This list is surprisingly accurate. I wouldn’t change any of the rankings. Aprilia’s V4 and Yamaha’s CP4 are by far the best sounding motorcycle engines ever produced. Great video
I remember crashing one of those in a Tesco car park... While wearing full Dainese race leathers and black visor. The visor saved some of my embarrassment.
That RSV-4 clip - I have ridden that corner hundreds of times, and stood and watched dozens of other riders scream around it as well. - That's the High View Lookout Point turn on the Cypress Parkway - the access road to Cypress Provincial Park, here in West Vancouver, British Columbia. That parkway is a favorite of local fast bikers here on the west coast of Canada.Great to see it in a video from MotoBob!
Triumph Triples for me, then the Rsv4 soundtracks. The Triples also have 2 distinct sounds. 1 on stationary revving, 2 when you are actually running and pinning it to redline. Number 2 sounds so intoxicating and keeps you wanting to do it more and more
As good as the MV Agusta sounds, my vote goes to the Triumph triples. I love all triples, dating back to the 1969 Kawasaki H1. When you catch the triple bug, it never goes away.
Im with you. Im only 32 but been riding since 17. The loud stuff is annoying when coming home late and trying to be quiet, or riding on freeway for long periods etc
The Suzuki SV650 sounds a lot better than the parallel twins, especially with a decent exhaust. Agree with the Triumph triples (I ride a Tiger 800), revs like a 4, but DIRTY!😁
I’m a musician. I spent hours only last weekend working on a piano and vocal recording. There are infinite variations and parameters to play with in sound. Timbre for example just one of the more detailed aspects. These differing variables offer so much more than simply volume. I love that I can identify a make and model of bike approaching before even seeing it (I know others here do too). I’m soon to change the sound of my Bonneville engine with a cam upgrade and swap to 2-1. It will run and handle better but as I see it sound just different. I’ll miss the current gorgeous purr at idle and low torquey growl but the sound engineer in me will enjoy the change for changes sake in the audio emissions. I’ll mostly remain baffled except for the occasional indulgence in the equivalent of adding guitar pedals of overdrive and distortion! 🤘🏼
Aprilia 550cc supermoto was the only V2 from that brand that i can think of, not sure if there were any such naked or sport V-twins ..... Tuono & Tuareg 660 are parallel twins
you should try listening to the classic 350 with a exhaust 'wild boar' or 'dolphin' exhaust and the exhaust sound is not while you revving it hard but the way it feels and while you are relaxed and cruising, we all know the royal Enfield you tried doesn't feel the same, my kind suggestion please come to India to try it and know why it is popular in India.
That rsv4 was the motorbike i heard, probably... am in a place theres constantly riders giving the beans... but there was one motorbike that sounded angelica. What a dream, it was like the best song ever... pretty sure was that one...
To my mind, the Hunter has the throatiest sound of RE's 350s. It regularly turns heads and is way louder than a stock exhaust should be. It pops nicely and when you throttle back it burbles like something 3x the size. Love it. Some like the Harley sound, some like the screamers, but for me this is where my emotions lie.
Re 350 single on the list was a surprise, it made me so happy i own meteor, its been two years amd i ont feel loke changing my exhaust, jst ecaus of the soothing noise that comes when u release the throttle
Brutale 1000 & Triples..twin this only bikes..giving good sounds..others with very sounds..250cc or 1000cc bikes always comes with boom boom sound like i choose..❤
@@doggking001 its a top 5 list buddy....if it were a top 10....yes absolutely cp3, and also all the air oil cooled 270 parallel twins from triumph and royal enfield
Not sure if you can buy it yet but the new kawasaki zx4rr has an epic sound with that 16k redline. You also get to hear it within reasonable speed limits.
If that's the stock exhaust on the brutale that may be the best inline 4 sound I've heard. Overall good list except for there being too many CP2 adjacent sounds and I'd add a HD Vtwin.
When Honda unleash the CBX back then, nobody knew they could beat all the others for the best sound, even againts 2023 bikes! Nothing else even comes close !!!
I might be alone on this. But Hondas VFR800F with Vtec is out of this world. Surpasses a Aprillia V4 even because of the smaller displacement, it needs to rev higher making it sound better.
The best bike engine sounds are the ones that sounds like supercars, i.m.o., and the ones that sounds like F1-cars sounds even better. Best sounding bike of all time, perhaps, id the CBX1000. That sounded almost identical to an F1-car.
I have the 2018 Z900RS and god that bike sounds good. Everyone always asks if it’s the stock exhaust because it’s kinda loud for a stock bike. I also have a 2022 Scrambler 1200 XE and that bike sounds amazing.
