Making pipes quieter
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Cruiser
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From: NYC
Making pipes quieter
First post here, so hello everyone. I had a question about making my pipes quieter. I see there is a couple of options but one I see that keeps coming up is making your own 'lollipop' baffles. As you can see I want to do it the cheap way. My question is, do these make it noticeably quieter or does it just lower it by a couple of decibels? I'm planning to go on a trip soon and I'm in NYC and I keep reading about how the law is starting to crack down, so I just want to play it safe. Sorry if this is in the wrong spot on the forum.
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From: Houston, Texas
thinking you might want to post this in the Softail thread....
I have done the lollipop mod on previous bikes...
IMO very little if any volume difference.... was done mainly to add back pressure and pick up a some lost torque from installing drag pipes
are you running the V&H quite baffles in your pipes???
if not might be a good place to start...
I have done the lollipop mod on previous bikes...
IMO very little if any volume difference.... was done mainly to add back pressure and pick up a some lost torque from installing drag pipes
are you running the V&H quite baffles in your pipes???
if not might be a good place to start...
Road Captain
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From: Rolla, MO.
I had the Quite Baffles in for about a week and just hated them. Way to quite and no one can hear you, it's unsafe. I put back in the stock Vance & Hines and all is well now.
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The local leo likes to pull loud bikes over, did it right in front of my house once. Gets out his baton and sticks it in the exhaust, no baffles=ticket. So I made some so that at least his baton wouldn't go in very far, didn't make much difference in noise level.
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