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As I am sure everyone knows, Contis are LOUD. I have seen some dampeners that supposedly muffle them a bit. Does anyone have any experience with these? Do they work? Effect performance?

Why would you want to do that???????

I suppose that there are two possible reasons:

1. you find the noise too loud yourself. In this case I have found some foam ear plugs to be very useful - they reduce the noise of the Contis to a pleasant muted thumping while allowing me to hear other sounds such as sirens, etc. I have also found that a major benefit is the reduction of wind noise and the resultant hearing protection. No more ringing ears after long, fast rides. No effect on performance either.

2. you are concerned for the "comfort" of others. However, the sound of the Contis is a major secondary safety feature - cars and other vehicles are always aware of my presence, so that is positively beneficial. However, I do wheel my bike 100 m down the road where there are fewer houses when I start it up at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning.

Steve.

Steve Foster wrote: 2. you are concerned for the "comfort" of others. The sound of the Contis is a major secondary safety feature - cars and other vehicles are always aware of my presence, so that is positively beneficial. However, I do wheel my bike 100 m down the road where there are fewer houses when I start it up at 6:00 am on a Sunday morning.

Yeah, more so just not having my neighbors who are unfortunately close, give me evil glances because I wake them up early in the morning when I head out. Personally I like the sound, but my uppity neighbors are not so keen on it.

I'm afraid you'll have to replace them with aftermarket quiet ones. I would be happy to give the conti's a new home where they would be allowed to fully breath.

Or maybe replace the neighbors!

wdietz186 wrote:Or maybe replace the neighbors!

that's wot I was thinkin...........

3. another possible reason for fitting "something" in a conti is to give the impression to uniform wearing noise zealots, the type found all over Austria, Germany and Switzerland, that you do actually comply with your vehicle papers (although have little or no affect on the sound) and thereby avoiding having your pride and joy confiscated to be picked up later on a trailer. So if such a thing really exists, which I doubt, tell me where I can get them.

Maybe you can think about this ebay item http://tinyurl.com/3svdvsg
Not bad but quite expensive .
I suppose is the only thing you can put on a Conti without shame.