I'm looking to liven up the sound of my bike, and on the cheap.

I'm looking at a pair of V&H straightshot slip-ons but I really think I'm going to need quieter baffles for the in the city...

I've seen a lot of posts about V&H quiet baffles and QQs and others

Can anyone recommend a set, and a good place to buy from?

Cheers
D!

 

My first bit of knowledge I will steer you away from wasting money on slip on mufflers. So cheap won't work for you unless you modify the baffles you already have. but I have to say save your money until you can get something good like a supertrapp supermeg 2/1. great power and torque and quiet enough for any time of day or night. Even passed an officer today who was just standing outside his vehicle appraising traffic and he actually gave me a nod of approval, unless he was G-A-Y in that case well I'm still glad he didn't stop me! lol But enough about that, soon you will have 14,000 opinions coming at you from this forum!

 

I've got the stock headers with V&H slipons and the quiet baffles on my '07 streetbob. The quiet baffles make it a little quieter, but they're still loud. They also make the pipes lower pitched in sound, which also makes them sound a little quieter. They also slow the flow down a little, which helps the low end torque.

Pertaining to Maddghost's post: a 2 into 1 will make the most power and torque, no doubt about it. On the other hand, my understanding is that using the stock headers with slip on mufflers will usually give you more torque and horsepower over the average aftermarket two into two system. I've read this enough times from people with engineering and mechanical backgrounds that I tend to believe it. These same people usually have no vested interest in selling one system over another.

With my slipons, free flowing intake, Andrews48 cams, and a tune, I'm making between 95 and 101 ftlbs tq from 2,200 to 4,500 rpm, so I'm satisfied with my slipons.

Crazy

 

I have the V&H Straight Shots slip-ons on my 2010 FXDC and while I loved the appearance, they were too loud for my taste. I then installed the V&H quiet baffles and while the tone was deeper and possibly a little quieter it still wasn't what I wanted. I then installed Hard Kore Baffles ( http://www.smartpartz.com/ ) along with the V&H quiet baffles and I really like this set up. Check out

 

I changed the baffles on my staggered short shots to the quiet baffles. Huge difference! low meaty growl!

 

appreciate the input fellas

i'm not too worried about a big performance boost right now - just looking to change it up on the cheap, figure i could resell 'em for not much less than i paid (i got a good price)

the v&H quiet baffles are on their way! thanks again

 

I have the exact same setup as your looking at. I live in the city and wasn't wanting to **** of the neighbors so I got the quiet baffles too. They aren't quiet. But they sound great.

 

If you stay away from Vancouver downtown and UBC, you will be fine. If the cops want to test your sound level, any after market exhaust will fail, even VH quiet baffles.
My exhaust is loud as hell, never had a problem in Vancouver coz I am not a downtown poser.
You can listen to my exhaust on youtube, I modified it half VH stock + BCT, love the sound.