GS5 vs. Harley...Now, the Story can be Told!!!

[jserio]

they want us to silence our exhaust and yet they won't allow us to put silencers on our firearms?      

[johnny ro]

Last time I searched, you could buy silenced .22 air rifle online. its low power and all that but well you can plink away and not bug the neighbors. Kill rabbits etc.  Its not a firearm, so unregulated, since doesn't use gunpowder.

I also saw internally shock absorbered air rifles, to reduce kickback, it improves accuracy.

People like guns in NH. I work in Mass and I never bring the subject up there.

Somehow a loud Ducati bothers me the least of all loud bikes. I hear cruiser for 5 whole minutes before they come through my little valley then another while they fade away. Reminds me of some bomber sortie. 

[mister]

Last time I searched, you could buy silenced .22 air rifle online. its low power and all that but well you can plink away and not bug the neighbors. Kill rabbits etc.  Its not a firearm, so unregulated, since doesn't use gunpowder.

I also saw internally shock absorbered air rifles, to reduce kickback, it improves accuracy.

People like guns in NH. I work in Mass and I never bring the subject up there.

Somehow a loud Ducati bothers me the least of all loud bikes. I hear cruiser for 5 whole minutes before they come through my little valley then another while they fade away. Reminds me of some bomber sortie. 

A silencer on a Spring Powered air rifle will do no good because it's the spring making the noise. It's also the spring and ram which give the recoil.

A compressed air powered air rifle however (usually filled from a dive tank into their own smaller tank), can have a silencer that works. And Those types are pretty well recoiless. And are thus more accurate.

Michael

[tt_four]

Somehow a loud Ducati bothers me the least of all loud bikes. I hear cruiser for 5 whole minutes before they come through my little valley then another while they fade away. Reminds me of some bomber sortie. 

I think as time goes by, I tend to prefer the sound of a V twin, I'd say it's most likely thanks to buell. Inline 4s still sound way faster, and the high pitch is more annoying. The only time I don't line twins is when they're really close to you. Their sound is deep enough that you can feel it, which I don't like. As annoying as an I-4 is at 12k rpm, it's just the noise. Harleys and other V twins manage to offend more than 1 of my senses all at the same time.

[Electrojake]

This thread is still in circulation??

Geez, look who finally showed up.
Of course this thing is still going.
This thread is fascinating!
Your starter post (ten pages back) about the Harley issue, it needed to be said.
Well done,
Thank you XealotX!

[jserio]

so are the majority of you guys saying you wouldn't ride with a harley owner? or are you secretly jealous of harley riders and choose to bash them in order to profess your twisted love to them?  i've said it several times, i don't think it's about what you ride, it's about THE RIDE. two wheels is two wheels. have fun and be safe.