Oh yeah, it IS Friday! Heck, why not four Briggs and Stratton engines, aren't they the same technology as Hardley Davidson? Or the V-twin Maytag washing machine engines of years past? Only idiots with no brains (or respect for others) yank the stock HD mufflers to 'make the bike kool'. Not referring to anyone in particular, but it is quite a hoot to see all these 'badda$$' bikers who think the are Easy Rider or Heck's Angels. Now, a nice, muffled Porsche turbo does sound good, as long as we can keep water cooling. :-) Don Hanson wrote: > It must be a Tiico thing, the buzzy 4 syndrome. The one I have, a stock > cabriolet 1.8 liter, is not buzzy at all. In fact, I have always wondered > where that perception came from. I have not ridden or driven a Tiico, but > my standard VW is as quiet as a "mouse". Yah, you have to wind the pi** out > of it to make any speed, but what the heck can you expect when you're moving > a 4000lb, 6' tall shoebox down the road at 70-80mph with less than two > liters of displacement? I bet if you stuck a 3 liter 968 Porsche inline 4 > in there, you would probably perceive it to be just "loafing along" (no > pun?) > Someone should stick two hardly Davidson "motors" into a van...How cool > would that be? You could have a little more horsepower than a stock van, > but you could make it really LOUD and maybe dress up in a leather leisure > suit to drive it.. > friday, don'tcha know. > Don Hanson > > |
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