Reply With Quotenice post fireinxb. and in conjunction with what you've just said, i would like to add this.(intake whoofing being my personal fav)
considering there's been dozens of "my engine is noisy", "what's that clicking noise", "is this normal" types of posts on the board regarding our bikes' drivelines, thought i'd post this quote from arguably the finest motorcycle journalist alive regarding the XB12 Ulysses he purchased new in the summer of 2010. i give you none other than Peter Egan:
"plainly put, i love this Buell Ulysses for everything it is and all that it isn't. it has comfort and reliability in spades, prodigious torque, interesting lines,incredibly simple maintenance procedures accomplished with basic hand tools, outside-the-box thinking regarding brakes, fluid containers, exhaust placement...the list is admirably long. granted that the sportster-derived driveline produces a cacaphony of primary chain whirring, exhaust huffing, valve train clatter, cam gear clicking and intake whoofing all in the name of air-cooled power production...much the same as any quality garden tractor engine is prone to do. i find all this fairly subtle racket to be not only satisfying but a large provider of "character" which is something sorely lacking in most 21st century machinery."
Peter Egan
Cycle World online posting
October/2011
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