But can you make the Indian sound as obnoxious as a Harley?
Not sure but probably. Punch a couple holes in the “tail pipe”??
I know you can’t make a Honda sound as obnoxious as a Harley. Used to ride a VTX 1300. It purred like a kitten. Almost too quiet. But it got up to (stupid speed) really fast, so I didn’t care...
“But can you make the Indian sound as obnoxious as a Harley?”
Obnoxious? One of the sweetest sounds out there...right up with a Rolls Royce Merlin or an Olds Rocket V8!
“But can you make the Indian sound as obnoxious as a Harley?”
A “V” twin can be one of the nicest sounding man made noises there is. The trouble is that the “look at me” wants all the attention it can get even if it’s negative, so they run barely or completely unmuffled. I have a Ducati 900SS SP which is a 90° “V” (HD is 70°) so the cadence is slightly different. I have carbon fiber bodied mufflers that do a good job of keeping the sound at an acceptable level. Also, the exhaust is an ingenious two into one into two design that allows both cylinders to use both mufflers with no reversion. Even my wife, who cares nothing about motors, likes the sound. My touring bike is a BMW with the even firing boxer motor, in my opinion the best motorcycle engine ever built from a practical standpoint. Even with a nice aftermarket exhaust system it sounds about as sexy as the shop air compressor.