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Old 03-06-2018, 10:25 PM
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the loudest exhaust for dyna?
Because this guy hates it and maybe i need to put on something louder

What I think is that the exhaust is open, so it cant be any louder right? But then this video makes me wonder if his bike is louder than mine?

 

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Old 03-07-2018, 09:39 AM
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Question that come to my mind is- why? All a really loud exhaust does is **** people off and cop magnet. Also **** of your neighboors. Not to mention give you a headache after a while. Don't get me wrong, I love me some loud exhaust on bikes! Just within reason of course.

Nobody wants to be "that guy" right?
 
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Vance and Hines Big Shots are loud too. I installed V&H Quiet Baffles and they're still too loud. Wish I kept my stock pipes.

 
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I have V&H pipes and they can be loud if I "get on it" when I take off from a stop. But I've had the police on all sides of me, sitting, taking off and moving...nothing.
 
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V&H Big Radius are loud as ****, too. The sound waves bounce back right up at you off the ground.
 
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Big Shots on my FB were loud. Straight Shots on my wife's Sportster are loud. Short Shots on a friend's Sportster were really loud. Just the design of the pipes.
 
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Maybe you should get the Side Shots. I think they look sweet and I'm sure your neighbors will they they purr like a kitten. Lol.

I don't mind my Short Shots at all with a quiet baffle. Never heard any criticism from anyone behind me either.
 
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The V&H grenades are the loudest I’ve heard. Ridiculously loud compared to my bike with Short Shots.
 
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My wife has the V&H Big Shots on her '08 Heritage and she's never had a complaint from anyone.

We live in what we call a "country sub" but even still, I don't often start our bikes before our neighbors are usually up or gone to work but if ad when I do, I "start and go" and let my bike "chug" down our private road 'till I get to the main county road.
 
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Originally Posted by EggDropX
The V&H grenades are the loudest I’ve heard. Ridiculously loud compared to my bike with Short Shots.


I have Big Radius fitted and they don't come close to Grenades IMHO. When 'pouring on the gas' I have to agree that Grenades are the loudest I've heard too? They almost make your ears bleed!
 

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