OutKast Posted July 27, 2009 Share #26 Posted July 27, 2009 as a road captain, I do it just before taking off so those right behind me are ready to go. On downshifts to make it smoother. On upshifts just cuz it sounds cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest curtismiller Posted July 27, 2009 Share #27 Posted July 27, 2009 I do it as an anxeity protest cause I had to stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted July 27, 2009 Share #28 Posted July 27, 2009 I do it while idling at a stop. It's just old habit from my racing days. I blip the throttle to keep the carbs from loading up. Also do it on downshifts too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus1300 Posted July 27, 2009 Share #29 Posted July 27, 2009 As Sylvester said early carbs mostly didn't carburate very well.Amals,Tillotsons,Linkerts,etc were all very primitive,simple and faulty.The bikes were prone to flooding,faulty ignition timing, weak spark at idle. They frequently wouldn't idle for very long,stumbled or quit during off idle acceleration.When they stopped they were hard or impossible to start.I learned to ride on these bikes and learned to blip the throttle at a stoplight so as not to be embarrassed with a balky engine.The bliping during downshifting was for synchronizing the trans gears.EArly trans didn't sync that well.We have come a long way in the last 50 years but sometimes old habits die hard and I am as guilty as anyone.Once upon a time there was good reason to work the throttle so much, then but not anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted July 27, 2009 Share #30 Posted July 27, 2009 Yeah ! I do it and I do it for a darn good reason . And I also got LOUD pipes ! I hate them damn BOOM-BOOM jive azz ghetto vibrating sound systems which are in them petty little 'ole pregnant roller skates with a bumble bee farting in a tin can that they call a muffler . NEED I say MORE ? BEER30 from the sound of it, I thought, you were from South Florida Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEER30 Posted July 27, 2009 Share #31 Posted July 27, 2009 Quote: Originally Posted by BEER30 Yeah ! I do it and I do it for a darn good reason . And I also got LOUD pipes ! I hate them damn BOOM-BOOM jive azz ghetto vibrating sound systems which are in them petty little 'ole pregnant roller skates with a bumble bee farting in a tin can that they call a muffler . NEED I say MORE ? BEER30 from the sound of it, I thought, you were from South Florida Brake Pad , It's a Pandemic spreading .........they are everywhere ! I saw a HD pull beside one the other day . It took more effort for that HD rider to hold his bike together from rattling apart . More than the typical effort that one HD rider does for normal vibration affects . You almost would have had pitty on that poor sole because his scoot was not self inflicted this go around ! BEER30 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noahzark Posted July 27, 2009 Share #32 Posted July 27, 2009 (edited) Why do some riders "bleep" the throttle (quick snaps of the wrist... "blatt blatt blatt") when sitting at a stop light -or- when starting to take off -or- when slowing down to a stop (not changing gears) -or- when slowly moving forward in stop & go traffic, etc etc??? I see no real purpose for this at all...maybe someone can educate me here. Or are these riders just not "educated" about this....what do they feel is being accomplished??? :think: I do it because the pre-Honda-era bikes I owned in my youth weren't dependable enough to trust that they would keep running at "idle throttle position." (You remember them, the ones you rode 1 day and tweaked 3 so you could ride 1 more) I wanted to know the engine wasn't dying at an intersection, or especially when negotiating a tight/slow turn. As for drawing attention, I'm way past that point in my life--don't give a damn who looks/or doesn't look and go "ouuuuhhhhhh." Your question makes me realize I don't really need to do it any longer, but I'm sure I'll keep it up--and, no, I don't own stock in an oil company. EDIT: What Sylvester and Pegasus said--I didn't see their responses until just a minute ago. Edited July 27, 2009 by noahzark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chabicheka Posted July 27, 2009 Share #33 Posted July 27, 2009 when you guys with lots of time on your hands are done with this one.....you can come up with answers for my question... why do some people whistle tunes ?? and dont expect responses from me...'cause i am going out riding my bike....and maybe i will snap my throttle at the lights while waiting for them to turn green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Posted July 27, 2009 Share #34 Posted July 27, 2009 Or, if their bike is as smooth and quiet as mine, maybe they do it just to make sure the engine is still running... Oh wait, I forgot, mine doesn't need to be running when it's (Beat yah too it Rocket) Have you even ridden it, since last years PIP (the short test run, after carb sync)?????? Or are we going to mega dose, it with seafoam.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilvrT Posted July 28, 2009 Author Share #35 Posted July 28, 2009 when you guys with lots of time on your hands are done with this one.....you can come up with answers for my question... why do some people whistle tunes ?? and dont expect responses from me...'cause i am going out riding my bike....and maybe i will snap my throttle at the lights while waiting for them to turn green. better yet... why do some people whistle non-tunes ?? in other words, they're just whistlin but it ain't no tune nobody never heerd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spear Posted July 28, 2009 Share #36 Posted July 28, 2009 If I'm sitting at the lights in a muti-laned road, I usually give the throttle a little rap as the cross traffic lights change to amber preceeding the red, to let the other guys know that I'm going to move off first. i.e. - EAT MY DUST! BTW - I run Sampson slash cut pipes. Verra nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ctraylor Posted July 28, 2009 Share #37 Posted July 28, 2009 It's just my bike clearing her throat after a long ride....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Myers Posted July 28, 2009 Share #38 Posted July 28, 2009 Next time you see one doing this as (s)he is parking ask "hows that reverse gear working for you"? Of course they'll answer "what reverse"?, and you reply with, "Oh I thought you had reverse and had to keep gassing it to keep from stalling it and falling over" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted July 28, 2009 Share #39 Posted July 28, 2009 I have done it on purpose just before going through an intersection in fast heavy traffic. It would be the same attitude as an aircraft doing a run up before take off. I want to be sure its firing on all four and good to go. (Cases where you cannot afford a sputter). Anything else would be a through back to the cruddy carberated vehicles I have driven.. and still own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnightventure Posted July 28, 2009 Share #40 Posted July 28, 2009 My first couple of bikes where 2 strokes and if you didn't keep revving them they would foul the plugs, but I don't sit wasting gas by blipping the throttle now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hazenson Posted July 28, 2009 Share #41 Posted July 28, 2009 I dont know why, but I cant help it, maybe I need professional help, but it feels sooo good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveW Posted July 29, 2009 Share #42 Posted July 29, 2009 I do it to make sure the Bike is still running :rotfl::rotfl: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigfoot Posted July 29, 2009 Share #43 Posted July 29, 2009 You don't usually hear it unless it's a rider with a loud irritating exhaust. For some reason they think everyone will want to hear it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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