Re: Noisy cars
Originally Posted by
fender
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Bikes quite often have a restrictive exhaust JB. It's like that on both of mine, the CAT can be especially restrictive.
Many bikers replace the exhaust with a full decat system, as without doubt you get an increase in power. However, it does mean they are louder. Most have a db killer which reduces the noise a bit, but many people take it out.
Tbh, I have considered putting a decat system on my 750. If you choose wisely, they are not all bad, some are louder than others and I'd probably leave the db killer installed.
Thanks for that information, Fender.
I can see both sides of the argument, and can believe that silencers could potentially restrict exhaust gases. I assume that this could also apply to cars, though, yet the removal of a silencer from a car exhaust would cause the vehicle to fail its MoT, wouldn't it?
So is it legal for bikers to remove their silencers?
I think it's a question of degree. If a biker can obtain increased power by changing the silencer for an optional type, I can understand that that would be a reasonable thing to do, provided it was done within legal limits (and I admit that I don't know what those limits are!).
The ones I detest are those who do this only as a way of (in their own minds) 'impressing' bystanders. They don't impress me when they roar down the road, and I can't imagine that they'd gain a great deal of extra power by doing it - a minimal amount at most.
Silencers, whether for cars, bikes or any other vehicle, are there for a reason!