Exhaust advice - too loud??
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Hey everybody - I just bought an 09 1200 Custom with Vance and Hines Sideshots for my wife. She loves the bike, but the pipes are "way too loud!". Personally I think they sound great, but if she's going to ride, I need to quite it down. Should I try and add the Quite Baffle, or should I start from scratch, and buy something completely different? Everything else on the bike is stock. I've read mixed reviews on the baffle, but I hate to spend a lot of money on new pipes if I don't have too. I'd appreciate any advice or thoughts! Thanks in advance.
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Dunno about the Side-Shots, but the unbaffled Comp Series Pipes i got on the Sporty are obnoxiously loud. They sound great, but will make your head throb after riding all day. May get baffles one day.
When i got the exhaust for the old man's Street Bob i got the baffled Fat Cat's from D&D.
It's nice to ride something a little mellower sometimes - it's far from 'quiet', but i'm sure the neighbors appreciate the difference when i come home from the bar late at night on the Dyna rather than the Sporty!
Both the baffled and unbaffled pipes i've heard still sound good - the 'quiet' ones are just a lot less raspy and knock some of the harsher, higher frequency notes outta the V-twin symphony.
Bottom line, do whatever makes her riding experience better, keep momma happy!
When i got the exhaust for the old man's Street Bob i got the baffled Fat Cat's from D&D.
It's nice to ride something a little mellower sometimes - it's far from 'quiet', but i'm sure the neighbors appreciate the difference when i come home from the bar late at night on the Dyna rather than the Sporty!
Both the baffled and unbaffled pipes i've heard still sound good - the 'quiet' ones are just a lot less raspy and knock some of the harsher, higher frequency notes outta the V-twin symphony.
Bottom line, do whatever makes her riding experience better, keep momma happy!
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you could try some QB's from Hard Kore Baffles
I added a set of HK QB's on the QB's of my V&H Shortshots (they mount together with some modifications done to the HK QB's),
still a tad loud for my taste when I start it up at 6am..but I did notice a slight noise reduction
I added a set of HK QB's on the QB's of my V&H Shortshots (they mount together with some modifications done to the HK QB's),
still a tad loud for my taste when I start it up at 6am..but I did notice a slight noise reduction
Last edited by 0mega; 07-21-2013 at 09:18 AM.
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