Where can i find videos on different pipes and mufflers that you can see and hear. Ive seen the Vance & Hines one , video and the sound are great to hear and see , but the one i really wanted to hear ,the long shot for the softail deluxe goes silent ,are their any other places that one can view and hear like the vance and hines one?

 

U-tube has plenty of sound bites.. do a Google search for ??? and then just click on Vids at the top..

 

Welcome and the only true way to hear what they will sound like is in person.

 

The long shots are not as popular, but I know I can hear Big Shots, Short Shots, Big Radius, and Pro Pipe with about an hour and a half of hanging out at my local indi shop on a Saturday. Coincidentally, that is about how long the wait usually is for an oil change.

 

Yup, there are a million youtube videos showing different types of mufflers.

Every single one of them shot with the crappy-*** little microphone in somebody's smartphone, and played through your crappy-*** computer speakers. Unless, of course, you're playing the video on your smartphone, in which case you're listening through the even crappier little speaker on your phone.

Some of the videos shot by the actual manufacturer are better, but you're still a prisoner of your own speakers.

Really, you gotta listen live. Or take the opinion of somebody whose opinion you trust.

 

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Samsonusa.com has some sound bites as well.

 

I have the V&H Longshots and they have a deep-pitch rumble. It's the sound I wanted, since other shorty pipes sound too high-pitched for my ears.


I was in your dilemma, but I got lucky since there's a guy at my work that has Longshots on his Softail and I asked him on his break to fire it up for me so I could hear his pipes.


My advice is to go to a bike night or rally and look for the pipes you want and ask the owner to fire it up for you so you can hear them. Youtube helps, but it's just not the same as in person.

 

Go to a bike run and when you hear the sound you like, find out what pipes/mufflers the bike has. But, keep in mind, the same pipes will sound different depending on the state of tune and modifications a motor has.


Even with exactly the same exhaust system, a stock HD will not sound the same as one with a pumped up motor. More cubic inches, cams, higher compression, etc, will all affect how a bike sounds.

 

Lots of Cycle Shack clips on the Tube also.