Budget Harley sound
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From: Road Glidin' Don on 14 Jul 2010 23:29 On Jul 14, 5:25 pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:09:12 +0100, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk > > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > >sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote: > > >> If not the Kwak, which metric cruiser sounds most like a Harley? > > >Some Yamaha 1700 thing I rode a couple of years ago sounded identical. > >45 degree V-twin, and even with pushrods. > > If you are thinking about the 1700 Roadstar, not even close. Try as > they might to make them sound like Harleys, Roadstar owners just > succeed in making their bikes louder. Exactly. They just sound like a baloney-making machine.
From: don (Calgary) on 15 Jul 2010 00:09 On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:29:22 -0700 (PDT), "Road Glidin' Don" <d.langkd(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Jul 14, 5:25�pm, "don (Calgary)" <hd.f...(a)telus.net> wrote: >> On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:09:12 +0100, totallydeadmail...(a)yahoo.co.uk >> >> (The Older Gentleman) wrote: >> >sean_q_ <nos...(a)no.spam> wrote: >> >> >> If not the Kwak, which metric cruiser sounds most like a Harley? >> >> >Some Yamaha 1700 thing I rode a couple of years ago sounded identical. >> >45 degree V-twin, and even with pushrods. >> >> If you are thinking about the 1700 Roadstar, not even close. �Try as >> they might to make them sound like Harleys, Roadstar owners just >> succeed in making their bikes louder. > >Exactly. They just sound like a baloney-making machine. Well, I am not sure I would go that far. <g>
From: sean_q_ on 15 Jul 2010 02:09 > which metric cruiser sounds most like a Harley? Googling for "metric", "cruiser" and "sounds the most like a Harley" turned up two items: > SHARP BIKE,SOUNDS THE MOST LIKE A HARLEY OF ANY JA > 1995 Honda Shadow 1100 http://www.gowilkes.com/classifieds/view.php?id=168620 > The Yamaha Roadstar sounds the most like a Harley to me > and it is a pushrod engine... http://forums.gunbroker.com/post.asp?method=ReplyQuote&REPLY_ID=714177&TOPIC_ID=115166&FORUM_ID=4 Some other notable quotes from this site: > When I was a child, I thought as a child. But now that I am grown, > I just wish I could act like a child and get away with it. > I can't come to work today. The voices said, > STAY HOME AND CLEAN THE GUNS! > The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans > is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three > best friends. If they're okay, then it's you. > "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter > and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." > ~Abraham Lincoln SQ
From: The Older Gentleman on 15 Jul 2010 02:20 don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:09:12 +0100, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > >sean_q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote: > > > >> If not the Kwak, which metric cruiser sounds most like a Harley? > > > >Some Yamaha 1700 thing I rode a couple of years ago sounded identical. > >45 degree V-twin, and even with pushrods. > > If you are thinking about the 1700 Roadstar, not even close. Nah. I've Googled it now. Warrior. Probably the same engine, and definitely not my style. Stock pipes, and at tickover sounded just like an equally-silenced HD. Hardly surprising, given the engine layout. > Try as > they might to make them sound like Harleys, Roadstar owners just > succeed in making their bikes louder. Whatever. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: Beav on 15 Jul 2010 09:17
"Andrew" <yogig(a)no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message news:i1lkuu$nkf$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > > > "Beav" <beavis.original(a)ntlwoxorld.com> wrote in message > news:zrr%n.192235$tH4.47886(a)hurricane... >> >> >> "Andrew" <yogig(a)no.spam.hotmail.com> wrote in message >> news:i1l9vp$e0g$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... >>> >>> >>> "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message >>> news:1jln43v.1vffjqpzl6t1cN%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... >>>> sean_q_ <nospam(a)no.spam> wrote: >>>> >>>>> If not the Kwak, which metric cruiser sounds most like a Harley? >>>> >>>> Some Yamaha 1700 thing I rode a couple of years ago sounded identical. >>>> 45 degree V-twin, and even with pushrods. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> That's the one that got them sued for copyright infringement (if I >>> remember right. Perhaps it was patent infringement.) >>> HD apparently owns that sound. >> >> I believe they *tried* to sue, claiming the Harley sound was a trademark, >> but they failed. If I'm wrong, I'm sure you'll be able to show me the >> error of my ways via some proof. > > No, they sued, but I don't know the outcome. > It doesn't take more than the blowing of some wind to file a suit. > As far as proof goes, I have none, and don't intend on researching this, > since I could care less about the topic (read HD.) The end result is that Harley actually *don't* own that sound though and that was the point. > >> >> They DID manage to trademark the "Hog" name though. > > Great, that's awesome. Innit? :-) -- Beav |