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Having good neighbors are important especially if you own the home. If i had to leave early on the bike, i roll it down the block and piss off more distant neighbors.
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I'm with you, but I do ride early. I leave about 6:30, and it makes me feel guilty every single morning. Though I only idle it for 20-30 seconds, and then put down the road basiclaly at idle to get some distance. I hate to admit it, but I honestly wish the bike was not as loud as it is. I find it a detriment to my enjoyment, not a benefit. My old RSV4 was pretty loud, and that was about as loud as I liked it. Though as far as sound (as opposed to volume), I've never heard anything I liked better than this Pani.
So I just try to be as thoughful as I can be. But it is how I get to work, so don't really have all that much choice.
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Wow this is strange. My wife is a light sleeper and a hates being woken by loud cars or bikes. I get up early on Saturdays and go for a ride. The garage is right under the bedroom window. I pull the bike out of the garage, start it and take off and she never hears me. Of course I just ease of the clutch without giving it any gas and motor out the driveway. Once on the street I try to keep below 3k rpm in the hood. Once away from the hood and on the open road I like to make alittle noise.
No complaints at all, not like some of the Harleys that have straight pipes and want to rack it at the 4 way stop by my house at 2:00 AM on Saturday morning or the idiot that does doughnuts in the intersection of the 4 way stop around the same time. I don't mind a loud bike or car as long as the driver is respectful and is being cool. If they are showing their ass's then that is when I get upset.
No complaints at all, not like some of the Harleys that have straight pipes and want to rack it at the 4 way stop by my house at 2:00 AM on Saturday morning or the idiot that does doughnuts in the intersection of the 4 way stop around the same time. I don't mind a loud bike or car as long as the driver is respectful and is being cool. If they are showing their ass's then that is when I get upset.
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I have to agree it is a load monster this Pani, way louder than my ninja zx10r even with the mpg exhaust i had on it. This is now with the stock pipes, i wonder what is going to be once I put the Termignoni pipes after couple of hundred miles. The first few times i rode it and after a stop i could hear my ears ringing a bit. Do you guys experience that as well?
In general i try to leave the house asap because at 6.30 on saturday morning it really rocks the world considering all the town houses around me are pretty close to each other and tall and that creates a nice echo. It is good my next door neighbor is a biker as well but I always have the feeling somebody is just about to say something about the noise rather sooner than later.
In general i try to leave the house asap because at 6.30 on saturday morning it really rocks the world considering all the town houses around me are pretty close to each other and tall and that creates a nice echo. It is good my next door neighbor is a biker as well but I always have the feeling somebody is just about to say something about the noise rather sooner than later.
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Yup, I also just fire up and go after 15-20secs.
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