Hello all. Need help solving a small dilemma I have been having setting off the neighbors' car alarms with my current setup (see sig). Before dropping the cam upgrade in, the big shots were not an issue and sounded great with the quiet baffles installed. After the cam upgrade, however, it sounds even better! But, it now randomly sets the neighbor's car alarm off when I initially startup, and to avoid that I have to point the back end of the bike towards the other neighbors corner bedroom at 5am when I take off for work. So while I DEARLY love the sound my current equipment combo provides, in the spirit of maintaining healthy neighborly relationships I need to tone it down a little.

My goal is really to just muffle the noise without changing the tone or 'perceived' power much (with the stage 2 would the power loss be that noticeable?). I have been mulling around a few options (below) which I would appreciate your feedback on.

1) Freedom Performance Racing True Duals (https://www.denniskirk.com/freedom-p...rd/4410469.sku)
I love the look of these pipes, think it would be awesome to have on a softail and would look great with my hard bag conversion I have coming to the house soon. My major concern with these is the performance impact from losing the 2-1-2 and going to straight 2-2; these 'seem' like good performing stepped pipes and the muffler should provide some backpressure to prevent much torque loss? I think this would be the best option for quieting the ride down, but the Freedom Performance website is severely lacking in product information/description so it is hard to determine.

2) Rinehart 2-1 or VH Pro Pipe 2-1, really not sure how (if any) quieter systems like this would be.

3) Stock it is a Low Rider which came with the 2-1-2 shotgun pipes/mufflers; but I'm not a fan of those and I need to keep the pipes at/below the rear axles so I can fit my hard bags when they arrive. Alternatively I was considering installing the 2-1 Sport Glide headers (decat'd) and either the SE slip-on or another aftermarket slip-on (suggestions?). I think with the stage 2 these would still probably sound pretty good?

4) Any other suggested combo?

Don't get me wrong, I'm not looking for whisper quiet I just need something that won't hard wake the neighbors running for their car keys at 5am; if they feel the need to roll over in bed though, I'm ok with that.

Appreciate your time, thank you.

 

Push your bike down the street, before starting it.

 

Ask your neighbors to fix the sensitivity of that alarm. It is adjustable and is set way too sensitive. Truth be told that's their problem imho.

 

And I'll bet it's a clapped out '63 Valiant with a Slant 6.

 

not the neighbor's problem. there are sound laws and not to mention non OEM issues.
they used to sell a cable operated butterfly. also on that note, they also have spring loaded butterfly, opens up as flow increases.

 

make a baffle from insulation that you slip over your muffler, start bike and take them off

 

I sure missed that in the ops post NOT!. fyi

 

whoa...whoa...whoa...the slant 6 was a great little motor.