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Myth : You need to start on a sub 650cc motorcycle Fact : Turbo-Busa is the best beginner bike

Loud pipes do save live!!. It lets the wife know the husbands is getting home early.

As my old man told me when I got my first bike, little CBR600 FY with the foxeyes, loved that thing...anyway, he said "there are old riders, there are bold riders, but I don't know many old bold riders" after I smashed myself up on a curb 3 years later I understood him. Got out of hospital, took the insurance money and bought another.

3:50 Facts. Yesterday I was a passenger in a car and didn't know a bike was nearby until it pulled alongside us, but his exhaust was so loud I heard him for at least a half mile of distance between us. He either had straight pipes or no pipes, I'm actually not sure which.

Loud pipes don't save lives, just like high-vis gear doesn't guarantee that you'll be seen and acknowledged. It's just another form of visibility, not a guarantee of safety. But still, if even one person a week hears my bike as I move through their blind spot and it prevents them from trying to change lanes into me, I think it's worth it.

On #4 - one of my MSF instructors shared a story about riding through a deer carcass (it was probably a few days old) and coming out fine. The shop didn't like how much cleaning they had to do with his bike, though.

"Screaming Seagull" got a good chuckle.

I popped my first nooner yesterday! Not a baby wheelie, an actual nooner!

I just passed my msf course today and learned a lot. Can’t wait to get on two wheels myself and enjoy freedom

Loud pipes absolutely do save lives. Would've walked straight into a bike on a blind corner while crossing the road, but I heard him coming first. He came out on the road exactly where I would have been standing/walking in a car park had I not heard him. I genuinely remember having the thought "op, can hear a bike, should probably just hang back a second see if he's coming first". There has also been multiple instances where I myself have been riding, filtering especially, where the sound of my bike genuinely helps car drivers know that I'm there. I know this from experiencing a 125 that you could barely hear, and having more cars pull out on me than ever, to a 650 with a decent sound to it, and significantly less people pulling out on me, moving over, or realizing that i'm coming up. Driving down residential areas with 10 ton of parked cars either side, I can see people are hearing me, before they're seeing me, and they wait before crossing. They are so important, and they make such a difference. I cannot agree with your statement on that at all.

Most guys ik that lower there psi in the tires is on in the rear and that's so they can hook em better if they're stunting, creates more surface area contact which makes more grip

Yammie yesterday morning I absolutely smoked a raccoon going 60 on a back road and stayed upright. The only thing it hurt was my ego. I cracked some of the lower plastics on my ninja but other than that I’m fine. I stopped to gather myself because I was a bit shook but no leaks, tires had air, and I was on my way

The only time "Tire = faster" is true is when you ride a dualsport and go from a 70/30 offroad tire to something like a 80/20 street tire. My DR picked up about 15kph in top end speed and at least another 60km for range when I switched to essentially a full street tire.

Interesting video!!! You should try to make videos on Investment...

The loud pipe on my bike saves the lives of wild critters from squirrels and rabbits to deer and birds. I watch them scatter well before I get into range close enough to have an issue with them.. This in turn also may save my life, too.

I always thought loud pipes were safer because someone would hear you in their Blindspot. I think there’s some validity to that

Loud pipe kinda really saved my life, i hate loud obnoxiously exhaust, but for me there is a sweet spot where pedestrian and alike could here you from a distance and get their attention to be aware that you are coming. Multiple times i been crossed here in the streets if philippines when i still had my stock exhaust, now that i have a straight exhaust pedestrian and puv vehicles now hear me coming and are aware. it differs from country to country.

Excellent video again. Best expression of why track tyres are useless on the road I've come across. I've seen some car accidents that are absolutely because of poor tyre choice, one where circuit wet slicks were being used on the road, made worse because they had too many miles on them, and also were expired.

Loud pipes save pedestrian and cyclists lives. Approach a group of cyclists or a busy city plaza on an electric bike and tell me how unaware and spooked everyone acts compared to a loud bike

Could I put mirrors on my helmet, for that 180 degree vision?