I was at the the wsbk at Phillip island a few years ago, yes the v4 Aprilia best sound then the r1, this is coming from a v twin rider. Love my twins, would like to know bmw boxer where on the list? Best of all time? Honda cbx1000.
Some of the present day ones would for sure make the list for best sounding motorcycles since 1901. Going back to 1950s the singles like the BSA Gold Star, Ducati 250 & 350, Royal Enfield 500 were sweet. Some of the desmo twins in the 1960s, decades of Sportsters, Norton and Triumph's also from 1960s. The first Honda street fours were excellent but the Honda & Benelli six cylinders when fitted with six pipes were unbelievable. Yamaha 250 & 350 two strokes when they were around 7000 rpms were chilling. Kawasaki two stroke triples were addictive. Even before that the Vincent and Brough are still great too listen. We have been blessed to have had some great ones and despite all the regulations there are still some new ones.
I agree with the number 1 choice…. partly because the vid was taken on a curve 1/3 of the way up Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver BC, a fantastic cycling road.
Definitely the Aprilia v4... I bought the Tuono just for it's engine. But don't overlook the BMW s1000 with a full system (like that one Jaret campisi built - that thing sounded epic!)
I don't see anything wrong with Royal Enfield's new single engine. It's really a sweet sounding engine even with stock exhaust. Sounds good with the Hitchcocks full system exhaust.
The KTM LC8(C) with the 75 degree crank just sound soo good. The braaap starting at 5.000 RPM is just addicting. Big torque where you need it and it still revs
Surprised I didn't see it here, definitely at least in the top 5... Some of the bikes leading up to it were straight up boring and bland.... No idea how an MT07 and africa twin makes the cut but not the glorious LC8
I don't know know why many miss out on this, Honda's inline 4s sound way better than Kawasaki's and BMW's in my opinion. Except for that, I agree totally with this list
I'm sure the rsv4 is awesome But I really really like how a choked down i4 screamer sounds like a lion ready to take anything down but is considerate and grown-up enough to keep it down
This was sort of a trip down memory lane - I had a RSV4, years ago, also an MV F4 1000 with race can, nowadays a Triumph 765 street triple R. Loved them all, but there's something about the Triumph that really gets to me: when the revs go high it sort of sounds crazy. But, going further back, there's never been anything to beat the Ducati 888 SP4. Better still, because it was a homologation special, the zorst was legal!!
The Z900 & Z900RS sound distinctively different IMO. With the RS You hear the intake whine along with the tuned exhaust more whereas the Z900 is a pure screamer.
Yamaha's crossplane i4 sounds like a big block muscle car, but it comes close to Aprilia's RSV4 that sounds like a Judd V8, which, in my humble opinion there is not a single motorcycle that produces a more euclidean exhaust note than the RSV4.
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This list is surprisingly accurate. I wouldn’t change any of the rankings. Aprilia’s V4 and Yamaha’s CP4 are by far the best sounding motorcycle engines ever produced. Great video
I agree. Such soul-stirring, complex engine notes.
That's a strong statement - all time? I disagree. Honda's 6 sounded better IMHO.
I currently have a 14 R1, my buddy has a 2017 RSV4 factory. I want to get a newer bike but I'm torn between a newer r1 or the RSV4 ☠️
@@GladiarOfDestructionrsv4 sounds a lot better but thats just my opinion, the v4 sounds like.. i dont even know. its amazing 😅
When I unleash all 9 H.P. of my Super Cub nothing else even comes close 😊
😂
I remember crashing one of those in a Tesco car park... While wearing full Dainese race leathers and black visor. The visor saved some of my embarrassment.
My grom does 0-60 in like 13 seconds flat..Beat that !🤭😆🤣🤣
@@ufcker915i really would've had you with my 50cc moped with all its 2.3 horses. I've sold it though...
@@HvV8446 🤣🤣🤣🤣
That RSV-4 clip - I have ridden that corner hundreds of times, and stood and watched dozens of other riders scream around it as well. - That's the High View Lookout Point turn on the Cypress Parkway - the access road to Cypress Provincial Park, here in West Vancouver, British Columbia. That parkway is a favorite of local fast bikers here on the west coast of Canada.Great to see it in a video from MotoBob!
Good info, mate!
So cool to see a Canadian local hot-spot hey? 😎
Can you answer in more detail?
I really like Bobs reaction with the 350cc “I really don’t know what you were thinking” 😂
That RSV4 mountain clip gave me a literal eargasm. Shakes and shivering included. OMG.
Kawi 3s and 4s sure do make a nice sound. CP4 is a beast too. Nothing can beat that Aprilia V4 though.
