Hi!

pompidouche · 09-11-2011, 08:21 AM

Hey everyone! I'm new here. This is the first 250 ever in the household. I bought it for my wife for a starter bike. I actually have it posted in the for sale section, but if I can solve her issue, I would like to keep it. She complains that it sounds like a lawn mower. :retard:

Any ideas on how to get it to sound deeper? If I can get it to sound better, she'll want it and keep it. It's what I want to do.

anyhow

I took it out for a real ride for the first time yesterday. It's a fun little bastard. I'm not use to riding something so small and..........slow. Last bike I had was an 1800, and right now, I'm riding an SS. I tried to take a 90 degree uphill curve yesterday doing 50 lol. It didn't work out so well. I was about to wipe out a mailbox. I intentionally low sided because the bike is so light. I just put my foot down and bounced it back up :lol: Over ten years of perfect riding, and I nearly wipe out on a 250... WIN :2tup:

blaine · 09-11-2011, 09:07 AM

Welcome to the forum.Maybe if you put the stock exhaust your wife may like it.It is what it is,a 250.Not much you can do to make it sound "deeper"

:cool:

alantf · 09-11-2011, 09:13 AM

Solution!......... Keep the bike. Sell the wife. :itsokay:

pompidouche · 09-11-2011, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by alantf

Solution!......... Keep the bike. Sell the wife. :itsokay:

Man, I would love to, but she has a salvaged title with a bunch of liens on her. :retard:

5th_bike · 09-11-2011, 07:21 PM

Welcome to the forum ! :2tup:

Regarding the sound, you know that electric bikes are available, and because they are so quiet they are making sound systems for them so they sound like a classic explosion engine motorcycle. It won't be long before you can mount a generator/speaker system where you can choose Ducati, Triumph, Guzzi etc. sounds with different exhaust systems for each (not Harley because they want too much money for it).

The question is though - can the GZ's electric system pull it ? :??:

mole2 · 09-11-2011, 09:24 PM

Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. There's not much you can do to make the exhaust sound deeper. Enjoy it for what it is. Ride safe.

Gz Rider · 09-12-2011, 08:06 AM

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5th_bike · 09-12-2011, 09:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Gz Rider

Back in the 70's I had this toy that mounted onto my bicycle. It was shaped as a motorcycle engine and it had a twist grip on the handle bar arranged so that when you twist the grip the "engine" would make motorcycle noises. It was the pride and joy of this eight year old.

Wow you were lucky, at that age I had to do with a DIY rattle out of a wooden clothespin (to fasten it to a front fender bar), an empty can of shoe polish, a big rubber band and half a wooden clothespin which was lifted by each spoke passing by, and then whacked back onto the empty can. You don't see those around anymore. Probably because no one seems to ever polish their shoes anymore. And plastic clothespins are not sturdy enough.

Rookie Rider · 09-12-2011, 11:13 PM

I used to just run over an empty can and it would get stuck on the front wheel and stay stuck under the fork of my bicycle, ahhhhh my motorcycle sound. It kinda sounds like the gz. The sound of the gz is kinda getting on my nerves now, for real.

Water Warrior 2 · 09-13-2011, 01:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Rookie Rider

The sound of the gz is kinda getting on my nerves now, for real.

Ear plugs.

09-11-2011, 08:21 AM	#1
pompidouche Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 5	Hi! Hey everyone! I'm new here. This is the first 250 ever in the household. I bought it for my wife for a starter bike. I actually have it posted in the for sale section, but if I can solve her issue, I would like to keep it. She complains that it sounds like a lawn mower. :retard: Any ideas on how to get it to sound deeper? If I can get it to sound better, she'll want it and keep it. It's what I want to do. anyhow I took it out for a real ride for the first time yesterday. It's a fun little bastard. I'm not use to riding something so small and..........slow. Last bike I had was an 1800, and right now, I'm riding an SS. I tried to take a 90 degree uphill curve yesterday doing 50 lol. It didn't work out so well. I was about to wipe out a mailbox. I intentionally low sided because the bike is so light. I just put my foot down and bounced it back up :lol: Over ten years of perfect riding, and I nearly wipe out on a 250... WIN :2tup: Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-11-2011, 09:07 AM	#2
blaine Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: P.E.I. Canada Posts: 3,784	Re: Hi! Welcome to the forum.Maybe if you put the stock exhaust your wife may like it.It is what it is,a 250.Not much you can do to make it sound "deeper" :cool: __________________ If at first you do succeed, try not to look surprised.
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09-11-2011, 09:13 AM	#3
alantf Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Tenerife (Spain) Posts: 3,719	Re: Hi! Solution!......... Keep the bike. Sell the wife. :itsokay: __________________ By birth an Englishman, by the grace of God a Yorkshireman. Login or Register to Remove Ads
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5th_bike Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: HoCo, Maryland Posts: 1,349	Re: Hi! Welcome to the forum ! :2tup: Regarding the sound, you know that electric bikes are available, and because they are so quiet they are making sound systems for them so they sound like a classic explosion engine motorcycle. It won't be long before you can mount a generator/speaker system where you can choose Ducati, Triumph, Guzzi etc. sounds with different exhaust systems for each (not Harley because they want too much money for it). The question is though - can the GZ's electric system pull it ? :??: __________________ 2005 "Saturn Black", stock + tach Login or Register to Remove Ads
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09-11-2011, 09:24 PM	#6
mole2 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Longs, SC Posts: 1,469	Re: Hi! Welcome to the forum from South Carolina. There's not much you can do to make the exhaust sound deeper. Enjoy it for what it is. Ride safe. __________________ 2009 V-Star 650 Silverado Pearl White 2007 Suzuki GZ250 Black (sold)
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09-12-2011, 11:13 PM	#9
Rookie Rider Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Queens, NYC Posts: 1,263	Re: Hi! I used to just run over an empty can and it would get stuck on the front wheel and stay stuck under the fork of my bicycle, ahhhhh my motorcycle sound. It kinda sounds like the gz. The sound of the gz is kinda getting on my nerves now, for real.
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