DOES the sudden, and exceedingly loud sound from an upgraded motorcycle exhaust bring awe to the onlooker, or likely frustration? Most likely the latter.
A recent video on X by netizen @Marchfoward highlights this in stark detail where a sleeping baby was started by the terrible racket of a passing biker.
Safe to say, no one was impressed by such an upgrade. However, several netizens pointed out that the loud noise caused by the upgrade actually served a safety purpose. Believable?
Hear it from @syimirbaik who said it is the fault of those terrible drivers out there. Apparently the loud noises will create awareness for these drivers so they know if a biker was coming in from the left or right.
“As long as there are such foolish drivers, there will be such bikers,” he said. Netizen @ryuzaki0906 further compared the noise to people playing with firecrackers in the morning.
The comment section was also filled with disgruntled netizens. Take for example @babyst4rdust who remarked that she once scolded one of these bikers.
“He told us to sit at home and don’t come out. The behaviour of these Mat Rempits are like this. There is absolutely no common sense, let alone humility and respect for others,” she added.
But there appears to be a considerate biker too, in the form of @dnlarf who decided to change his motorcycle exhaust when his neighbour had a baby.
“Let the performance drop as long as the neighbour does not give a sour face,” he said.
On another note, what influences the noise coming from the exhaust?
According to the website GRMoto, several factors are taken into consideration such as the exhaust pipe diameter, exhaust length, muffler design, engine type and size, and interestingly, even the materials used.
Basically, wider pipes allow exhaust gases to flow more freely, which often results in a deeper, lower-pitched tone. Narrow pipes tend to create a higher, raspier sound. According to GRMoto, stainless steel tends to produce a fuller, deeper sound while titanium can sound crisper. Apparently, the wall thickness of the pipe affects resonance too. —Aug 6, 2025
Main image: @Marchfoward (X)
