Nice thread! My Indian FTR1200S, bought in February this year and this was the first chance I had to actually ride it in April. I could listen to the exhaust note all day (and sometimes do); it is roughly 10x louder than you think it is:
“Realising one's true nature as pure consciousness, one should remain always established in oneself, like a king surrounded by his army, and should redirect all that is back into God.”
~ Adi Shankara