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Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:35 pm
by Mr Halibut
From my experience its amazing what dealers can't see or hear.
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 6:48 pm
by snow_kiter
nfn wrote:It tends to not be audible with very hard acceleration, and can often not be heard when a larger bottomed person is in the front passenger seat.
That made me laugh out loud
Mine was a lot quieter when Steve (BigDaddyCain) was along for a ride.
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:36 am
by mikeonb4c
nfn wrote:I could clearly hear the noise -- but he could not. He was in his 60s or perhaps 70s, and my guess is that he could not hear high frequency sounds.
I've wondered about this too. My hearing has almost certainly deteriorated (hard to tell how much is marital and how much is medical) over the years. I've been puzzled why (as MissF says) people can get shot down for suggesting the turbo could be making a noise, and I do wonder if nfn's hypothesis might explain it. 'My car has a noisy turbo' could turn out to be BongoSpeak for 'My hearing isn't shot'. In which case, I'm bullet riddled
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 11:52 am
by dandywarhol
Years of preparing, testing and racing open piped 2 and 4 stroke bikes have had an effect on my hearing.
I went to the Outpatients for a hearing test some years back and the graph showed a distinct dip at a certain area.
"Fortunately" the doc said, "That happens to coincide with a womans voice pitch!
Curiously my divorce happened shortly after.................
