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Old Mar 4, 2011 | 09:32 PM
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Too loud hate riding next to them on the bike isnt as bad as the poor bastard on the right side of you or pass but why think about any body but yourself?
 
Old Mar 4, 2011 | 09:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BIGSTEVEX3
Too loud hate riding next to them on the bike isnt as bad as the poor bastard on the right side of you or pass but why think about any body but yourself?
They are only loud if you ride em loud. Ride like a sane mature person and they aren't any louder then any other exhaust and actually quieter then most.

My Thunderheaders are not as loud as the baffled Sampson Fishtails that I replaced with them

They have a NEW noise ordinance where I live and they are gung ho about it. I haven't been stopped yet and I ride all over downtown where all the complaints originated that prompted the noise ordinance.
 
Old Mar 9, 2011 | 02:25 AM
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The Thunderheader may be a bit loud, but they have real nice low throaty tone. They sound like power.
The pipes that I don't like to ride with are those straight pipes that crackle like a friggin popcorn machine. Those things are hard on the ears. They sound like my lawnmower with a bad spark plug.
 
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