Haha I'm no exhaust aficionado, I just like bike sounds. Boxers have always sounded to me (at speed) like an A-10 Warthog firing its nose cannon, which just ticks my boxes as a kid who grew up during Desert Storm 😆
You know, I've never had a cosmetic plate (prior to this), and I originally sent in for BOX3R.... but it was rejected because "can't have numbers imitating letters". Funny enough I think this version is better anyway haha.
Thanks for putting this up on your channel. I understand it's different in person as I recorded my exhaust after new headers and removing the CAT. It also didn't translate well. Anyway, I like the sound of your R18 even through UA-cam. Sounds much better than stock....Well Done!
No problem. It's very quiet stock, especially with the exhaust flaps. I like the sound personally, but I'm also not a v-twin potato potato aficionado 😅
@@Chasing.Adventure some of my riding buddies have multiple bikes some of which are of the potato potato variety. I like both the inline 4 sportbike sound and the rumble of the V-twins with serious cams and pipes. With that said, they are really only fun on start up or when purposely ripping on them. The longer rides with those bikes can definitely get annoying after a while. Not to mention you're neighbors will begin hating on you when you head out on a Saturday morning at 6:30am to beat the heat of those Summer rides.
@@Texas2Tires Yea, a good thing about the R18 or any bike with ride modes probably, is if you're just chewing up miles you can flip it to Roll mode, quiet it down, and get 7 more MPG. If I'm on the interstate, I'm in roll mode enjoying my music in my helmet.
@@Chasing.Adventure very true. I ride around 100% of the time in Dynamic Pro on my RS. The only time I switch out is if I accidentally get caught in the rain, then rain mode it is. Dynamic and Road mode never get used on my bike. Mostly because I'm always riding in the twisties in Austin's Hill Country. Rarely am I munching miles on the freeway. But I too jam out listening to tunes in my shoei Neotech Sena SRL Mesh with the Harman Kardon speakers.
@@Texas2Tires I'm in Rock mode 95% of the time, and really only switch to Rain if it's literally pouring. I find that the change in throttle response can be more of a distraction than the conditions if they aren't too bad. Honestly never really used Roll until I discovered it helped MPG so much on 1000+ mile days and allowed me to stretch 50ish more miles out of a tank. (Rock = Sport, Roll = Normal, Rain = Rain FYI in terms of most bikes). I think Rock and Roll are closer together with the stock tune, but the BTmoto tune creates a lot more separation between the two.
I like it (not an exhaust aficionado mind you, but my Harley friends say it sounds good). It's the 4.5" version, which is really just the 4" with a sleeve on the end to make it bigger. Cheers!
That’s Deeeep sounding!
Haha I'm no exhaust aficionado, I just like bike sounds. Boxers have always sounded to me (at speed) like an A-10 Warthog firing its nose cannon, which just ticks my boxes as a kid who grew up during Desert Storm 😆
Now it sounds as good as it looks 👍🤜🤛
I'm not an exhaust aficionado by any stretch, but it sounds good to me haha.
Cheeky license plate. I approve
You know, I've never had a cosmetic plate (prior to this), and I originally sent in for BOX3R.... but it was rejected because "can't have numbers imitating letters". Funny enough I think this version is better anyway haha.
Thanks for putting this up on your channel. I understand it's different in person as I recorded my exhaust after new headers and removing the CAT. It also didn't translate well. Anyway, I like the sound of your R18 even through UA-cam. Sounds much better than stock....Well Done!
No problem. It's very quiet stock, especially with the exhaust flaps. I like the sound personally, but I'm also not a v-twin potato potato aficionado 😅
@@Chasing.Adventure some of my riding buddies have multiple bikes some of which are of the potato potato variety. I like both the inline 4 sportbike sound and the rumble of the V-twins with serious cams and pipes. With that said, they are really only fun on start up or when purposely ripping on them. The longer rides with those bikes can definitely get annoying after a while. Not to mention you're neighbors will begin hating on you when you head out on a Saturday morning at 6:30am to beat the heat of those Summer rides.
@@Texas2Tires Yea, a good thing about the R18 or any bike with ride modes probably, is if you're just chewing up miles you can flip it to Roll mode, quiet it down, and get 7 more MPG. If I'm on the interstate, I'm in roll mode enjoying my music in my helmet.
@@Chasing.Adventure very true. I ride around 100% of the time in Dynamic Pro on my RS. The only time I switch out is if I accidentally get caught in the rain, then rain mode it is. Dynamic and Road mode never get used on my bike. Mostly because I'm always riding in the twisties in Austin's Hill Country. Rarely am I munching miles on the freeway. But I too jam out listening to tunes in my shoei Neotech Sena SRL Mesh with the Harman Kardon speakers.
@@Texas2Tires I'm in Rock mode 95% of the time, and really only switch to Rain if it's literally pouring. I find that the change in throttle response can be more of a distraction than the conditions if they aren't too bad. Honestly never really used Roll until I discovered it helped MPG so much on 1000+ mile days and allowed me to stretch 50ish more miles out of a tank. (Rock = Sport, Roll = Normal, Rain = Rain FYI in terms of most bikes).
I think Rock and Roll are closer together with the stock tune, but the BTmoto tune creates a lot more separation between the two.
Sounds good, currently looking at options for mine. Is this the 2.5" option?
I like it (not an exhaust aficionado mind you, but my Harley friends say it sounds good). It's the 4.5" version, which is really just the 4" with a sleeve on the end to make it bigger. Cheers!