The noise, Noise, NOIse, NOISE!

"functionoverfashion" (functionoverfashion)
07/16/2018 at 09:47 • Filed to: None

I’m pretty sure I saw either one of these, or something very similar yesterday , even though I didn’t get a great look at it :

Why do I think that? Well, I know what a motorcycle sounds like. Even among all the variations, they all kind of have the same BAP-BAP-BAP-BAP sound that, at a distance, has the same kind of rhythm as an old-school V8, just at a higher pitch, and almost without exception, a raspy harshness because loud pipes save lives, amirite? Don’t get me started on that one.

Running errands in my truck, two motorcycles cut left across a lane of traffic right in front of me as I was turning right. It’s not like they didn’t see me. Besides having to brake somewhat hard to keep from hitting them, I noticed immediately that the second bike was different. The guy riding it had his legs waaay far apart like he was riding a Clydesdale. And when he got on the throttle, the sound was unbelievable. It sounded exactly like a straight-piped V8. Not a big one, but it was immediately noticeable; r aspy as hell, and easily twice the noise of the bike in front of him. I didn’t dare try to get closer, as tailgating a motorcycle in the wet with a 57-year-old drum-brake-only 2-ton steel machine, just...... no.

After his initial acceleration, he didn’t get on it too much (the road was winding, wet, and with a steep drop on one side into water) , but I could still hear it a couple hundred feet ahead of me, at 35mph, over the noise of my own truck AND the sound of his buddy in front of him. It just HAD to be a V8.

And t he rider must be flat deaf.

DISCUSSION (4)

McMike > functionoverfashion
07/16/2018 at 10:32

Chances are it was a BossHoss. They are the most common V8 bike out there. The engines aren’t small. I’m not sure what they are selling now but you used to be able to get a 6.2 liter in them. The smaller one was a 5.0 or 5.7, can’t remember.

They aren’t attractive, but you’ll win the dick measuring contest with it.

functionoverfashion > McMike
07/16/2018 at 10:46

I mean, of COURSE it’s one of those engines. Because why not?

And yeah. clearly this guy had a bigger dick than his buddy. I mean, a casual observer could see that. I bet he DDs a lifted diesel truck.

crowmolly > McMike
07/16/2018 at 11:29

So me were also available with a big block.

They always show pictures of them from the back, too. Up front you’ll see the goofy radiator.

The Compromiser > functionoverfashion
07/16/2018 at 21:57

I had one pass me coming home two years ago from Port Dover while I was on my bike. It is unlike a motorcycle. More like insanity I saw a couple more more this past friday. Loud and odd.