Suggestions on Pipes
#3
You'll get a lot of opinions on this but I agree with the previous post, you gotta listen to others. There are also alot of V&H clips on their site with comparisons.
On my 2012 Ultra Limited I went from stock to the SE slip-ons. They weren't bad but I was looking for something a little deeper with more rumble (I should have followed my own advise). Then I removed the cat from the stock header and while it did wonders for the heat it didnt do much for the exhaust note.
After that I started looking and listening to other bikes and decided I needed to at least bump the mufflers up to 4" to get the rumble I was looking for. Since I was in the process of blacking my bike out that narrowed my choices a little.
In the end I decided on the V&H Blackout Rounds which are basically blacked out Monster Rounds. While I was at it I decided to stick with V&H and also got the Power Duals with black shields.
That combo ended up getting me exactly what I was looking for (together with a stage one intake and fuel moto PV).
Initially I wasnt crazy about the look of the Power Duals but after having seen it on a lot of other bikes I warmed up to it by the time a purchased them. Now I couldnt imagine anything else on there.
That's my story for what its worth to ya.
On my 2012 Ultra Limited I went from stock to the SE slip-ons. They weren't bad but I was looking for something a little deeper with more rumble (I should have followed my own advise). Then I removed the cat from the stock header and while it did wonders for the heat it didnt do much for the exhaust note.
After that I started looking and listening to other bikes and decided I needed to at least bump the mufflers up to 4" to get the rumble I was looking for. Since I was in the process of blacking my bike out that narrowed my choices a little.
In the end I decided on the V&H Blackout Rounds which are basically blacked out Monster Rounds. While I was at it I decided to stick with V&H and also got the Power Duals with black shields.
That combo ended up getting me exactly what I was looking for (together with a stage one intake and fuel moto PV).
Initially I wasnt crazy about the look of the Power Duals but after having seen it on a lot of other bikes I warmed up to it by the time a purchased them. Now I couldnt imagine anything else on there.
That's my story for what its worth to ya.
#5
since you have the origional pipes, you don't have to worry about dragging on a quick turn. i was considering the V&H high output after listening to them in the showroom when a salesman was demonstrating a bike to a customer. ended up with some RC at the recomendation of the parts guys. not sorry at all. got some pipes and 4 inch slash cuts. sound good to me. would go try to listen to some like mentioned above or find some sound bites on the web.
#6
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#7
Finding the right exhaust can cost a lot of $. I have tried SE, Klock Werks, supertrapp fatshots, Jackpot 4", and Rinehart 3.5"and so far my bike runs the smoothest and it has the largest baffles of all the mufflers I have tried. So besides sound consider vibration etc. and tuning every time you make a change.
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