If you find your Harley-Davidson a bit on the quiet side, there is an alternative to aftermarket pipes. Whilst not an official add-on, these speakers will ensure you'll be heard whilst out on the road. And what could be better than the wind in your

Be seen, youMaking car drivers see you is an art form that you learn from experience and narrow scrapes.It’s a fact of riding a bike that you’re harder to see than a double decker bus, it’s obvious isn’t it? You're small, fast and mostly, totally obscured by the average A-pillar....

into the events, stating that the blame could be placed at the city authorities, who allowed vendors to set-up stands in the town square without appropriate attention given towards crowd evacuation.Whatever happened to loud pipes save lives...

150 miles to a tankful (reserve comes on at around 90-130 miles depending on how hard you twist the loud handle) that equates to some 46 fill-ups costing around £644. Add in the cost of the two services so far, (around £500), the Aprilia Race pipe

and conform to current European noise regs in their muted state. Both make a significantly different noise to standard, like a quiet version of a loud pipe. The baffled Akrapovic also sails through Donington Park's strictly enforced 98dB quiet track day noise

. COSTS OVERALL• Remus full exhaust system, £616 Saves 10kg over stock, great noise, but just too loud without db killer www.performanceparts-ltd.com• Michelin Anakee 2 tyres, £220 www.michelin.co.uk• BMW topbox and bashplate, £337 All servicing

that it begs for abuse and daft riding has appealed to the middle-aged trout! Stick a loud pipe on it and you'll get even more attentionTRIUMPHChosen because: Triumph's twin should show us there's no need to rushAfter joining the A82 at Crianlarich and with a

was a Freddie Spencer rep, although I didn't know it at the time. It was definitely very loud - it had an old school Harris four-into-one pipe with a stubby un-silencer - and he definitely went very fast on it. He used to overtake our bus on the way