Speakers! Speakers! Speakers!

kris5495 · May 8th, 2015, 06:41 AM

So i added some rockfordfosgate renegade rx100 watt speakers to my 08 ninja 250 they are mounted to the rear seat they're to big to put anywhere else lmao. I was trying to figure out how loud my speakers should be, which I know that at the time I've had my car speakers louder in this area with no complaints, and one of the more "lovely" neighbors gave me his input 2 minutes after I left my house he was very aggressive towards me used so much fowl language it hurt to hear afterwards and he blocked the road so I couldn't go around even after I turned the music off telling me to leave "his" neighborhood. I've lived here for 20 years as of Monday and I've never seen this guy outside of his house once! so I took my bike home so I didn't have to deal with this guy anymore mind you it was 12 noon and there is no noise ordinance till 10:30 at night. thoughts?

cbinker · May 8th, 2015, 07:12 AM

get the speakers off the bike.

Kurgan · May 8th, 2015, 07:14 AM

If you absolutely positively MUST have another loud annoying noise coming off your bike, at least mount them in the dash facing you like the hog riders do it.

csmith12 · May 8th, 2015, 08:37 AM

He doesn't have the right to tell you to leave public streets but... no need to chase trouble either. If you're within your rights and the law....

Daakuryu · May 8th, 2015, 01:32 PM

Music should be for your personal enjoyment. Please don't join the douche bags who impose their music on others club.

akima · May 8th, 2015, 01:33 PM

I think your neighbour must have some other issues going on (stress? depression? family problems? on some kind of drugs, legal or illegal?). Either that or you must have done something prior to piss him off and he let it build up - the bike speakers would have just been final straw that broken the camels back.

Personally, I get all the music I need from my bike from the engine!

liberpolly · May 8th, 2015, 10:55 PM

What "fowl language"? Did he quack?

Maielstrom · May 9th, 2015, 12:18 AM

I installed some Kicker 5.25" speakers onto my Ninja, and have used them for about a year now. I've never had anyone complain about them, and have actually received compliments on the addition. Only thing I make sure to do is use the "clean" version of any song that may have questionable lyrics. I have the amp velcro'ed on underneath the windshield, and it sounds pretty good. I don't think it should be a problem as long as you're being courteous about the usage (rolling through a neighborhood late at night with the music blasting, for instance). People go along with car radios blasting, and sub woofers that can set off car alarms, so I for one think they're an awesome addition, and don't see it as being an issue, unless the usage is unreasonable.

MrAtom · May 9th, 2015, 12:38 AM

My philosophy on playing loud music is this: i wont make you listen to my ****** music unless i can hear your ****** music. Just be courteous.

Singh2jz · May 9th, 2015, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akima

Personally, I get all the music I need from my bike from the engine!

first you take nuts, now words outta my mouth?

fishdip · May 9th, 2015, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Singh2jz

first you take nuts, now words outta my mouth?

You had nuts in your mouth.

Singh2jz · May 9th, 2015, 02:31 AM

HAHAHA..oh man.

adouglas · May 9th, 2015, 04:07 AM

Bob2010 · May 9th, 2015, 05:33 AM

Lol - yeah. No one wants to hear your ****** music lmfao
Use blue tooth and ear buds

Or be like this guy v

crazymadbastard · May 9th, 2015, 06:58 AM

Mount them backwards, that way the sonic boom will push the moto forward. Jet pack pack on the cheap.

liberpolly · May 9th, 2015, 09:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crazymadbastard

Mount them backwards, that way the sonic boom will push the moto forward. Jet pack pack on the cheap.

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akima · May 10th, 2015, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Singh2jz

first you take nuts, now words outta my mouth?

I've been really enjoying the sound of my lil ninjette since I got the area p. It makes a nice low basey rumbling noise at low rpm and screams up high. My favourite sounding bikes are 3 cylinder Triumphs (not sure exactly which ones) and Husqvarna Nuda 900R

Link to original page on YouTube.

Singh2jz · May 10th, 2015, 05:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by akima

I've been really enjoying the sound of my lil ninjette since I got the area p. It makes a nice low basey rumbling noise at low rpm and screams up high. My favourite sounding bikes are 3 cylinder Triumphs (not sure exactly which ones) and Husqvarna Nuda 900R

Link to original page on YouTube.

Those bikes sound flippin awesome..

liberpolly · May 11th, 2015, 12:50 AM

The classic triples - Legend, 2000 TB and TBS - sound most awesome.

Baron · May 11th, 2015, 04:30 AM

Well unless there is a law about how loud exhausts/music can be where you are, I don't think there should be a problem. The guy is probably dealing with stuff like akima said.
Personally if I am doing something that I know isn't illegal, I wouldn't really care.

adouglas · May 11th, 2015, 06:48 AM

There's a difference between what's technically legal and what makes for being a good neighbor.

