Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 9:44 am
Yeah... I should have said I always prefer silence. From the Isuzu cars too. Though I found the standard Conti noise on my Duc (GT750 roundcase) to be advantageous in traffic. (It took ages to understand why cars pulled over when my un-lit Duc approached whereas similar speeds and headlights on my Yamahas did nothing!)
And the G200W was loud with foot down - but that was the intake noise!
That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good exhaust note (like baffle-less 250cc motorbikes - NOT!), but other than safety aspects, ssshhh! (Stealth wins!)
PS - the only other Ducati-like experience was ironically in the Florian... Coming down the mountain was like a rally in that cars would pull over to let me past. But it wasn't the engine - it occurred with G161U & G200W, and I was often just rolling with engine off anyhow. Maybe they recognised her age and suspected brake failure. I suspect a strange car with strangely shaped huge parking lights (Florian headlights) coming around corners scraping RH door handles on LH corners got the respect she deserved.
And the G200W was loud with foot down - but that was the intake noise!
That doesn't mean I don't appreciate a good exhaust note (like baffle-less 250cc motorbikes - NOT!), but other than safety aspects, ssshhh! (Stealth wins!)
PS - the only other Ducati-like experience was ironically in the Florian... Coming down the mountain was like a rally in that cars would pull over to let me past. But it wasn't the engine - it occurred with G161U & G200W, and I was often just rolling with engine off anyhow. Maybe they recognised her age and suspected brake failure. I suspect a strange car with strangely shaped huge parking lights (Florian headlights) coming around corners scraping RH door handles on LH corners got the respect she deserved.