Kawasaki hasn’t made a three cylinder in a long time lol.
@@RealWunderBanana you're right. I've had the mt09 on the mind a lot lately and had a brain fart with the z900.
@@CheetoPhingers lol I get it.
Rsv4 for sure all the way absolutely awesome sounding bike!! 👌🏻👍🏻😁
Facts
A lot of purists seem to like the sound of inline 3s or 4s the most.
Personnally, I'm more of a "brrrraaap" guy, rather than a "Weeeeee" enthusiast.
Fake downshift constantly and you get the braaps from inline 4s 🤪
The sound of CP2 with full system makes me stiff in the right place
Triumph Triples for me, then the Rsv4 soundtracks. The Triples also have 2 distinct sounds. 1 on stationary revving, 2 when you are actually running and pinning it to redline. Number 2 sounds so intoxicating and keeps you wanting to do it more and more
As good as the MV Agusta sounds, my vote goes to the Triumph triples. I love all triples, dating back to the 1969 Kawasaki H1. When you catch the triple bug, it never goes away.
Triumph t120 with a decat and performance exhausts are the best sounding bikes ive ever heard imo
I must be getting old, but for me the quieter, the better. 😊
Wow.....u r getting old
Im with you. Im only 32 but been riding since 17. The loud stuff is annoying when coming home late and trying to be quiet, or riding on freeway for long periods etc
I 100% agree. In fact, I'd love to an electric bike if their performance would get up to par
@@Coerced yep. That’s why my daily runabout is electric and the weekend/touring one is ICE
Yes 😂
Funny thing, this clip at 9:10 made me fall in love with RSV4 and in the end I bought it, in total love.
i think that the top three votes are a great choice but the Aprilla at the end was on another level it sounded fantastic .
Bought my first V4 1100 Tuono in October- totally agree engine is addictive especially short shifting rapidly through the box 😋
The Suzuki SV650 sounds a lot better than the parallel twins, especially with a decent exhaust. Agree with the Triumph triples (I ride a Tiger 800), revs like a 4, but DIRTY!😁
The Ducati Diavel with Termignoni exhaust sounds like a NASCAR and the new Ducati Diavel V4 with the Spitfire Akropovic exhaust sounds bloody amazing.
Ducati with aftermarket exhaust all sound.good
Nothing beats the sound of a Harley Davidson
Even my M8 that does not sound like a real HD?
I was hoping to see RS 660 on the list (mostly out of bias as I'm planning to get one). But glad to see its elder sibling making it to the top 😍
I’m a musician. I spent hours only last weekend working on a piano and vocal recording. There are infinite variations and parameters to play with in sound. Timbre for example just one of the more detailed aspects. These differing variables offer so much more than simply volume. I love that I can identify a make and model of bike approaching before even seeing it (I know others here do too). I’m soon to change the sound of my Bonneville engine with a cam upgrade and swap to 2-1. It will run and handle better but as I see it sound just different. I’ll miss the current gorgeous purr at idle and low torquey growl but the sound engineer in me will enjoy the change for changes sake in the audio emissions. I’ll mostly remain baffled except for the occasional indulgence in the equivalent of adding guitar pedals of overdrive and distortion! 🤘🏼
I own an RSV4 factory and even with stock exhaust, it sounds awesome! Makes me smile everytime I ride it 👍
Aprillia V4s FTW!!
Dang no superduke? Or even the 890r that things a beast too
While riding ones I rode close to a straight pipe meteor 350 (or maybe a classic 350). What a sound. Illegal, but for 4000 euros sound pretty good
I was afraid Aprilia got snubbed. Going all the way back to my RSV Mille to the V4, the sound is just enchanting.
Aprilia and Ducati V2s are great as well. But Aprilia V4 is best
Aprilia 550cc supermoto was the only V2 from that brand that i can think of, not sure if there were any such naked or sport V-twins ..... Tuono & Tuareg 660 are parallel twins
Aprilia Dorsoduro 750, 900, 1200cc. Aircooled Ducati Ltwins
@@Gogonaft Aprilia V2 no more in production ?
I knew but forgot to mention the Shiver 900
Speed Twin 900, as stock, has one of the best sounding exhausts!
I think the RE 350 cc bikes sound nice
They don't sound nice on video but yeah IRL they do sound quite nice.
Kinda shocked Yamaha CP3's and KTM Superduke R aren't on this list 😅
Personally, I love the sound of the cb650r/cbr650r.
It sounds more classic imo
Not sure why the ducati v4 wasn't in the list. It is by far the more superior sounding bike out of the ones on this list
The last one was like a howling of an angry Sasquatch in the deep woods.
