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how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?

GBURTON wrote:
> how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?

It does sound like a Triumph - a 2007 Triumph!

Turn the ignition off....



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> how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?
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"GBURTON"<gkburton@comcast.net> wrote:
> how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?

Switching to the "off road" mufflers and replacing the intake
snorkel with a velocity stack gets mighty close.

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nospam wrote:
> Switching to the "off road" mufflers and replacing the intake
> snorkel with a velocity stack gets mighty close.

Lovely sound if you just want to ride around private estates or sit in
your drive and listen to it, but if you take it on public roads be
prepared for police attention in some areas.
The law enforcement boys in some UK counties are getting quite
intolerant of non-road-legal exhausts, I believe. Same goes for
non-regulation number plates, etc. There was a time when all they cared
about was your riding, but not these days.

In article <JcSdnVBMYpxOvXPbnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@bt.com> Ray
Chandler<chandler_banjo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> nospam wrote:
>> Switching to the "off road" mufflers and replacing the intake
>> snorkel with a velocity stack gets mighty close.

> Lovely sound if you just want to ride around private estates or sit
> in your drive and listen to it, but if you take it on public roads be
> prepared for police attention in some areas.
> The law enforcement boys in some UK counties are getting quite
> intolerant of non-road-legal exhausts, I believe. Same goes for
> non-regulation number plates, etc. There was a time when all they
> cared about was your riding, but not these days.

You can keep them pretty quiet if you don't get too heavy handed.
OTOH, mine sounds like a gunshot from time to time on cold startup.

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nospam wrote:
> You can keep them pretty quiet if you don't get too heavy handed.
> OTOH, mine sounds like a gunshot from time to time on cold startup.

Ah but in some areas the police don't go by the sound. They'll have a
look at pipes on parked bikes (especially at popular bike gatherings)
and if they see the "not for public road use" stamp on them they'll book
you without even hearing the thing.

GBURTON wrote:
> how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?
>
>

Is it possible to fit the older Bonnie silencers which are legal
straight-throughs - my '70 Bonnie sounds great!

In article <s8KdnaHpNvibmHLbnZ2dnUVZ8tyqnZ2d@bt.com> Ray
Chandler<chandler_banjo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> nospam wrote:
>> You can keep them pretty quiet if you don't get too heavy handed.
>> OTOH, mine sounds like a gunshot from time to time on cold startup.

> Ah but in some areas the police don't go by the sound. They'll have
> a look at pipes on parked bikes (especially at popular bike
> gatherings) and if they see the "not for public road use" stamp on
> them they'll book you without even hearing the thing.

Yup, living is a gamble. Roll 'em or don't.

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Don Clarke wrote:
> Is it possible to fit the older Bonnie silencers which are legal
> straight-throughs - my '70 Bonnie sounds great!

Strictly speaking that wouldn't clear the new bike legally. Those old
silencers are road-legal for the bikes they are intended for, but not
for later bikes which have different noise & emission specs. Mind you,
they won't be stamped "not for use on public roads" so it would take a
very keen and knowledgeable copper to spot the infringement!

Then again, sound is determined by more than the exhausts, and I
wouldn't assume that gburton's new bike would sound much like your '70
model just by fitting old-spec straight-throughs.