Sometimes I wonder if kids no longer get taught the Golden Rule.

Last night some a$$hat rode a Harley with aftermarket exhaust past my house at midnight. Legal? sure. Did it make me want to clothesline the jerk? Absolutely.

Yeah, I'm turning into an old curmudgeon. Tough titty.

Baron · May 11th, 2015, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by adouglas

There's a difference between what's technically legal and what makes for being a good neighbor.

Sometimes I wonder if kids no longer get taught the Golden Rule.

Last night some a$$hat rode a Harley with aftermarket exhaust past my house at midnight. Legal? sure. Did it make me want to clothesline the jerk? Absolutely.

Yeah, I'm turning into an old curmudgeon. Tough titty.

Agreed. If it's a valid complaint I would understand, however in this case the time was around noon and I don't believe that Kris's speakers would be anymore louder that what people have in their cars(I'm not a car person but I am assuming that this is the case).
For example, one of my neighbours told me to drag my 250 around the corner and then start it up because my "loud bike" woke him up in the morning. All I did was let her warm up, I didn't rev up unnecessarily, I didn't act like an hooligan, I was doing what anyone would do when they are going to work - Start up their vehicle.
Sometimes I think that most people complain because they aren't used to bikes, other times it's just because they are frustrated as is.
Point is - I am all for being a good neighbour, if someone has a valid complaint, I'd listen and do what I can; however that being said I won't be bullied around.

broken neck · May 14th, 2015, 07:03 PM

It's not because you can that you should...

Baron do you have the OEM exhaust on it? If not, maybe that's why he asked you that, what time was it?

I have an Area P quiet core... I park my 250 in the back alley, if I leave too early in the morning, I push my Ninja into the street before starting it. Why, just because I don't want to wake up the neighborhood while it warms up...

And I wouldn't want some one waking up my kid at 6:00 am by starting his bike in the alley, so I do the same thing... I'm sure they appreciate it...

akima · May 14th, 2015, 11:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broken neck

I have an Area P quiet core... I park my 250 in the back alley, if I leave too early in the morning, I push my Ninja into the street before starting it. Why, just because I don't want to wake up the neighborhood while it warms up...

I do the same.

kris5495 · May 17th, 2015, 07:32 PM

Thank you for some of your responses. i haven't used my speakers since then because i'm to lazy to pull the rear seat off and turn on the amp. but i will say this i had it just loud enough for me to hear it over my bike at 5000 rpm my family said they couldn't hear it down the street only when i pulled up right in front of the house and they said it was fine. and where i am located ear buds are illegal while driving not sure if the Bluetooth speakers in helmets are but i don't like that anyways at-least with the speakers i can still hear car horns over them also i only plan on using them on highway and boulevards. and the way i have them attached is the only area the actually fit on the bike. also this man was quite hostile and aggressive he got right in my face I am not one to fight over something as petty as this but i also wont be bullied i am enlisted in the marine corps and am leaving in a few months so i'm going to enjoy my time worry, hate, and stress free unlike this ungentleman who had never seen me before.

CZroe · May 18th, 2015, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris5495

So i added some rockfordfosgate renegade rx100 watt speakers...

Got a link to that speaker kit?

Quote:

Originally Posted by akima

...Either that or you must have done something prior to piss him off and he let it build up - the bike speakers would have just been final straw that broken the camels back...

I don't think the guy realized he was a neighbor because he tried to keep him out of the neighborhood and told him not to come back.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maielstrom

I installed some Kicker 5.25" speakers onto my Ninja, and have used them for about a year now.

Got a thread detailing your install?

Kurgan · May 18th, 2015, 06:45 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by broken neck

I have an Area P quiet core... I park my 250 in the back alley, if I leave too early in the morning, I push my Ninja into the street before starting it. Why, just because I don't want to wake up the neighborhood while it warms up...

And I wouldn't want some one waking up my kid at 6:00 am by starting his bike in the alley, so I do the same thing... I'm sure they appreciate it...

As far as I'm concerned, my quiet neighbors are too stupid or too lazy to call the cops on the party house across the street that has drunken karaoke parties every weekend until 3am and sometimes 4am, always with half a dozen hogs with straight pipes roaring down the street at full throttle, always engine braking before the end of the street so the backfiring sounds like a gunfight right outside my window.

The noise laws in my area say to stop the noise at midnight, but the cops never come because 2 different city PD's are wasting time arguing over who gets to take the call.

So when my Two Brothers full system finally gets installed I won't have any problem warming it up in my garage when I leave for work.
.

kris5495 · May 18th, 2015, 10:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CZroe

Got a link to that speaker kit?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/291251418718...%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I don't think the guy realized he was a neighbor because he tried to keep him out of the neighborhood and told him not to come back.