In love with the sound of the Ape RSV4 and the engine . Finally bought one.
I think the best sounding bike I ever heard is the Daytona 765!! ❤❤incredible sound
That RSV4 sound literally sends shivers down my spine.
Every one is king until the cbx1000 vintage comes with his F1 car sound.
For me
1. Daytona 675R
2. Old benelli 1130R TNT
3. Kawasaki In-line 4s
you should try listening to the classic 350 with a exhaust 'wild boar' or 'dolphin' exhaust and the exhaust sound is not while you revving it hard but the way it feels and while you are relaxed and cruising, we all know the royal Enfield you tried doesn't feel the same, my kind suggestion please come to India to try it and know why it is popular in India.
I live like 5 minutes walk aways from a pretty much straight road and you can hear the bikes like every night in the distance sounds amazing
I LOVE the z900rs cafe sound!
Still the CBX 1050.. a man can dream even from the past
No no no, not one two stroke Kawasaki H1. Suzuki GT750. Now there's proper noise (and smell)
Absolutely not lol
That rsv4 was the motorbike i heard, probably... am in a place theres constantly riders giving the beans... but there was one motorbike that sounded angelica. What a dream, it was like the best song ever... pretty sure was that one...
Benelli TNT 600 with IXIL exhaust... My number one
Classic 350 owner happy noises. I mean, for it's price, it has an awesome stock sound. Bikes don't usually sound this good stock
It has the most "motorcycle" sound of the lot. They got the time period sounds bang on. Make it 30HP and I'd own one.
@@lachlancannard They had Classic 500 for the same purpose. Idk why they stopped.
To my mind, the Hunter has the throatiest sound of RE's 350s. It regularly turns heads and is way louder than a stock exhaust should be. It pops nicely and when you throttle back it burbles like something 3x the size. Love it. Some like the Harley sound, some like the screamers, but for me this is where my emotions lie.
The 350 single sounds like heaven with an exhaust it just comes neutered from the factory
Re 350 single on the list was a surprise, it made me so happy i own meteor, its been two years amd i ont feel loke changing my exhaust, jst ecaus of the soothing noise that comes when u release the throttle
Just goes to show how we all have different tastes when it comes to music, i mean sounds.
Brutale 1000 & Triples..twin this only bikes..giving good sounds..others with very sounds..250cc or 1000cc bikes always comes with boom boom sound like i choose..❤
The APRILIA is bloody hell loud ....I love it ! ❤
Old 1990s Ducati 916 with no cat and open termignoni system says...'hold my beer a moment' 🤣
Aprilia all day every day and twice on a Sunday...love my Tuono
Top 5 best
1 - rsv4
2 - harley milwaukee
3 - r1
4- zx6r
5 - ducati v4
What happened to CP3. Best sounding engine ever!!!
@@doggking001 its a top 5 list buddy....if it were a top 10....yes absolutely cp3, and also all the air oil cooled 270 parallel twins from triumph and royal enfield
Not sure if you can buy it yet but the new kawasaki zx4rr has an epic sound with that 16k redline. You also get to hear it within reasonable speed limits.
If that's the stock exhaust on the brutale that may be the best inline 4 sound I've heard. Overall good list except for there being too many CP2 adjacent sounds and I'd add a HD Vtwin.
It is stock. Sounds way better with aftermarket headers. The cat on MV's are the size of an ice chest
When Honda unleash the CBX back then, nobody
knew they could beat all the others for the best sound, even againts 2023 bikes! Nothing else even comes close !!!
I might be alone on this. But Hondas VFR800F with Vtec is out of this world. Surpasses a Aprillia V4 even because of the smaller displacement, it needs to rev higher making it sound better.
The best bike engine sounds are the ones that sounds like supercars, i.m.o., and the ones that sounds like F1-cars sounds even better. Best sounding bike of all time, perhaps, id the CBX1000. That sounded almost identical to an F1-car.
The Honda CBX 1000 is a pretty decent sounding bike. Should be on the list imho.
IMO MV deserves to be at top of list. Period.
I have the 2018 Z900RS and god that bike sounds good. Everyone always asks if it’s the stock exhaust because it’s kinda loud for a stock bike. I also have a 2022 Scrambler 1200 XE and that bike sounds amazing.
Hondas early cbx inline 6 cylinder is definitely up in the top three sounding bike of all time
I love that for #1 spot, he used the most epic-sounding Aprilia RSV4 video on TH-cam. What a crowdpleaser! 😅
I was at the the wsbk at Phillip island a few years ago, yes the v4 Aprilia best sound then the r1, this is coming from a v twin rider. Love my twins, would like to know bmw boxer where on the list? Best of all time? Honda cbx1000.
