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Rev bombs?

Entoptic said:
While you have a point about horns my engine catches attention way faster. It’s about noise not what produces it.
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Wrong. A reving engine might get a little attention but no where near as fast and effectively as a good pair of horns. Plus, as others have mentioned, a horn says WAKE UP!, HEY!!, etc. A reving engine, no matter how loud doesn't say that to drivers, it just registers as "I'm an engine....."

If your horn isn't getting the attention it should, it's because it's a shitty horn. Period. And likely only one at that. For some reason, motorcycle manufactuers only put one horn on their bikes and all they produce is a pathetic, wheezy, asthmatic little beep. Your computer makes more noise. The only exception to this that I've found is certain BWM's.

Put TWO quality horns on your bike, properly wired (original power to pathetic horn is now used to trigger a horn relay that gets its power from a fused tap at the battery). Then you will see people sit up and take notice. I remember shortly after I mounted a pair of FIAMM's on my bike a driver stared moving over into me on the freeway. While I took my usual evasive maneuvers, I simultaneously gave the driver a blast with my new horns. The reaction was night and day different from when I had the single stock horn. They jerked their steering wheel so hard and quick they almost ended up in the lane on the other side of them.

Do NOT underestimate the effectiveness of horns. You just have to have good ones. And don't go for a single horn, get two in different tones. And why the vast majority of motorcyclists don't upgrade their horns is beyond me. All should consider good horns as important safety equipment.
 
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I really enjoy that people complain that their engines are too quiet and will drop hundreds of dollars on a new exhaust to fix that problem but won’t drop $50 on a horn that’d wake the dead. Ideally, you get something that sounds like a Semi horn, cause people don’t give a shit about motorcycle engines but if they think a semi is in their blind spot they move.
 
My Gf put a scooter rev bomb video on my feed.

A super chubby lil girl dancing to the throttle rpm, anyone see that?????
 
Z3n said:
I really enjoy that people complain that their engines are too quiet and will drop hundreds of dollars on a new exhaust to fix that problem but won’t drop $50 on a horn that’d wake the dead. Ideally, you get something that sounds like a Semi horn, cause people don’t give a shit about motorcycle engines but if they think a semi is in their blind spot they move.
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Huh you have all the diesel rolling coal boys putting horn trains now......

Check out all the diesel shops most of them have a train horn upgrade. It's like a "thing" to add on after rolling coal
 
Z3n said:
I really enjoy that people complain that their engines are too quiet and will drop hundreds of dollars on a new exhaust to fix that problem but won’t drop $50 on a horn that’d wake the dead. Ideally, you get something that sounds like a Semi horn, cause people don’t give a shit about motorcycle engines but if they think a semi is in their blind spot they move.
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But your bike sounds like It’s wheezing for breath while I get all the street cred brah.
 
ST Guy said:
Wrong. A reving engine might get a little attention but no where near as fast and effectively as a good pair of horns. Plus, as others have mentioned, a horn says WAKE UP!, HEY!!, etc. A reving engine, no matter how loud doesn't say that to drivers, it just registers as "I'm an engine....."

If your horn isn't getting the attention it should, it's because it's a shitty horn. Period. And likely only one at that. For some reason, motorcycle manufactuers only put one horn on their bikes and all they produce is a pathetic, wheezy, asthmatic little beep. Your computer makes more noise. The only exception to this that I've found is certain BWM's.

Put TWO quality horns on your bike, properly wired (original power to pathetic horn is now used to trigger a horn relay that gets its power from a fused tap at the battery). Then you will see people sit up and take notice. I remember shortly after I mounted a pair of FIAMM's on my bike a driver stared moving over into me on the freeway. While I took my usual evasive maneuvers, I simultaneously gave the driver a blast with my new horns. The reaction was night and day different from when I had the single stock horn. They jerked their steering wheel so hard and quick they almost ended up in the lane on the other side of them.

Do NOT underestimate the effectiveness of horns. You just have to have good ones. And don't go for a single horn, get two in different tones. And why the vast majority of motorcyclists don't upgrade their horns is beyond me. All should consider good horns as important safety equipment.
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I’d like to see some facts backing up your statements. Do you know any website that has crunched the numbers?
 
FXCLM5 said:
Huh you have all the diesel rolling coal boys putting horn trains now......

Check out all the diesel shops most of them have a train horn upgrade. It's like a "thing" to add on after rolling coal
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And the idiots who modify their turbodiesel somehow to make more turbo whistle
 
I appreciate riders who use hazard lights while splitting. I can see them from a long way back. It gives me plenty of notice that there is a poor rider up ahead who likely won't notice me as I split up behind him. That way I can move over and get around them in another lane.
 
Z3n said:
I really enjoy that people complain that their engines are too quiet and will drop hundreds of dollars on a new exhaust to fix that problem but won’t drop $50 on a horn that’d wake the dead. Ideally, you get something that sounds like a Semi horn, cause people don’t give a shit about motorcycle engines but if they think a semi is in their blind spot they move.
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One of the gratifying things on my new-to-me Goldwing gl1800 is the horn, it's like the horn on an American car, much more attention getting them the majority of horns that comes with most other bikes. I've gotten quite a reaction from drivers on the few times I've had to use it since getting my bike. Definitely much more attention and reaction than with previous (apologetic) bike horns. :laughing
 
Reli said:
And the idiots who modify their turbodiesel somehow to make more turbo whistle
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thats a blowoff valve

you can thank the wrx sti fanbois from the early 2000's with blow off valves and turbo timers.....

before that diesel owners just left their wastegate untouched. now they do all sorts of weird crap to it to make more noise.
 
Nah, blowoff valves work when you let off the gas, I'm talking about during acceleration. You can hear these idiots from 3 blocks away.
 
If you are the douche Harley rider doing the rev bombs with open pipes and the loud radio in the morning on Kimball Ave in San Ramon setting off car alarms, go fuck your obnoxious self.

There, I feel better. I'm with EBDave, I'd like to chase that fucker down and ask WTF! How can you be so oblivious to others?
 
FXCLM5 said:
thats a blowoff valve

you can thank the wrx sti fanbois from the early 2000's with blow off valves and turbo timers.....

before that diesel owners just left their wastegate untouched. now they do all sorts of weird crap to it to make more noise.
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since diesels don't have a throttle, they don't have a BOV
 
since we're talking about tooting our horns.... what's a good horn upgrade to buy?. link to Amazon. would be greatly appreciated .
 
if i hear a bike rev bombing i refuse to give it space to pass, its not required by law to make room for riders to split,
 
SlideSF said:
I appreciate riders who use hazard lights while splitting. I can see them from a long way back. It gives me plenty of notice that there is a poor rider up ahead who likely won't notice me as I split up behind him. That way I can move over and get around them in another lane.
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Had a couple guys splitting 17 past me this evening. Flashers were winking and the whole time they were beeping their pathetic stock horns. Meep...meep...meep...etc.... They weren't any louder than the horn on a toddler's first tricycle. Cracked me up to be reminded just what miserable pieces of shit stock motorcycle horns are.

PEOPLE!......put real horns on your motorcycles!! They could save your life some day.
 
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Rev bombs might be a useful tactic for incompetent riders to get home very slightly faster, but is a philosophically poor approach to riding safely in the long term, IMHO.
 
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