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Offline Wilber245

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Best Sounding Bike?
« on: June 24, 2021, 05:41:34 PM »
Out of all the Hondas that you've heard, which year and engine size has the best sounds?
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #1 on: August 20, 2021, 10:57:32 PM »
my 1975cb400f of course !
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #2 on: August 21, 2021, 12:03:34 AM »
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #3 on: August 21, 2021, 07:36:22 AM »
Hot-rodded Valkeries sound very interesting.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2021, 02:37:26 PM »
Agreed. I got a thing for sixes.   

My '79 CBX with RC Engineering pipes sings nicely.  (Best sounding Honda.  The howl as the revs move past 6KRPM or so is absolutely unearthly.)

Honorable mention definitely goes to the Valkyrie.  While mine (a '97) may not be “hotrodded”, I did install the very highly regarded and fairly rare Viking pipe - arguably the best performing and SOUNDING pipe to be had for the Valk.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2021, 02:55:19 PM »
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2021, 05:11:23 PM »
My “cb550” with two extra pistons.... 1978 Benelli 750 SEI.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2021, 07:06:36 PM »
Quote from: BenelliSEI on August 28, 2021, 05:11:23 PM
My “cb550” with two extra pistons.... 1978 Benelli 750 SEI.

Well, I believe the OP mentioned:

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Out of all the Hondas that you've heard, which year and engine size has the best sounds?

So, while the Sei drew heavily from Honda DNA, I guess it almost qualifies.   But the extra 300cc on the CBX makes a different, more soulful wail.   A buddy of my rides a Sei.  We've compared notes extensively.

And it should be noted that the RC pipes do sing...
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2021, 07:26:43 PM »
Turn up the volume and get back to me...

CBX:
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2021, 09:03:51 PM »
...and a Viking-equipped Valkyrie:

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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #10 on: January 27, 2022, 07:57:06 PM »
  Yes it has a little clutch or primary noise, but that exhaust note is what I like.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2022, 08:25:05 PM »
my old K2 812 kitted with a Walker Indy full race system, just short of stupid loud but what a scream that thing did make. as a bonus it was very good at setting car alarms off
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #12 on: January 28, 2022, 05:28:08 AM »
Best sounding bike engine I ever owned, was in a CAR! Headers with a megaphone. When the Super Trap “accidentally” fell out, sounded even better.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #13 on: January 28, 2022, 07:07:16 AM »
A CBX with Shule exhaust. Once you hear it, you’ll never forget it.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #14 on: January 28, 2022, 03:11:54 PM »
+1 to the CBX sound!  Not sure if there is actually a pipe that can make those sound bad.  Amazingly, years ago I was riding through South Bend Indiana, pulled up at a red light, and lo and behold here is this little old guy on a ratty CBX.  Light turns green and I got handed my lunch, but what a sound track for defeat!  He was well out of sight before that sound became inaudible.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #15 on: January 28, 2022, 03:17:09 PM »
I can't wait until I get to ride our 80' Suzuki GS 1100E with the new Mikuni RS 36 flat slide carbs and the Delkavic stainless 4 into 1 exhaust system. It should sound great.
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #16 on: January 28, 2022, 09:39:38 PM »
2+ for the CBX as the best sounding bike. Shortly after my friend Chris had fitted a 6-1 exhaust (don't remember the brand) we went for a ride. We were cruising on a freeway with little traffic, and I didn't notice he had dropped behind a fair distance, until he came screaming past me at about 100MPH in what was probably 3rd gear. What a lovely noise! ;D In retrospect, the sound is similar to getting buzzed by an F-4 jet, but not as loud...
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #17 on: January 29, 2022, 09:30:31 AM »
The Busso pipes on my Benelli 750 SEI are pretty empty….. stunning sound at high revs, from the six megaphones……
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Re: Best Sounding Bike?
« Reply #18 on: January 29, 2022, 10:29:36 AM »
The sound of my 79 CBX when it moved above 6,000 RPMs went from scream to a wail that's just hard to put into words. Something to be experienced.  Thank you Russ Collins!

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