I Thought One Of The Problems With 2 Strokes Was Noise??

[Quillback]

15 hours ago, BilletHead said:

Because we use earplugs. Jets at noisy and I have been known to use them driving it also. 

Yep, earplugs.  My hearing is shot anyway, I blame that on gunfire and loud music. 

[DADAKOTA]

Both.  Too much time piping loud music through a pair of headphones.  Way too many rounds run through a shotgun and rifle as well.

[kjackson]

17 minutes ago, Quillback said:

Yep, earplugs.  My hearing is shot anyway, I blame that on gunfire and loud music. 

Nothing quite like a plywood duck blind to kill hearing...

[BilletHead]

          I concur to loud music and gunfire, and I might add way back when one of my first jobs was on a gas and water crew. Jackhammer and industrial compressor cutting open asphalt and concrete streets. Long before we were given and required to wear earplugs. 

[BilletHead]

              I might add company started testing our hearing.  A big truck started testing once a year. Different tones through a headset when you heard it you pushed a button. Also, a bunch of questions first. Do you do this, do you do that. One question was do you do powerboating. I wondered what powerboating was exactly. Like in racing or just a boat under power. I always said no. Back in those days the only boat I had was way underpowered🙂.

[gotmuddy]

Having had both 2 stroke and 4 stroke jets, and currently running a 60/40 merc with no covers over the carbs...I am amazed at how quiet the motor is. 

[Quillback]

56 minutes ago, kjackson said:

Nothing quite like a plywood duck blind to kill hearing...

Hunted quail, pheasant and chukar back in mine and your old stomping grounds.  Opener for quail, we'd run across coveys of blue quail that would have 100 birds.  Burned lots of ammo.  That was fun, I really miss it.

[Quillback]

1 hour ago, kjackson said:

Nothing quite like a plywood duck blind to kill hearing...

Which reminds me, indoor shooting range shooting pistols, even with ear muffs those things are LOUD!

[Flysmallie]

18 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

Oh, I thought the reason everyone wanted QUIET outboards was so they could whisper to their passengers while underway.   

 

I don't care if the thing doesn't make a noise at all, at 70MPH we aren't having a conversation. 

[BilletHead]

22 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

I don't care if the thing doesn't make a noise at all, at 70MPH we aren't having a conversation. 

         By the time something comes out of your mouth at that speed what you said is yards behind you. 😃