Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
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02-19-2007, 02:40 AM
Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
After reading many posts I've come to the conclusion that all performance slip ons are loud (some more than others). There are several riders like myself who are looking for that set of pipes with the Harley rumble that won't make their ears ring after a long ride. You can't judge how loud a set of pipes areby listening to them idle on a dealership parking lot, you have to hear them out on the open road; also what isn't loud to one may be loud to another. The pipes most recommendedfor rumble above stock on this forum are: S & S SPO Ovals, D & D Fatcats & Rush with different size (interchangable) baffles.
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
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RE: Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
unfortunately you probably would be better putting the stock mufflers back on. The other thing is if you own anything older than the 2007 you could try the 2007 stock slip ons as i have heard they are a little louder than older ones. There are some that are sold on EBAY that are stock slip-ons but are modified and offer a little more sound than stock pipes. Unfortunately you can't get the deep Harley sound with out the loud noise. I am struggling with the same thing where i ride with my wife and we would like the louder pipes but not sure on the long haul how much we would like them. What i need is two Harleys, one for touring with the wife and one i can hammer around town with the loud pipes.
Good luck and let me know what you finally get and if it works for you
Good luck and let me know what you finally get and if it works for you
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02-19-2007, 11:45 AM
RE: Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
Thanks for your comments; two Harleys (one for touring & one for crusing) sounds like a good idea if I could afford it. The Screaming Eagle (2 piece) performance pipes do have a different tone than the (1 piece) slash up/slash down and at the time I thought I was purchasing the best one for me. I don't care for the looks of the D & D Fatcats or the S & S SPO Ovals,so that's why I've been asking for information on the Rush mufflers.
I love to hear the sound of a Harley with a set of Vance & Hines ovals, but a long run with a with a set of thesewould probably be to loud for my ears. Alot of us experience high frequency hearing loss and ringing ears with age or occupation, but still want the Harley rumble.
As far as trading my Harley in on a Honda Goldwing, I'd just as soon purchase a mountain bike.
Thanks again,
Bill
I love to hear the sound of a Harley with a set of Vance & Hines ovals, but a long run with a with a set of thesewould probably be to loud for my ears. Alot of us experience high frequency hearing loss and ringing ears with age or occupation, but still want the Harley rumble.
As far as trading my Harley in on a Honda Goldwing, I'd just as soon purchase a mountain bike.
Thanks again,
Bill
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02-19-2007, 12:09 PM
RE: Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
I installed a set of Rush slip ons with 2.25" baffles on my '07 RKC. They sound good at idle but they're too quiet for me on the open road. Thinking about getting me some V&H ovals.
If you're looking for quiet, you should pick up a set of the '07 touring slipons off of Ebay. I'd send you mine but I'm going to put my RKC back to stock and sell the pipes when I trade it in on a new RG.
If you're looking for quiet, you should pick up a set of the '07 touring slipons off of Ebay. I'd send you mine but I'm going to put my RKC back to stock and sell the pipes when I trade it in on a new RG.
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RE: Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
ORIGINAL: billybobsrk
After reading many posts I've come to the conclusion that all performance slip ons are loud (some more than others). There are several riders like myself who are looking for that set of pipes with the Harley rumble that won't make their ears ring after a long ride. You can't judge how loud a set of pipes areby listening to them idle on a dealership parking lot, you have to hear them out on the open road; also what isn't loud to one may be loud to another. The pipes most recommendedfor rumble above stock on this forum are: S & S SPO Ovals, D & D Fatcats & Rush with different size (interchangable) baffles.
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
After reading many posts I've come to the conclusion that all performance slip ons are loud (some more than others). There are several riders like myself who are looking for that set of pipes with the Harley rumble that won't make their ears ring after a long ride. You can't judge how loud a set of pipes areby listening to them idle on a dealership parking lot, you have to hear them out on the open road; also what isn't loud to one may be loud to another. The pipes most recommendedfor rumble above stock on this forum are: S & S SPO Ovals, D & D Fatcats & Rush with different size (interchangable) baffles.
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
Heres a link to help you Bill.
https://www.hdforums.com/m_1298358/tm.htm
Good luck I hope you find what your looking for (I did")
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02-19-2007, 03:10 PM
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02-19-2007, 03:21 PM
RE: Loud Pipes /Scremn' Eagle or Rush
Supertrapp 3" tunable mufflers, Very Quiet. Gained 10hp lost no TQ on my 98kit Fatboy. I have a 06 steetglide now and like to travel and listen to my tunes so i run 07 Streetglide mufflers i bought from one of the guys online. They seem to flow a little better (I have stage 1) and have a better tone than the 06 stock slip ons.
ORIGINAL: billybobsrk
After reading many posts I've come to the conclusion that all performance slip ons are loud (some more than others). There are several riders like myself who are looking for that set of pipes with the Harley rumble that won't make their ears ring after a long ride. You can't judge how loud a set of pipes areby listening to them idle on a dealership parking lot, you have to hear them out on the open road; also what isn't loud to one may be loud to another. The pipes most recommendedfor rumble above stock on this forum are: S & S SPO Ovals, D & D Fatcats & Rush with different size (interchangable) baffles.
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill
After reading many posts I've come to the conclusion that all performance slip ons are loud (some more than others). There are several riders like myself who are looking for that set of pipes with the Harley rumble that won't make their ears ring after a long ride. You can't judge how loud a set of pipes areby listening to them idle on a dealership parking lot, you have to hear them out on the open road; also what isn't loud to one may be loud to another. The pipes most recommendedfor rumble above stock on this forum are: S & S SPO Ovals, D & D Fatcats & Rush with different size (interchangable) baffles.
Starting out, I purchased a set of Harley Touring mufflers which have a little rumble at idle and that's about it, next I purchased a set of Screamn' Eagle (2 piece) performance mufflers and had to start wearing ear plugs to keep my ears from ringing. Now I'm debating wheather to sell my Screamn' Eagles and by a set of Rush with the 1.75" baffles or reinstall may Touring pipes.
Most Harley owners want their bike to havea little rumble, but I don't know how anyone couldstand to run a set of straight or extremly loud pipes on their bike any length of time without some type of hearing loss and ringing in their ears. If you don't have hearing loss your probably not worried about it, but if you do, then you know how embrassing it is to ask people to repeat themselves or hear something on TV.
Anyway, thought I'd put in my 2 centson this topic and see where it goes; any and all suggestions,recommendations,adviceor critcism will be greatly appreciated.
Bill