Got a thread detailing your install?

kris5495 · June 4th, 2015, 08:03 PM

So i put my speakers inside my fairings connected the amp to my tail light so it only comes on when the bike turns on and set up a mount for my phone

johncrist1988 · June 15th, 2015, 06:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kris5495

So i put my speakers inside my fairings connected the amp to my tail light so it only comes on when the bike turns on and set up a mount for my phone

That actually is pretty sick, but how can you hear anything while you're riding? All I hear is.. WOOOOOSSSSHHHSHHHHHSSSSSSSHHHHH BRAP BRAP.

CC Cowboy · June 15th, 2015, 10:22 AM

Where did you put the sub-woofer?

adouglas · June 15th, 2015, 11:14 AM

I wanna know where the 8-track cartridges get carried.

Riverdale · June 17th, 2015, 04:26 PM

ive tried this, but my records always skip

kris5495 · June 20th, 2015, 08:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by johncrist1988

That actually is pretty sick, but how can you hear anything while you're riding? All I hear is.. WOOOOOSSSSHHHSHHHHHSSSSSSSHHHHH BRAP BRAP.

I can hear it all the way to 60-70mph they are quite loud

May 8th, 2015, 07:12 AM	#2
cbinker Track Clown Name: Chris Location: Kingman, AZ Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): '08 250R, 21 MV F3 800, Kawasaki 400 build Posts: A lot. MOTM - Sep '15	get the speakers off the bike. __________________________________________________ TEAM ALFALFA www.apexassassins.com

May 8th, 2015, 08:37 AM	#4
csmith12 The Corner Whisperer Name: Chris (aka Reactor) Location: Northern KY Join Date: May 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2010 250 (track), 1992 250, 2006 R6 (street/track), 2008 R6 (track) Posts: Too much. MOTY 2015, MOTM - Nov '12, Nov '13	He doesn't have the right to tell you to leave public streets but... no need to chase trouble either. If you're within your rights and the law.... __________________________________________________ Goal: Shake A Million Hands \| Look through the corners \| Track Day Prep \| Closest track? \| The Mid-Ohio School

May 8th, 2015, 01:32 PM	#5
Daakuryu ninjette.org member Name: Jean Location: Toronto Ontario Eh! Join Date: Jun 2013 Motorcycle(s): Red 2012 Ninja 250 Posts: 57	Music should be for your personal enjoyment. Please don't join the douche bags who impose their music on others club.
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May 8th, 2015, 01:33 PM	#6
akima Nooblet Name: Akima Location: England Join Date: Jul 2011 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R FI Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 5 MOTM - Oct '13	I think your neighbour must have some other issues going on (stress? depression? family problems? on some kind of drugs, legal or illegal?). Either that or you must have done something prior to piss him off and he let it build up - the bike speakers would have just been final straw that broken the camels back. Personally, I get all the music I need from my bike from the engine! __________________________________________________

May 8th, 2015, 10:55 PM	#7
liberpolly ninjette.org guru Name: Poul Location: Seattle Join Date: Jan 2015 Motorcycle(s): 1999 Triumph Legend "Arwen", 2006 Ninja 650 "Matsuo Hotaru". 2010 Ninja 250 "Firefly" - sold. Posts: 338	What "fowl language"? Did he quack? __________________________________________________ Screw the inscrutable, eff the ineffable.

May 8th, 2015, 07:14 AM	#3
Kurgan ninjette.org guru Name: Kurgan Location: Texas Join Date: Aug 2011 Motorcycle(s): '09 Ninja 250R Posts: 260	If you absolutely positively MUST have another loud annoying noise coming off your bike, at least mount them in the dash facing you like the hog riders do it.

May 9th, 2015, 12:38 AM	#9
MrAtom . Name: . Location: . Join Date: Aug 2014 Motorcycle(s): . Posts: A lot. MOTM - July '15	My philosophy on playing loud music is this: i wont make you listen to my **** music unless i can hear your **** music. Just be courteous.
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May 9th, 2015, 02:31 AM	#12
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May 9th, 2015, 04:07 AM	#13
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May 9th, 2015, 05:33 AM	#14
Bob2010 ninjette.org sage Name: Bob Location: NY Join Date: Jul 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2010 Ninja 250 2009 Ninja 250 Posts: 730	Lol - yeah. No one wants to hear your ****** music lmfao Use blue tooth and ear buds Or be like this guy v __________________________________________________ 2010 Red Ninja 250 2009 Black Ninja 250 -If you ride like lightning,you're gonna crash like thunder-

May 9th, 2015, 06:58 AM	#15
crazymadbastard I'm crazy,your excuse is? Name: Winston Location: Connecticut Join Date: May 2013 Motorcycle(s): 250 2007 ninja Posts: A lot.	Mount them backwards, that way the sonic boom will push the moto forward. Jet pack pack on the cheap. __________________________________________________ My Cafe Racer Build My intro post
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May 11th, 2015, 12:50 AM	#19
liberpolly ninjette.org guru Name: Poul Location: Seattle Join Date: Jan 2015 Motorcycle(s): 1999 Triumph Legend "Arwen", 2006 Ninja 650 "Matsuo Hotaru". 2010 Ninja 250 "Firefly" - sold. Posts: 338	The classic triples - Legend, 2000 TB and TBS - sound most awesome. __________________________________________________ Screw the inscrutable, eff the ineffable.

