I recently purchased a 2011 Street Glide with the 103 power pack and am trying to decide between slip ons or a full exhaust. I had a 2007 Softail Custom with V&H Big Shots and loved it, but am looking into slip ons to hopefully save money But at the same time I don't want to waste the money on slip ons if I will be replacing them down the road with a full exhaust because I'm not happy with them.

I'm not looking so much at boosting performance but more for sound (the stock pipes just down sound right after having the big shots on my softail). Was told the stock headers on HD was fine for slip ons and to save my money by not going the route of a full exhaust system.

Any suggestions or comments?

Thanks!

 

You can try both. I had Rinehart slip ons when I bought my SG. Then I went with dresser duals and used the same slip ons. They sound good on the stock header, but sound even better on the true duals.

 

I am goung with the full system from FuelMoto. The reason for me is to get rid of the HEAT from the catalist that is located near your right foot. FuelMoto says it it will drop about from 700 to 350 degres at the point where the cat is located.

 

Went the slip on route on my 2011 SG with the same 103. You won't get the sound you want with just the slip-ons but it will sound better than stock. Then you can save up, by a new head pipe, a tuner, and some sort of Stage 1 A/C and re-use the slip ons you already have.
At least thats the plan for me.

 

With slip-ons only, you still have the CAT. As suggested above, do slip-ons now and add a open exhaust later.

 

I think the stock mufflers sound pretty good after removing the catalytic converter. Plus using the stock head pipe will save you around $450.