I'm still undecided on slip ons, advice wanted please.
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I know you didn't specifically ask, but the wife and I are both running Rinehart 4'' slip ons on our 2019s with stock headpipes (with cat). not obnoxiously loud, but a little louder than stock. has a nice, deep tone. another set of pipes that sound good are the s&s mk45. I think they sound better than the Rinehart, but I got good deals on the rineharts and couldn't find any deals on the s&s.
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Wiki tells us that Chesterfield's a LARGE town! Similar in population to Bedford, in fact. Plain truth is that we Harleys owners in the UK are thinly spread and despite owning them for over 40 years I seldom meet any on the open road. For many years I was the only owner in my favourite Club and even now there are only a handful of us (non of them with a similar Touring bike to either yours or mine!).
As a tangential suggestion, if you don't wear ear plugs, try them. Dirt cheap and may alter what you hear, certainly will take away any wind roar.
As a tangential suggestion, if you don't wear ear plugs, try them. Dirt cheap and may alter what you hear, certainly will take away any wind roar.
I do wear ear plugs, I'd be deaf without them tbh as the wind noise due to the turbulence I get from the screen is pretty extreme at anything over 60mph. That's the problem with being 6'4", you sit right in the turbulent air, but it's not exclusive to Harley, I've had it with every bike that's had a decent sized screen. But that's not why I can't hear the exhaust note, I can't hear it a great deal under acceleration from a stand still, or at speeds under 60mph. I'd say it's actually quieter than my GS Adventure
I've got Eliminator 400s on my 2016 FLHP. I tried them with the standard baffles first and they were too loud for my neighborhood at 7AM. I put the optional quieter baffles in, wrapped with stainless wool and then ceramic blanket and it's quiet enough when you idle along (still louder than stock), but when you get on it, you can hear it WAY on down the road. When your cruising at 50-80 you can hear it but not to the point of being annoying, and when you back off the throttle from say 3500rpm, it has this really cool fairly loud burble. I wouldn't trade them for any other setup.
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Skratch has just prompted a thought! On the simple principle of progressing in simple stages, rather than one big one, consider removing the cat in your current system, or disembowelling it. That will give a decent increase in sound output. You will of course need to tune your bike to match.
I haven't used them yet, but consider using HillTop Motorcycles in Hinckley for that. I plan on visiting them with my Buell soon. They are not familiar with Buells, not sure about their experience with Harleys, but they are imaginative chaps and come highly recommended by pals with other brands.
I haven't used them yet, but consider using HillTop Motorcycles in Hinckley for that. I plan on visiting them with my Buell soon. They are not familiar with Buells, not sure about their experience with Harleys, but they are imaginative chaps and come highly recommended by pals with other brands.
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The M8's are significantly quieter than the Twin cams. Just the nature of the beast. I am running V&H 4" eliminators on my 2017 SG and they are a little louder than stock, deeper tone for sure and bark a tiny bit when you lay into it. The radio will drown them out pretty easily. I have run VH Monster rounds on twin cams in the past and they were loud. The eliminators are similar to them. Even with full headers the M8's are not loud until you drop another cam in them.
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Skratch has just prompted a thought! On the simple principle of progressing in simple stages, rather than one big one, consider removing the cat in your current system, or disembowelling it. That will give a decent increase in sound output. You will of course need to tune your bike to match.
I haven't used them yet, but consider using HillTop Motorcycles in Hinckley for that. I plan on visiting them with my Buell soon. They are not familiar with Buells, not sure about their experience with Harleys, but they are imaginative chaps and come highly recommended by pals with other brands.
I haven't used them yet, but consider using HillTop Motorcycles in Hinckley for that. I plan on visiting them with my Buell soon. They are not familiar with Buells, not sure about their experience with Harleys, but they are imaginative chaps and come highly recommended by pals with other brands.
The M8's are significantly quieter than the Twin cams. Just the nature of the beast. I am running V&H 4" eliminators on my 2017 SG and they are a little louder than stock, deeper tone for sure and bark a tiny bit when you lay into it. The radio will drown them out pretty easily. I have run VH Monster rounds on twin cams in the past and they were loud. The eliminators are similar to them. Even with full headers the M8's are not loud until you drop another cam in them.
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18 Road Glide here and the screaming eagle slip-ons aren't bad if you want a noticeable bump but not crazy. I will say that it seemed like they required about 5,000 miles to break in and get the best sound.
I'm probably going CFR though as I want a little louder. Need to drown out that Jetson whine of the M8.
I'm probably going CFR though as I want a little louder. Need to drown out that Jetson whine of the M8.
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18 Road Glide here and the screaming eagle slip-ons aren't bad if you want a noticeable bump but not crazy. I will say that it seemed like they required about 5,000 miles to break in and get the best sound.
I'm probably going CFR though as I want a little louder. Need to drown out that Jetson whine of the M8.
I'm probably going CFR though as I want a little louder. Need to drown out that Jetson whine of the M8.
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CFR: https://www.cfrmotorcycles.com. Quality product and most will tell you they are in the "loud" range when compared to others (I suspect some will say they are too loud). But I'm going this route eventually.
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