May 11th, 2015, 04:30 AM	#20
Baron Urban Legend Name: Baron Location: Brampton, ON Join Date: Apr 2014 Motorcycle(s): 09 Ninja 250R SE - Circe Posts: 542	Well unless there is a law about how loud exhausts/music can be where you are, I don't think there should be a problem. The guy is probably dealing with stuff like akima said. Personally if I am doing something that I know isn't illegal, I wouldn't really care. __________________________________________________ "Life is like riding - *You can either tear the fastlane in half or stay in the slipstream trying to play catch up*." -Baron

May 11th, 2015, 06:48 AM	#21
adouglas Cat herder Name: Gort Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 6 MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13	There's a difference between what's technically legal and what makes for being a good neighbor. Sometimes I wonder if kids no longer get taught the Golden Rule. Last night some a$$hat rode a Harley with aftermarket exhaust past my house at midnight. Legal? sure. Did it make me want to clothesline the jerk? Absolutely. Yeah, I'm turning into an old curmudgeon. Tough titty. __________________________________________________ I am NOT an adrenaline junkie, I'm a skill junkie. - csmith12 Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. Heri historia. Cras mysterium. Hodie donum est. Carpe diem.
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May 14th, 2015, 07:03 PM	#23
broken neck ninjette.org guru Name: Thomas Location: Montréal Join Date: May 2012 Motorcycle(s): 2011 Ninja 250R Special Edition (sold), 2017 CRF250 Rally Posts: 384	It's not because you can that you should... Baron do you have the OEM exhaust on it? If not, maybe that's why he asked you that, what time was it? I have an Area P quiet core... I park my 250 in the back alley, if I leave too early in the morning, I push my Ninja into the street before starting it. Why, just because I don't want to wake up the neighborhood while it warms up... And I wouldn't want some one waking up my kid at 6:00 am by starting his bike in the alley, so I do the same thing... I'm sure they appreciate it...

May 17th, 2015, 07:32 PM	#25
kris5495 ninjette.org member Name: Kris Location: wilkes barre Join Date: May 2015 Motorcycle(s): 2008 ninja ex250r Posts: 38	Thank you Thank you for some of your responses. i haven't used my speakers since then because i'm to lazy to pull the rear seat off and turn on the amp. but i will say this i had it just loud enough for me to hear it over my bike at 5000 rpm my family said they couldn't hear it down the street only when i pulled up right in front of the house and they said it was fine. and where i am located ear buds are illegal while driving not sure if the Bluetooth speakers in helmets are but i don't like that anyways at-least with the speakers i can still hear car horns over them also i only plan on using them on highway and boulevards. and the way i have them attached is the only area the actually fit on the bike. also this man was quite hostile and aggressive he got right in my face I am not one to fight over something as petty as this but i also wont be bullied i am enlisted in the marine corps and am leaving in a few months so i'm going to enjoy my time worry, hate, and stress free unlike this ungentleman who had never seen me before. __________________________________________________ the most powerful ass is the one behind you.

June 15th, 2015, 10:22 AM	#31
CC Cowboy ninjette.org certified postwhore Name: Whodat Location: Ware Is.,MA Join Date: Jan 2009 Motorcycle(s): I pass the wind! Posts: A lot. MOTM - Mar '13, Jun '14	Where did you put the sub-woofer? __________________________________________________ If everything seems under control; you're just not going fast enough!

June 15th, 2015, 11:14 AM	#32
adouglas Cat herder Name: Gort Location: A secret lair which, being secret, has an undisclosed location Join Date: May 2009 Motorcycle(s): Aprilia RS660 Posts: A lot. Blog Entries: 6 MOTM - Jul '18, Nov '16, Aug '14, May '13	I wanna know where the 8-track cartridges get carried. __________________________________________________ I am NOT an adrenaline junkie, I'm a skill junkie. - csmith12 Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est. Heri historia. Cras mysterium. Hodie donum est. Carpe diem.

June 17th, 2015, 04:26 PM	#33
Riverdale ninjette.org member Name: Brandon Location: Kansas Join Date: Aug 2013 Motorcycle(s): 2009 250r. 1983 BMW r100rt Posts: 38	ive tried this, but my records always skip

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