I’m interested in getting an electric motorcycle, but something I’ve been wondering:

ICE motorcycles can be loud, and that can act as a safety feature, especially when lane splitting. I’m thinking about Los Angeles, where motorcycles regularly weave through bumper-to-bumper car traffic. The noise they make helps prevent riders from getting accidentally doored.

Do electric motorcycles have any kind of artificial noise maker to achieve the same thing? Or does anyone sell a device that does this?

Note that I’m not talking about generic speakers, because

  1. I don’t want to have to blast music all the time just for safety, and
  2. most speaker kits are pointed BACK at the driver, not FORWARD towards traffic.

Anyone know the answer?

  • Steve@communick.newsEnglish
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    7 months ago

    To answer your question: Not that Iv’e ever heard of.

    But just FYI. Speakers can make all kinds of sounds, not just music. They can make beeps and sirens too. They can even make motorcycle ICE sounds if you wanted to. Speakers can also be pointed in any direction. So if you want you can totally have speakers blast motorcycle sounds all around for safety.