I know Loud pipes don't really save lives but if you've never heard a bike before seeing it youre deaf

Unless youre going mach 1 or faster you will still hear sounds coming towards you..... Its simple physics.

i use 99/97 octane fuel. but ive got to say, loud pipes may not save lives. but they definitely make you more known on the road. just like louder horns.

Highway safer? out west maybe? try riding on the highways in Connecticut and Massachusetts with all the guys in BMW’s Civics, Acuras doing 85+ weaving though spaces I usually don’t dare take my Ninja 1000 through.

O.K. we need the last word on the 'Loud Pipes" debate and I with my considerable wisdom and experience will provide it. Yes, I have heard motorcycles in my blind spot due to their load exhaust. No, we don't have to hear them from two counties over. Final word, Get a moderately louder exhaust if you feel the need or like the note but please spare the rest of us from the straight pipes or megaphone skull poppers. Personally, I'll take my stock pipes and the 'risk'.,

better fuel is primarely not for riding faster but for maintaining your enginge and having it live longer

Crap…I am 56…and just starting to ride

For me the helmet and hearing myth and ear plug one are actually true due to me having conductive hearing loss but for most folks it's complete and utter bs and loud pipes save lives for me because I can here my engine rpm and make shore I'm in the correct gear

I can testify to the pure Michigan pothole thing. 👍

Regarding ear plugs- you can get custom made ear plugs to fit your ears for about $100. They work great and allowed me to keep riding after ear damage that caused ringing due to the wind noies. Google "custom made earplugs" for a specialist near you.

I have my loud pipes save me all the time and have for decades! I will pop around a curve and the deer are already running Instead of just standing there in the road!

Also if you believe that one time in history someone has heard a motorcycle before they saw it and looked preventing a potentially fatal accident, then the statement is true. And I’m pretty sure if we’re all honest with ourselves we can think of more than one time loud pipes have alerted you or someone else.

I agreed with you on the tires till you mentioned the Q3. It's actually great in wet, now the Pirelli supercorsa is a different story.

New Zealander here. Dude! You said "Antarctica" properly! Made my day.

higher octane gas allows your bike to advance the ignition timing and gives you more power

I drive a 125cc on highways (it's legal in my country) almost everyday to go to work and I can tell you I had more close calls while riding in the streets. It just takes time to pass trucks is all.

Loud Pipes work very well in parking lots to stop people reversing into me and in pedestrian crosswalks to tell people to hurry the fuck up. (that saves their life)

When I started riding I was told during motorcycle safety course that it is impossible to flip your motorcycle applying the front brake to hard. It was a popular myth.

We really need a dandan × yammie collab vid Also tell spite he's handsome

The low octane fuel in my country is 95. I can choose that or 100

Not a fan of loud pipes but it can't possibly do anything other than help signal your approach. What you said about Doppler is often true of quiet pipes because the limited sound output is too high pitched to be prominent from the front with Doppler shift: however loud pipes allow one to hear cylinder beats and usually at a low enough pitch to still be audible even with Doppler. Low pitch sound diffracts more easily and scatters widely and you can witness this by listening to a Harley or a single with a slip-on exhaust: they can easily be heard on approach. As an additional physics lesson, high octane fuel absolutely can boost power because eliminating pre ignition does just that, allowing the piston to compress further before ignition and getting a longer stroke after

Don't tell people they can point their pipes forward, someone's gonna end up doing it and then be confused why their bike backfires under high speeds

Extremely annoying Myth - you need electronic aids to be able to ride safely.

i remember back in the 90's i had road race slicks put on my Yamaha TT 350 dirt bike it was fun :D

I ride a harley and I absolutely 💯 want a sreaming seagull decal! Like a seagull screaming wearing some aviators, with a red, white, and blue headband

For 6 and 7. That's why Michelin Road 5s are the go to street tyre. They grip enough to drag knee on trackdays straight from the driveway with barely any warming up needed. And then in the wet they're like you've got gluesticks as tyres

