How Does The Majesty Sound?

Exhaust tuning is a black art. I have ridden bikes with aftermarket exhausts that worsened performance. That was a long while ago, though. If you buy a pipe from one of the good manufacturers designed for your bike, you should get improved acceleration. Even a good pipe is not magic. It takes a fair wad of cash to get a relatively small performance improvement. Remember that the Maj will always have a 400 cc single cylinder engine. I think that a lot of guys really get new pipes for the look and sound. You will probably get worse gas mileage, too.

The Majesty exhaust note is not bad as it stands. It is about as loud as most state laws allow - much louder than my other, much larger bike.

In many states, the police will look for DOT approval on aftermarket pipes. Of course, DOT approval is not found on aftermarket pipes, so you get a ticket. This usually happens when the rider is pulled over for speeding and then is discourteous to the LEO, but sometimes they nab you in a gas station.

If I were trying to improve my performance, I would look at tuning the variator first. Not so sexy, perhaps, but much better bang for the buck. Apparently you can swap weights and springs on the stock variator, or go for an aftermarket variator.

My 2005 is loud enough to hear at idle but when you get up past 30 mph the helmet noise is more than the exhaust. It's also true that for a 400CC bike you get to 50-60 mph pretty quick and at that speed you leave the exhaust sounds whatever the volume well behind you. You may well sneak up on wild animals while driving as they simply don't seem to hear you until you are right on them. On the other hand, I like the fact that you can hear it when at low speeds.

It isn't a loud Harley nor does it wind up like one without having a manual transmission you can wind up tight just for the sound. I'm sure they accelerate to 75 mph faster than you can just to hear the noise but then again, after a while, it gets to be a loud noise and you will be right there with them at 75 if you want to be.

Those guys, however, are parked at the gas pump as you roll on bye too!

Love the maxi scooter/bike/Majesty. I get lots of interest and comment on it when it's stopped as people generally don't equate it with a little Vespa. Goes any highway legal speed and a bit more and keeps up with anyone you want to keep up with. I've hauled out going 70 and passed a car ahead of me with fair power and pickup and I'm 6'4" tall with big feet! The right mix.

If they had offered it in this country I might have bought their T MAX 500 parallel twin cylinder bike but it seems only to be sold in Europe. Lots of similarities except for the engine which is a bit more powerful but a bit less fuel efficient as a result.

Lance