Topic: Totally unscientific poll, best sounding SOHC4 stock or not.

[Don R]

 Personal opinions only, no incorrect answers.
 
  My former first place best sound was my Sandcast with the 4-2 hooker header. It has Yamiya 4-4's on it now and really sings. The Hooker 4-2 is on an 836 now and it doesn't sound anything like it did before.
 A good second was a cb400F with a stock header and a Supertrapp muffler.

 Worst sound is a K0 stocker with 341 CMSNL 4-4 repro's rattling with the baffles in place. Baffles out it's not so bad.

[Oddjob]

Not sure you had them on your side of the pond but a 500 with a piper 4 into 1 system sounded like a banshee having a prostate exam, my wife could hear me coming home from 2 miles down the valley we lived in at the time. Also liked the same bike with a Yoshi on it.

[spotty]

my first 750 had 4 into 2 crossover chopper pipes that ended somewhere under the gearbox, there was nothing inside the 'mufflers' , it was brutally loud and at night the flames out of them was brighter than my (maltese cross) tail light. loved it but it was really hard to ride too far

[scottly]

My Winning 4-1 exhaust with a K&N muffler sounds wonderful.

[seanbarney41]

if you guys would run something on the quiet side you might realize that intake noise is far more interesting, especialially when you hit 6000-7500rpm in fifth and the airbox goes all resonant and you feel the throttle get real responsive...

[spotty]

if you guys would run something on the quiet side you might realize that intake noise is far more interesting, especialially when you hit 6000-7500rpm in fifth and the airbox goes all resonant and you feel the throttle get real responsive...

i've got a vmax for that

[Don R]

 We had a 500 four with an action fours crossover shorty 4-2 that was pretty sweet too.
 I did put Harley mufflers on a gl1000 once, it sounded just like a tractor idling thank goodness it got better at riding speeds.

[Tracksnblades1]

An old 836 12.5:1, 100 octane, cammed up with an original RC Sidewinder megaphone no baffle..
All points cop caller for miles..😎

[MauiK3]

Lotus root, no number
I know, I'm predictable

[Stev-o]

Totally unscientific, but seems the best sounding SOHC that I have is the "Park Racer" with the Moto GP Werks exhaust. Sounds wicked when run out to 7K RPM...



And according to my butt dyno, it added 15% hp!!!  Ha