It may be true that honda's are quieter, and the guy who posted above me made a good point about who you pit beside at the track not having a quiet generator and a quiet one not making a difference, let me tell you something about the HF generators before you go waste your money. I bought one of their 1200/2000 watt generators for my trailer, i only needed it to run my small air compressor and my lights, which in total would be considerably less than 500 watts, yet everytime the compressor kicked on to refill the air tank, the generator would start surging and revving up and down constantly until the compressor kicked off. Not only that, but sometimes it would just shut off, from tripping the overload circuit with just a 300-400 watt load, and would have to be reset constantly. I used it for about 6 months, only for the lights and compressor when needed, nothing else, and one day at the track last month the generator just gave up on me and quit putting out any power. It would start and run perfectly fine, but just would not put out any power anymore. Now it just sits in the corner of my basement collecting dust while im looking for a new better generator, and obviously one that is much better quality than that P.O.S junk. I may race these chinese engines, but i can tell you for fact that will be the last time i buy a generator that has one of them engines on it or is made in china.
If i were you i would take the hit to the wallet and spend a little more on a good quality generator like the honda and save yourself the time, frustration and trouble you will have out of it down the road and enjoy the quality generator you've bought, that is your best option. Im assuming you would also use it as backup to power your house in an emergency if needed, right? I wouldnt worry about being kicked out of a track for a noisy generator when you can hardly hear any generator over the karts racing around the track, unless you plan on putting a nice open header on your genny lol
