Simple question, which stock motorbike sounds the best? No aftermarket pipes or cans, just stock.
And go...
Simple question, which stock motorbike sounds the best? No aftermarket pipes or cans, just stock.
And go...
Any inline 4cyl that will turn 12K+. Love that sound.
I'm not a bike owner, but I'd like a Honda VFR for the sound alone.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU4cl7khX5c
VFR
VFR
Well, Honda V4... the Magna sounded awesome too.
Best sounding bike I've owned was a pre VTEC (YO) VFR. The gear driven cams & V4 sounded great. I also like the sound of the Triumph 675 triples. I think I'd vote for the triple comparing stock exhausts...
Define best? 60's British twin reved out flat tracking is hard to beat but a Harley xr750 doing 140mph sound great too....2 stroke twin is one of my fav's aswell....70-80 supper bike 4cyl too. All depends on the mood I'm in at that moment.
44Dwarf- good point. I didn't define good sounding as listening while riding or listening as when went by wide open.
And is the Honda 919 the same motor as the VFR?
In reply to octavious:
No, VFR's were V4's while the 919's were I4's.
The best sounding stock bike is the Kawasaki zx2R with its "ZOMFG, its almost a 20k rpm redline" Seriously, 40hp never sounded so amazing. 
Probably doesn't fit the question, but I like huge stroker Harley v-twins and single cylinder big inch thumpers.
I am the outlier.
Norton, BSA, classic Triumph. A Honda CBX sounded pretty good too, in a totally different way. Kawasaki H1 and H2 two strokes.
<--- That bike (VFR800) sounds pretty decent.
In reply to Ranger50:
The howling MV Agusta triples of yesteryear were better yet.
I love my Honda Hawk GT but it has a two brothers exhaust and is therefore disqualified. It sounds like a Nascar V8, no E36 M3.
I'm a sucker for V4's so I might have to vote for the current Aprilia RSV4.
toad9977 wrote: I'm a sucker for V4's so I might have to vote for the current Aprilia RSV4.
The older vtwins sounded good, as well. Also RC51.
No one has mentioned Ducati yet?! That noise is one of the most compelling reasons to own one.
Triumph triples sound pretty mean too.
I find that BMW boxer twin noise is kind of soothing.
H-Ds Make my least favorite engine noise. I'll make an exception for xr750s, but they're far from stock
I grew up on dirt bikes, high revving singles sound like home. I don't care if they are 2 stroke or 4 stroke, I like them all the same.
In reply to HappyAndy:
To me the modern BMW R bikes all sound kind of "weedy". Like a kind of chirpy exhaust note that doesn't sound too great at all. Kind of like the VFR1200 and how awful those sound stock. And I haven't heard one via online videos that sound "better" with aftermarket exhausts. That bike is such a let down...
In reply to pres589: I had air-cooled R bikes in mind when I wrote that.
Honda RC166. I suppose it's not "stock" but, damn, the sound!
I love the sound of the big twins. 1198 and RC8R are fantastic. I am also partial to the literish (955-1050) Triumph triples as well.
HappyAndy wrote: No one has mentioned Ducati yet?! That noise is one of the most compelling reasons to own one.
Yeah, I was waiting for someone to bring up Ducati. Mine sounds pretty bad-ass, particulary when rolling off the throttle. And this is with a stock exhaust, which looks crappy but actually sounds fairly good.
For all the folks talking about Honda's, I think the original question was "with the stock exhaust." I know Honda makes some great engines and I have a lot of respect for the VFR series, but man do Honda stock exhausts make everything sound like a Civic.
In reply to HappyAndy:
The BMW R's? My R1200GSA sounds terrible with the stock exhaust. Luckily it's also quiet so with earbuds in I don't have to listen to it except the popping and crackling on overrun. The rest is just a thrumming feeling in the seat like a good tractor.
Honda V4s, moto guzzis, Yamaha vmax, and triumph triples.
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