i got an 05 electra glide. all my friends got the v&h big shot duals. they are the loudest around even with the baffles in. and as far as a radio goes i just up graded my with a biketronics titan amp and speakers. its insane how much louder it is

 

Rikneharts true duals are very loud and sound awesome....

 

Thunder headers are really loud, but the appearance after a year or two is by far the worst IMO. Rinehart TDs are loud and really loud on a big inch motor. I took the RH TDs off after I built the 103, couldn't hear the radio anymore. Got a Borzilla with a quiet baffle now on the 120, loud but not overly so.

Why do you want the loudest pipes you can get on a bagger-just asking is all?

 

When I was trying different mufflers (10) the loudest I found were theSE Race only mufflers with tru duals

 

papatravis.. are you carb'd?

 

Why does it matter? Typically at riding speeds (75+ mph), the rider and his passenger (or her passenger!) don't really get the brunt of the sound, whomever is behind them does!

From what I understand, Samson pipes are some of the loudest overall, but (at least when I was initially looking at pipes) they don't have the best performance numbers. I went with the Thunderheaders (2-1 though, no false pipe) for the best combination of sound/performance. I actually got them from maineultraclassic almost 2 years ago, and they have held up great!

 

Pull out the inserts for a straight pipe sound. That's about as loud as she goes...

and don't forget she needs to be retuned so she's not too LEAN...

 

I also would think that straight pipes would be the loudes set-up out there.

 

I have V&H Ovals with dresser duals. Stock pipes and ovals have a nice sound. Duals with ovals a lounder nice sound. Dual pipes with ovals and no baffels, ya can't stay in the same county, tooooo damn loud.

 

vance and hines true duals here and rush 2 1/2" slip ons. sounds great, pretty throaty. I saw a guy a while back that had straight pipes ( about 1 1/2") sticking out the back, looked bad and sounded worse. this was on a fairly new bagger. I'd like to hear some samsons, they're sposed to be very loud. and as we all know sound is a subjective thing. If you likem loud go for it. Where I am the LEOS don't pay much attention to them. I've never heard of anyone getting a loud muffler ticket aroundhere.