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You can ride with whatever noise level you can stand and over the years they will get quieter. That said, I can still hear the straight pipe on my G80 Matchless just fine. Wife? Not so much.Balance pipe on my MKIII did improve mid range but not noise level IIRC. Leave one balance-pipe clamp loose on one end to accommodate temperature expansion and contraction, and use lots of anti-sieze on the joints then the pipes won't crack at the weld for the balance pipe. My theory that it's not the vibration but the expansion that cracks the welds seems to have been born out as mine haven't cracked these last 20 years. And that's the way I assembled many customer's bikes back in the day and didn't have come-backs.The nicest sounding pea shooters I remember were on a Commando with high pipes. Those had been cut apart and the baffles taken out altogether, re-welded and re-chromed. Nice hollow sound I could hear well when following behind. Not quiet however.
You can ride with whatever noise level you can stand and over the years they will get quieter. That said, I can still hear the straight pipe on my G80 Matchless just fine. Wife? Not so much.
Balance pipe on my MKIII did improve mid range but not noise level IIRC. Leave one balance-pipe clamp loose on one end to accommodate temperature expansion and contraction, and use lots of anti-sieze on the joints then the pipes won't crack at the weld for the balance pipe. My theory that it's not the vibration but the expansion that cracks the welds seems to have been born out as mine haven't cracked these last 20 years. And that's the way I assembled many customer's bikes back in the day and didn't have come-backs.
The nicest sounding pea shooters I remember were on a Commando with high pipes. Those had been cut apart and the baffles taken out altogether, re-welded and re-chromed. Nice hollow sound I could hear well when following behind. Not quiet however.
