Middle of road not loud not quiet, Kerker slip ons i do not know if still sold. 1 3/4 wrapped full length baffles. actually there quit,ish at idle. if u want a little louder get PAT baffle, right side only needed by kerker.

 

I have the old style pre-EPA SEII slip ons. I like them a lot. Not too loud either. But I wear ear plugs anyway.

 

I run the rush slip ons with 1.75 baffles on m "08 FXDC and find them comfortable when crusing but bark loud enough to warn cagers I'm around if I need too. I find twisting the throttle faster than going for the horn when I want to get someones attention. Now I question if the Rushes aren't louder than my horn...Hmmmm.

 

The Louder the Better!

 

That's how I use my SE's. Sure, louder pipes aren't gonna stop some idiot from turning left in front of you, but they'll wake up the guy drifting into your lane most of the time.

One thing that never gets address is the responsibility of the pipe manufacturers. Change is a'comin', from both the EPA and law enforement. A chromed-out full exhaust system for a Softail is laughably labeled for "off-road use only." Come on! If makers offered nice-looking pipes that sounded good, but were at reasonable volumes I feel that a lot more of us would buy them. It'll be too late for them when laws pop up saying we can only have OEM pipes on our bikes. What will V&H do then?

 

Here's some info from American Rider. The entire article is a good read. They installed SE A/C and SE mufflers on a 2009 FXD.

Quote:
Between the two, air cleaners produce the largest gain. Typically, for every 2 horsepower mufflers might add, an air cleaner delivers 3. This ratio has roughly held through all of my dyno testing, which includes many non-Harley motorcycles.

Reducing intake noise causes a greater power loss than quieter and more restrictive mufflers. It is the restriction of flow into the air-cleaner box and not the filter itself that is normally the most costly. The Screamin’ Eagle air cleaner’s advantage is its open back and unrestricted flow into the filter.

The Screamin’ Eagle slip-on mufflers we tested are more restrictive than other much louder mufflers. They represent a compromise; they clearly add power but remain legally and responsibly quiet.

I have tested many different slip-on mufflers over the years and the loudest ones generally tended to make the most power, but not always. None I tested have performed better than those manufactured by Cycle Shack however, only a couple were louder. Harley sold Cycle Shack slip-ons as Screamin’ Eagle items for many years. Those slip-ons are still available from Cycle Shack.

The Screamin’ Eagle version of our test bike gained 9 horsepower and 6 foot-pounds of torque. These are substantial gains but they exist only at redline rpm. Few of us have any practical need for more power at this end of our engine’s range.

Our Screamin’ Eagle-equipped FXD gained 5 pounds of torque and 3 horsepower at 3,000 rpm. That’s roughly 7 percent more torque and 8 percent more horsepower than stock. Neither is enough to make a significant difference in everyday use.
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Entire article:
http://www.americanrider.com/output.cfm?id=2173339

 

I dont like cups of tea,,,,,and i like load pipes

 

And now it sounds just like a Vance & Hine.

 

Nothing is more pathetic than hearing an overly loud Harley taking off from a stop light and watching an automatic maxi-scooter out accelerating the Harley. What an embarrassment, all caught in public.

Do you guys with loud pipes even ride more than 25K miles a year?

Remember if loud pipes saves lives, then Gold Wing riders must be the most fearless riders out there. Yet least accident prone. Something to think about as your riding rights are suddenly taken away.

Face it, it not a safety issue but a, "Hey look at me issue". Very annoying to say the least. Talk to me once you passed the million mile mark riding motorcycles accident free.

Ride safe.

BTW if you need some attention in traffic, there's a little black button on the left handle bar marked HORN!

 

well aren't you ants at a picnic.

f*ck you and the (quiet) horse you rode in on. you and your chicken little, the sky of the motorcycling world is falling down attitude. until you're the one paying for their pipes, no one really gives a **** what you think.

is anyone attacking you for your choice to run quiet pipes? then why is it that people like you feel the need to get on your soapbox and preach to the people who choose to run louder pipes?

do what you wana do and i'll do what i wana do.