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Apr 15, 2010 | 04:50 PM

caustiuc1

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any body know the decibal difference between reg baffle and quiet baffle on the d and d fat cat 2 into 1. do they sound the same? just not as loud?

Apr 15, 2010 | 11:42 PM

mentor70

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I have a Dyna with standard baffle, for me the standard baffle is kinda quite. if you are mostly 1 up, that is what I would get.

Apr 16, 2010 | 07:59 PM

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Dont know the db level, however, D & D claims that the quiet baffle is 15% quiter. I have the standard baffle and it is not all that loud. I would have been disappointed with the quiet baffle.

I considered the quiet baffle as I thought that there might have been some sort of performance gain (dont know why i thought that). I thought that I would give it a try and then replace the quiet baffle if it was too quiet for me. D & D advised me that there is absolutely no performance gain with the quiet baffle and that they are next to impossible to remove once they have been run for a few hundred miles.

Apr 17, 2010 | 07:07 AM

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I have the Quiet baffle its not loud when cruising around but when you jump on it gets loud. My friend has the standard baffle on his 103 and its a lot louder than mine.

Apr 18, 2010 | 07:45 AM

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If you are talking about the standard louvered core baffles, they both have the same core diameter and construction. The difference is in the outer can of the baffle......the standard is solid steel, and the quiet is perforated steel with packing wrapped around it.

The flow between the 2 will be the same, but the sound is a bit different. I found the standard baffle to be a bit tinny and blatty, while the quiet baffle is deeper and tighter sounding.

I've had both, and I've stayed with the quiet baffle.................perfect for me.

Steve

Apr 18, 2010 | 08:20 AM

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Quote:

Originally Posted by maineultraclassic

I found the standard baffle to be a bit tinny and blatty, while the quiet baffle is deeper and tighter sounding.

Steve

I agree

Apr 19, 2010 | 12:29 AM

caustiuc1

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so when your flying down the road at 80mph is it roaring (quiet baffle)? As of now with stock pipes I can barely hear anything.

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Apr 19, 2010 | 06:53 PM

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if you like it loud the standard the quiet is quieter then the standard but not when you have a heavily modded motor. stock motor with a good tune and a/c it will sound great.

Apr 20, 2010 | 08:25 AM

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I have a quiet baffle and it has a lower rumbling sound. I can ride a long way and get off without ringing in my ears. I really like the sound and get comments from my riding buddies about how good my bike sounds. Oh, it will speak to you when you give it a serious twist.