I run stock and my wife can hear me when I drive through the neighborhood, and in her opinion, the bike is loud enough. I understand the ramifications of what loud noise can do to our sport. I even put a quieter exhaust on my motocross bike, an FMF Q silencer and spark arrester. I have ridden bikes for 35 years and flew fighter jets for 20 years in the Navy. MCAS El Toro, a Marine fighter base, closed after political pressure and influenced by an average of 150 noise complaints a night while students practiced field carrier landing practice on the runways while I was based there as an instructor pilot. Motocross bike riders are influenced now by a noise ordinance in Riverside county that limits their ability to ride on private land! More cities now ticket riders for loud exhaust on both bikes and cars. I prefer to ride without hassle, and even if I choose to upgrade my exhaust, it will be for performance and still be reasonably quiet. Look at what is available for sport bikes, HP gains and still quiet. I think the more responsible exhaust manufactures for Harleys will eventually go in the quiet direction. And as for the argument of cagers hearing the pipes, I can never hear loud pipes due to my stereo playing and the improved soundproofing construction of new cars.

06 FXDBI