Muffler Miseries
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Muffler Miseries
I can really use some advise from some of you learned and experienced gentlemen.
I have a 2012 TG with 5800 miles purchased 2/15. I had the stage 3 kit installed with Jackpot headpipe, V/H T/G specific mufflers and dyno'd with a SE Pro ST. She ran fine but the mufflers were making me go deaf. Talked to the folks at Fuelmoto ended up with their E Series mufflers. Again, ran great but the sound is as bad as the V/H regardless of the number of discs I use. I've run V/H, Rinehart, Rush, Cobra and others on previous bikes with no such problem. So I'm wondering if the engine build up is what's causing the excessive sound and it will continue regardless of what. other mufflers I try. Should I just appreciate the performance and get fitted for a hearing aid or has anyone had similar problems and able to point me to mufflers I can live with?
Thanks much for any advise you can offer.
I have a 2012 TG with 5800 miles purchased 2/15. I had the stage 3 kit installed with Jackpot headpipe, V/H T/G specific mufflers and dyno'd with a SE Pro ST. She ran fine but the mufflers were making me go deaf. Talked to the folks at Fuelmoto ended up with their E Series mufflers. Again, ran great but the sound is as bad as the V/H regardless of the number of discs I use. I've run V/H, Rinehart, Rush, Cobra and others on previous bikes with no such problem. So I'm wondering if the engine build up is what's causing the excessive sound and it will continue regardless of what. other mufflers I try. Should I just appreciate the performance and get fitted for a hearing aid or has anyone had similar problems and able to point me to mufflers I can live with?
Thanks much for any advise you can offer.
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See what happens when you try and out-guess all those high paid Harley Davidson Engineers. If you didn't want it loud, should have left the exhaust system alone. What ever you do, DON't put CFR megaphone mufflers on. I did on wife's Tri-Glide and my Freewheeler. Loud as hell, BUT that is what we wanted. We can set off car alarms at 50 feet
#3
i would try the stock mufflers out on it and see what that sounds like,and then retune it,mine is stock header catless,stock mufflers,stage 1,v&h fuelpack and its all i need and has a great sound...and after spending that kind of money on upgrades that probably sounds crazy to try the stock mufflers....but i would if it was me...
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I can really use some advise from some of you learned and experienced gentlemen.
I have a 2012 TG with 5800 miles purchased 2/15. I had the stage 3 kit installed with Jackpot headpipe, V/H T/G specific mufflers and dyno'd with a SE Pro ST. She ran fine but the mufflers were making me go deaf. Talked to the folks at Fuelmoto ended up with their E Series mufflers. Again, ran great but the sound is as bad as the V/H regardless of the number of discs I use. I've run V/H, Rinehart, Rush, Cobra and others on previous bikes with no such problem. So I'm wondering if the engine build up is what's causing the excessive sound and it will continue regardless of what. other mufflers I try. Should I just appreciate the performance and get fitted for a hearing aid or has anyone had similar problems and able to point me to mufflers I can live with?
Thanks much for any advise you can offer.
I have a 2012 TG with 5800 miles purchased 2/15. I had the stage 3 kit installed with Jackpot headpipe, V/H T/G specific mufflers and dyno'd with a SE Pro ST. She ran fine but the mufflers were making me go deaf. Talked to the folks at Fuelmoto ended up with their E Series mufflers. Again, ran great but the sound is as bad as the V/H regardless of the number of discs I use. I've run V/H, Rinehart, Rush, Cobra and others on previous bikes with no such problem. So I'm wondering if the engine build up is what's causing the excessive sound and it will continue regardless of what. other mufflers I try. Should I just appreciate the performance and get fitted for a hearing aid or has anyone had similar problems and able to point me to mufflers I can live with?
Thanks much for any advise you can offer.
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I'm pretty sure their Jackpot's will be louder than the E Series, a disc muffler with a closed end cap can be pretty quiet with a low disc count.
#9
Just taking the Cat out of the head pipe makes the stock mufflers sound not to bad if you want a quiet bike. I went with the E series with 11 discs. Note it also has cams and the 107 kit but it wakes up good when you romp on it. I like hearing the radio going down the road though on a long trip.
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