Why are motorcycles so loud (especially choppers)? Isn’t there anything can be done with their mufflers?
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It’s intentional. They could be muffled significantly. Buuuuttt:
First, sound dampening the engine on a bike is more bulky and more challenging because, well, there is no hood that you can nicely add dampening to or anything.
Second, motorcyclists and manufacturers will tell you that the loudness of them is a safety feature. Since they are much smaller than cars and don’t have significant horns like cars and trucks do, the loudness of the engine helps alert drivers on the road that a bike is there.
This is why in videos where a car is merging into a motorcycle or doesn’t realize they are there, the motorcyclists revs the engine super hard, it’s to make it really loud like a motorcyclist’s “honk”
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