Also... them pebbles ain't no joke and neither are them cross walk paint with the high sheen on them. They get slick if a little wet. I've had the ass end kick out on me when I was making a 90° right turn over a crosswalk.😶

I’d just add, do look out for obstacles on the road, even small, just not to be surprised and also for more comfort if you can easily avoid them

Loud pipes will make it more likely that someone at 3 or 9 o'clock won't merge into you

I'm sorry but I had unbaffled 2.5" straights on a VTX1800 for a few weeks. They were obnoxiously loud. The Harley crowd could not deal with them. I let a friend try it and you could hear this bike easily 1/2 mile away approaching at street speeds and when he drove past on the freeway you could hear it coming a LONG way before it arrived. I understand sound and doppler very well as I was a Sonar Tech in the Navy. Loud is Loud. Loud pipes cannot be ignored. Sound reverberates off of sound walls, bridge abutments, other vehicles, the road ect

With regards to track tyres; if you have those on during a Texas summer they will probably be too hot LOL!

I’ve been wearing noise-canceling headphones under my helmet for ten years. The only time this hasn’t worked for me (10 years of riding city/country, over 100k miles on two wheels) is when people try to talk to me with my helmet on. No, I can’t hear you at all. I can hear everything else, though. That said, I’m kinda going deaf there days (genetic) and I can barely make out what most folks are saying these days with or without a helmet. 😓 Also, being older, I see my peers riding without a helmet (as it’s legal where I just moved to) and I get a lot of amused glances my way for being in full gear. I like my brain in my head and I’ve been hit by a car once already (which the only part of me injured was the part without proper gear as the old legs have a bit of road-rash).

Thank you for blessing my ears again

Have had no issues with Q3 or Q4 on the street. No issues in rain either. Actually pretty impressed with them on the street.

If anyone were to ride on the north western motorway in Auckland New Zealand during afternoon peak times... they would change their mind on highway riding being safer, and stick to the main roads through the suburbs. particularly if they were to ride past the Patiki road onramp, past the Te-Atatu rd over bridge, to the Linciln Rd off ramp. It's scary enough inside a high tensile steel shell!

My favorite tire from back in the day, were Dunlop D364's. Dunlop is poop now, but those tires were awesome, for clearing water, and sticky for the time.

Coming from a Tasmanian, the fact at the end was a nice surprise. Top work pappa yam

Hummmmmm. OK... I was with you till the end. Fuel octane has nothing to do with "Detonation".... it has to do with the speed the fuel burns at. Also, your engine doesn't "Develop more compression".... that is designed into the engine. And, the pre-detonation "Knock" is NEVER from a second spark in the engine. (where would it come from?) it can be cased by a hot spot... but is generally caused by the rapid, or accelerated burn that goes out of control, and completes before TDC from either too much ignition timing, or too high of compression for the fuel. (Think diesel, and auto ignition without a spark). But to your point... YES... it will absolutely cause engine damage if it's out of control. Now on the REALY bad OPPOSITE side of "Knock"... (and to support your thoughts of not going faster) If you have an engine that is designed and tuned for 87... and you put 93 in it to "Go Faster"... the slower burring, high octane fuel will not be done burning when that exhaust stroke hits. SO... you will over hear the piston crowns, and over heat the exhaust valves. That could lead to melted pistons and melted valves. Back in the day... I always laughed at the 2 stroke guys who would melt pistons every few races, burning race fuel. They would blame lack of oil or bad oil... I would tell them every time, they melted the piston crown with the fuel. (Easy to pick out, it would be a total collapse facing the exhaust port) I went as far as to show them that with caster oil... and CAMPPING FUEL, (FYI 65 oct) I could run my WR250 just as hard as on 87. (yes, a re-jet was needed, but smelled great) Anyway... keep up the good work !!

the thing about hitting stuff while riding. hit home.. keep in mind i have a great knowledge of physics and know why motorcycles and even bicycles like to stay upright while moving. however my first time riding my motorcycle i hit a railroad tie my neighbor had jsut sitting in his yard as a marker for where his septic tank was so folks didn't park on top of it.. while i was in the air.. i didn't think about physics just that.. i'm more important than my bike even if it is brand new. so.. i jumped off and watched as my bike landed fine and rolled on as if nothing was amiss let alone me not being on it.. i remember being so angry at my self for not trusting in physics..

