an irresponsibly loud muffler for a street bike, whether you have cool neighbors or not. | ||
| Nikponcherello |
I'll pee on the loud pipe parade. You guys with the loud pipes are children. Grow up already. I love my 1125r. You guys with the pipes are killing it. | ||
| Geforce |
^ Good Opinion. Now go ride your own ride. | ||
| Nikponcherello |
Perfect advice. I wish the loud pipers would take that same advice. Just ride their own rides. For themselves, for their own enjoyment. Not to force their noise on every other motorist whether they want it not. | ||
| Geforce |
And that is where you and I, and so many others differ... I do NOT terrorize my neighborhood, and I will wait in grocery parking lots for children and people to walk by and away until I crank it up and move under an easy throttle. The only time I abuse that throttle is in the twisties, track and when I need to get someone's attention. Did just that last week, when a car who's driver was texting was rolling through a stop sign, I moved into my escape path and rolled the throttle... they stopped texting and shut the front end down and realized what they had done. I agree that I cannot stand those who drone around and crack their pipes off constantly...I also cannot stand extreme stereo systems pumping and bumping in front of my house at 0230 in the morning... I try as hard as I can to be respectful of others. | ||
| Zac4mac |
++++ What he said... | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
I really thought the whole "Loud Pipes Save Lives" thing was Bull$hit, until I had been riding for a year with the stock pipe and put on my first Drummer on the XB. Night and day difference. R | ||
| Dentguy |
Almost sure I posted this link up here before, but here it is again. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/art icles/2009/07/08/motorcyclists_revved_up_over_hub_ noise_rule/ Overly loud pipes and this could be in your town next. Nobody is going to care if you rolled on the throttle to get somebody's attention who was rolling through a stop sign, only in the twisties or if you think that loud pipes save lives. As for setting off the car alarms. Not only do people hear the noise that set off the car alarm, they have a car alarm remind them of that motorcycle noise after its gone. I enjoy a nice sounding exhaust and I'm not trying to sound like the loud exhaust police, but if people who love the sound of their own bike are saying it's too loud they it's surely too loud for the average person. I'm sure some people don't go around trying to terrorize or set off alarms or intentionally annoy, but annoying doesn't have to be intentional. My neighbor probably thinks his stereo in his house sounds great and it probably does. It just doesn't sound great in MY house. We have gated neighborhoods now that won't allow motorcycles (even homeowners) and some parks due to past noise problems or anticipated noise problems. Just be respectful and don't ruin it for all of us by being too loud. | ||
| Nikponcherello |
"loud pipes save lives" = "loud pipes get attention" that's the only way that works. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
That really is the heart of the matter. Be respectful of others. R | ||
| White79bu |
I know my Drummer is on the loud side at idle but when you start going down the road the exhaust settles down. I always roll down the drive way until I hit the street and then ignite the beast and take off. When I do track days people tell me all the time they can not hear me coming because the bike is quite compared to most. That was another reason why I wanted a Drummer. Around here EVERY harley has loud pipes and they just rip around town till you can hear them a 1/2 mile away. So I don't feel to bad about my Drummer. | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
I think it's got a reputation. It's not really all that bad. Unless you are parked next to a wall, or in a garage. Then, it's loud. Really loud. R |
