Anyone out there know where the post with pics and information on pulling the baffles(I did a search and could not find) OR if anyone has any ideas on removal.These things are very hard to get out(2500mi) Going to install BCT baffles in the slipons...........Any help!!! thanks ;-)

In reply to my own post I found the post I was looking for https://www.hdforums.com/m_1726810/t...........thanks anyway

Would it be safe to say that removing the baffles (for modification purposes) and then re-installing the modified baffle is easier to do with brand new slip-on mufflers than older ones that have many of miles on them?

Some who have attempted to remove the baffles from older mufflers have reported difficulty getting the baffle out and even more difficulty getting the baffles back in.

On Friday, I am ordering black SEII's. I then am also planning on black powder coating my existing heat shields. I currently have older chrome SEII's. I am for the most part satisfied with the sound of these slip-on mufflers, so I'm making the change essentially just for cosmetic reasons.

Though the chrome ones are somewhat scraped up (by the bike's previous owner) they really aren't bad enough that I would replace them if I didn't really just want black pipes to contrast the silver motor on my '05 FXD.

I do know the difference between the older version SEII's and the newer street legal SE's. There does seem to be some confusion regarding this. The older SEII's are the better (by far) sounding slip-on when compared to the new SE's.

Like I said before, I do think my bike sounds decent as it is right now. I also have no reason to think that the new black SEII's wouldn't sound pretty much the same.

Do I think SEII's provide the best sounding Harley Davidson exhaust note? Of course not. They definitly beat the sound of the stock mufflers or the newer SE slip-ons though.

I don't really feel I need a louder or deeper sounding exhaust, but I'm not necessarily against the idea of it either.

If the work of removing and then re-installing the new baffles back in to the new black mufflers isn't going to be "too" difficult, I might attempt to modify the new baffles by either drilling some additional holes and perhaps removing "some" fiberglass.

I won't even attempt these mods unless I can be pretty confident that by doing so, there would at least be a reasonably significant improvement to the sound of the already nice (IMHO) tone of the stock SEII's.

By the way, this message board is absolutely the premier source for information about Harley Dyna modifications and upgrades.

Any thoughts or opinions are welcomed. Thanks very much in advance. What do you guys think?

I think you pretty much sum'd it up

Here's the basic question I'm asking that I may not have clearly asked in my rather long winded explanation above....

If I take the baffles out and do the mods, will any change in sound be significant enough to warrant the extra work?

Thanks Sonny for the input!!! This is what I intend to do, BECAUSE and I think most will agree the sound from the new 07 and beyond SE slip on mufflers just does not have that HD sound IMHO....anyway I did remove the old baffles from the SE street legal mufflers (the way I did it was real easy 10min job tops) Tomorrow I will order the replacement baffles from Big City Thunder that will fit my installation (they offer 3 baffle mods for the 07 Dyna, #1 the QQ series that fit into each head pipe #2 running with the baffles removed from the muffler and the QQ series left in the head pipe (I was told that this is a bit too noisy) and #3 Installing the their performance baffle into the SE muffler. If anyone has done this or has any feed back on their product (these forums have $aved my a$$ many times from starting projects that could have proven costly.
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thanks

I just returned from a trip from Michigan to Las Vegas and back, talked to bikers on the way about their bikes and asked what mods they did to their exhaust system,(maybe 12 people in all) the majority that had the FXD with short pipes had a very nice deep deep tone. So with their suggestions including the do's and dont's I think it's worth the $175.00. Some said that you'll never get the real good sounding Harley unless you have the full long pipes (touring,,,, road king,, ect. I guess I just liked the way they sounded.
After I make the mods I will post the information here,,, they should be done by Friday
Anyway thanks for all your help
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