Thanks for the Revzilla tip, I buy stuff from them all the time now.

Tasmania got a mention! 😁 My home state, and on my bucket list is to ride all around Tassie on my VFR800! 👌🏻

Here's the thing about loud pipes: 1: A loud pipe produces more sound than a quieter pipe. Which travels farther, and with more energy. 2: The frequency of the exhaust noise matter more than the DB. Higher pitched sounds are deflected and absorbed by materials much easier. Anyone with any audio tech knowledge knows that the hardest sound to deaden is low frequency sounds because they pass right through objects. The fact remains that a High pitch loud pipe will be killed by the cars body before a low pitch loud pipe will. Running a low pitch quieter pipe is actually better than running a high pitch louder pipe simply because of sound absorption. What you're describing with the Doppler effect is actually a pitch/frequency change. If you throw a baseball out of a car going 20mph, you're adding 20mph to your throw. If you throw sound from an object, your speed increases the compression which then increases the pitch. Higher pitch = more easily absorbed. Then when leaving you're sound is pulled away, making the pitch lower which is easier to hear. This means that pitch shifting your exhaust down will increase the likelyhood of someone hearing you. Increase the DB level will also increase the likelihood of someone hearing you. Making ANYTHING more agressive increases the likelihood of someone seeing/hearing you. Brighter lights, neon, reflectors and yes, a louder bike. People have literally been hit by electric vehicles in parking lots because they didn't hear them, or thought they were a bicycle. Sound plays an import role for drivers, just *not as much as sight*. Which is where this notion of "doesn't matter how loud the pipes are" come from. Because people think drivers are deaf and only use their vision. Which couldn't be farther from the truth. They just use it *more*. For instance, Riding a zero FX with literally no sound vs riding a fat pipe is going to change how people react when you're nearby. It's just a fact that more noise is more noticeable (depending on frequency and blockage to the ears)

More grip on my 600 makes not safer it gets warm and that thing tries to buck you off like a wild Bronco. Very fun out in the rain though As I can power slide like Rossi Q3's would probably go with less grip next time

I always wear my full gear on even though I don't own a motorcycle.

I actually sawed a deer in half on my bike, and the bike stayed uprigt. I felt the impact, but no wobble or anything. Just rode right through it pretty much

Nice VN footage bro :D, from VN with love

It's not about age, it's about years ridden... :-)

I ran over a frigging full wire hub cap in the road once! On the highway ahead of me was an 80's Caddy with those damn chrome wire hub caps when one popped off rolled across the lane and hit the center divider and bounced right back directly in front of me. I thought I was going to go down but the Busa rolled right over it. Sure it felt like I hit a speed bump at 55mph but went right over with no damage. Glad it wasn't a pebble!

People backing out of driveways is a big one.

Q3+ owner here. They are cooking hot even on short rides. They get up to temp within a mile or so. And they stay hot for probably 30 minutes or more after a longer ride. They are sick tires. I wouldn't chage them out for anything else.

Loud pipes is situational. Deers have stopped and not ran across (not all the time), cyclist premptively move back over towards the outer part of the lane (most of the time), pedestrians have waited a few seconds longer (also more often than not) as for people in front of you in a car well shit out of luck for the most part if their other awareness abilities are down regulated.

One statistic missing in why older people get killed. From my experience. Most older people have more free time, to put down more miles. Do not disagree with Yammie. I ride with BACA, us older people can afford to and have the time to go to events every weekend. Some of our younger riders got things like family and work getting in the way. My wife and I think nothing of hopping on our bikes and cruising a few hundred miles on a Tuesday, just because. I am on pace for 20K miles in a year, before retirement maybe 5 or 6 K, with that much commuting to work.