Some of the present day ones would for sure make the list for best sounding motorcycles since 1901. Going back to 1950s the singles like the BSA Gold Star, Ducati 250 & 350, Royal Enfield 500 were sweet. Some of the desmo twins in the 1960s, decades of Sportsters, Norton and Triumph's also from 1960s.
The first Honda street fours were excellent but the Honda & Benelli six cylinders when fitted with six pipes were unbelievable.
Yamaha 250 & 350 two strokes when they were around 7000 rpms were chilling. Kawasaki two stroke triples were addictive.
Even before that the Vincent and Brough are still great too listen. We have been blessed to have had some great ones and despite all the regulations there are still some new ones.
Bonneville / scrambler 900 with retro shark exhaust... sounds great.
Hmm. Tricky when throwing after market exhausts into the mix.
For a stock exhaust, the Z900 RS does well.
I agree with the number 1 choice…. partly because the vid was taken on a curve 1/3 of the way up Cypress Mountain, West Vancouver BC, a fantastic cycling road.
Currently saving for a MT10sp and Austin Racing pipe. Decat and ecu flash
So glad the 1200 Bonnie’s rightfully made top 5
i think the MT07 with a roadsitalia thunder deserves a spot too it sounds incedible
No BMW k1600? The Goldwing is also a banger. Not the type of bike I would ride, but the sound is amazing.
Definitely the Aprilia v4... I bought the Tuono just for it's engine. But don't overlook the BMW s1000 with a full system (like that one Jaret campisi built - that thing sounded epic!)
Someone please put MV Agusta F3 800 in the list , it sounds absolutely insane.
That RSV4 omg 😅 good to see the striple’s up in to top 3
Call me biased but after all the bikes I've owned and ridden I still will choose my 04 zzr1200s sound over any other
I don't see anything wrong with Royal Enfield's new single engine. It's really a sweet sounding engine even with stock exhaust. Sounds good with the Hitchcocks full system exhaust.
They’re all still trying to sound like the old Suzuki SV lineup from the early 2000’s, especially that Trimph Bonneville!
An old Cbr600f4 I like that
The KTM LC8(C) with the 75 degree crank just sound soo good. The braaap starting at 5.000 RPM is just addicting.
Big torque where you need it and it still revs
Surprised I didn't see it here, definitely at least in the top 5... Some of the bikes leading up to it were straight up boring and bland.... No idea how an MT07 and africa twin makes the cut but not the glorious LC8
Husqvarna Nuda 900R 😍 gives me shivers
My vote for best ever sounding bike and I don't even own one.
The old Enfield sounds better than the current ones. Also anything sounds better than Africa twin
I don't know know why many miss out on this, Honda's inline 4s sound way better than Kawasaki's and BMW's in my opinion. Except for that, I agree totally with this list
hows the sound on the newly launched Triumph Speed 400 ??
Shut it moto-boy, the enfield is wonderful.
I'm sure the rsv4 is awesome
But I really really like how a choked down i4 screamer sounds like a lion ready to take anything down but is considerate and grown-up enough to keep it down
Aprilia V4 is the best sounding engine in Motorcycle history
LOVE MY SPEED TWIN 1200!!!!!!
No V twin! A RE.!! But no V twin! Crazzzzeeeeee!😂
wow!! Velvet sounding Honda Africa 😊
Mv Augusta brutally 1000 nerbirg edition has a different exhaust system to the base one and its sounds amazing
This was sort of a trip down memory lane - I had a RSV4, years ago, also an MV F4 1000 with race can, nowadays a Triumph 765 street triple R. Loved them all, but there's something about the Triumph that really gets to me: when the revs go high it sort of sounds crazy. But, going further back, there's never been anything to beat the Ducati 888 SP4. Better still, because it was a homologation special, the zorst was legal!!
I have a yamaha bolt and a street triple, I think they are definitely at the top in terms of sound
The Z900 & Z900RS sound distinctively different IMO. With the RS You hear the intake whine along with the tuned exhaust more whereas the Z900 is a pure screamer.
As a former Yammie owner I can not agree on the Yammie. Yes yes the Italian v4 is epic . But again….Triumph
No. 1 rsv4
No.2 r1m crossplane. Nothing else matters
For me the best sounding exhaust for 2023 is a 73 CB350 with the Common Motor megaphone mufflers.
Exactly the content we want.
Yamaha's crossplane i4 sounds like a big block muscle car, but it comes close to Aprilia's RSV4 that sounds like a Judd V8, which, in my humble opinion there is not a single motorcycle that produces a more euclidean exhaust note than the RSV4.
Can't believe the MT09 is not on the list