Bought a new RGU in late June. Right after the purchase I of course created a large work order to upgrade everything - handlebars, exhaust, AC, amp, speakers etc. Being they had the front apart I added everything I wanted at once to save labor..

To make a long story short it had taken a while to get everything so I have ended up riding the bike stock for over 3000 miles. This probably is one of the rare times I have this much experience with stock mufflers.

Well, they sure have changed since the first ride. Even though very quiet, they are sounding pretty good now. Seems they break in a lot. Actually I am enjoying it

 

I do not have time to swap mine out yet, be going on a ride in a few days for a few and cannot drop the extra dime for exhaust so I am accepting the OEM mufflers for now, do not sound as quiet as units from times past but are quiet.

Loving our new ride so far, rides great and quite a change from the Road King.

 

Remove the CAT and they actually sound pretty good.

 

Dealer put in cat-free head pipes on my 2012 Screaming' Eagle Ultra (along with the race tuner and ). Service manager convinced to leave on stock mufflers. I am very happy with that decision. Sound is "throaty" but the boom audio comes through beautifully.

 

I'm with ya! After several years of Rinehart TD's on the 07, I'm liking the stock mufflers! Got to the point where I was tired of the loud drone of the Riney's after an hour or two . I'll be changing the header (or at least killing the kitty), A\C, cams & tuner after awhile (only about 2 months old, want to make sure no waranty issues first) but mufflers may stay stock.

 

I agree - the Cat must go! The heat from it drives me crazy in this heat wave we are having. I am also tired of out pipes on a bagger. The noise gets to me after awhile. So I am going with BUB7 sheath mufflers - 50 state EPA noise... Just like the looks better than stock...

 

I ditched my OEMs for 4" Rineharts's, but I gotta admit, the OEMs sounded good from the getgo + they'll only sound better the more you ride.