Does your bike set off car alarms?

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Does your bike set off car alarms?

#1 Unread post by QuietMonkey »

Mine does, but none of my old bikes ever did, even when my big single had an exhaust leak (which I liked enough not to fix for a year or so :P) must be just the right rumble to it... usually once a day i'll trigger an alarm :laughing:. I kinda like that too, since i hate hearing alarms triggering all the time in parknig lots and stuff, so riding by and leaving the blarring honks in the dust has a good feeling about it.

Probably the smile i enjoy also has to do with the annoyance of hearing the constant sqwak of peoples horns when they set them everytime they park there precious Honda Civic.

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#2 Unread post by oldschoolorange »

If I go down a street in first it will set them off no problem
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#3 Unread post by -Holiday »

mine does. Not all the time, but sometimes it will set off a car alarm when im warming it up in the parking lot.
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#4 Unread post by logitech104 »

Mine won't... EVER. Even at full throttle in first, but I prefer quiet bikes anyway :P
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#5 Unread post by storysunfolding »

Hell my vaccum sounding Vision sets the damned things off. Haven't found that out on teh vstrom yet. Though to be honest i don't think many people around me have alarms. I know because the straight pipes on my friends cruisers would definately set the things off.
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#6 Unread post by Sev »

Nothing yet, but the exhaust system is basically stock... gotta get a shorty on there :D Haha.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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Only when I want it to.
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#8 Unread post by Ninja Geoff »

Havn't found out yet. I forsee a trip to the mall come spring and cruising through the parking garage :twisted:
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#9 Unread post by dr_bar »

The Virago with the V&H pipes sure did, I even went down side streets where I knew there were some, just to set them off on my way home from work... :twisted:

Valk won't do it though, and I'm actually glad. I've had enough of the loud pipes. I figured out that the saying should go, "Loud pipes deafen bikers" or something along those lines. :roll:
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#10 Unread post by NorthernPete »

havent yet...I may go and kick a few cars in the lot though to get those warm fuzzy feelings.
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