1:15 As a learner rider with 8 hours under my belt I nolonger see my helmet while rideing, just like my nose, if I want to see it I can look at it but when I am doing something else (like rideing) I don't notice it.

Premium fuel won't get you more power on a bike rated for regular fuel. What it CAN do for a bike rated for regular fuel is allow it to use its rated horsepower on those extremely hot days. The ECU can sometimes pull timing, to prevent detonation. Premium fuel can help combat this problem. It might take a couple of tanks of premium for the ECU to adjust itself but it can help. It won't make any extra power but it might be able to maintain it (depending on the bike). For those that already require premium fuel, its already giving you all its got.

6:42 White Oak Avenue off the 101......that's my area.

came here faster than at my girlfriend's. Kidding, I'm single. Wouldn't know why.

6:40 wow i wish we would have this much lanes on our autbahnen here in the ruhrgebiet ;p

Expecting Harley bros to understand science was your first mistake.

Yay!!! More plugs!!!

Getting closer to the turbo busa reveal!

Stuff on the road....GRASS CLIPPINGS!!! The no helmet argument....I just can't! Put on your bucket!! For everything! Hockey, football, biking, riding a motorcycle, skateboarding.....there is way too much that can happen way too fast, just put it on!!!!

On the subjects of myth, not all of those tire chunks on the road are from retread tires. New tires do the same thing.

For the pipes- if I couldn't hear you over a straight-piped base model Impreza, the guy in the super noise-canceling car won't hear you either, and neither will the guy in a V8 truck with straight pipes. If I can't hear your track-only exhaust until you're within 10' of me, it's not really helping me notice you.

The deer picture was too funny

I'd agree loud pipes don't necessarily save lives... but you can absolutely hear them long before they get to you. I can hear bikes before they even turn onto my street. Another hard aspect of proving they do/don't save lives is.. If someone noticed a bike by sound, therefore didn't cut them off and potentially kill them, you would never know about it. The ONLY logical statement you could make on this topic is they can POTENTIALLY save lives (unless you can pull evidence to support one statement or another). Ever notice on drive-by videos showcasing exhaust you can hear the bike before it passes the camera? hm also I hit a deer, didn't wreck. Myth busted lol

Anecdotally, loud pipe candace lives, in certain situations. Had a woman in a minivan, using her phone and drinking a pop, start to pull off the ramp, towards me. Throttle crack woke her up, made her drop the phone, and fall 8n behind me. Generally speaking, bright colored gear works better to keep you safe than removing the baffles ever will.

The editing and scripting on these vids always make me chuckle

I've gotten a lot more confident when navigating road hazards, but I don't think anything makes me shit my pants faster than road seams.

You have to control for the overprevalance of older riders for the accident statistics. Most motorcycle riders in America are around that age afaik.

Louder than stock pipes do help people not change lanes into you and lets them know there's something in front of them. I'm not saying they need to be earsplittingly loud but people pulling out infront of you is not the only time when people need to know your there.

Preignition is not from a spark, it's from pressure and heat, higher octane is more stable.

Id have to disagree with the tire thing somewhat, slicks 100% agree, but i ride and rc8 with q3+s and can say they heat up very fast q4s even faster. Sport touring tires on sport bikes only make sense if you wear a flat bar into the tread by the time you’re done with them

I hit a log that came off the semi in front of me. It was a hell of a ride but i stayed up.

"Is like trying to grab a watermelon covered in vasoline" oh my lord I nearly wet myself!! 🤣🤣

No V4r on my phone , I do however have a 2015r on my screen saver, it's the bike I race on.

Great video

Riding on the streets is safer for overall life. Basically, you may get into more accidents in the city, but they generally aren't major. I don't know of any non-serious freeway accidents.

DUDE!!!!!!!! That is a huge freaking 8 point @6:24 I bet he would go well over 300lbs

SO if loud pipes dont save lives then why in the hell does every car, truck, and motorcycle on the face of the planet have a freaking horn????. oh BTW the Doppler effect only happens when one object travels past a stationary observer.