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Old 07-02-2008, 06:43 PM   #9 (permalink)
diamond_jim
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Originally Posted by alexg57 View Post
As for the article, DJ, I think their procedure would work as a standard to follow, but it's not realistic in how people (rider and pedestrians / other drivers) would hear the bike. It's talking about having the microphone at about the same height as the exhaust, about 20" behind, and at 45-degrees to the right. Nobody's head is at that level unless you just ran them over! I'm more interested in how the bike sounds to someone who may actually hear it. Thanks, though. Do you know of any other, more realistic standards?

~ alex
I did my recordings from 18" and 15' directly behind and in line with the exhaust.
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