Khrome werks 2-2 review
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Finally Nailed the Sound.
Ok after not being completely happy with the sound out of my KW slip ons I started purchasing the baffles they offer. Lets start with what I started with. I have a 2019 CVO with RS 468 Cam, Full Sac header with KW slip ons. They sounded pretty amazing, but unfortunately the bike lost a lot of power and did not run great., so I purchased the first set of baffles. The Louvered ones woke the bike up and ran amazing, but I hated the flutter sounds. Round 2, I order the performance DB killer baffles. Well, it killed the sound like the name said, but bike still ran amazing, so I tried lifting the tab an inch. It helped with the sound but was still not enough. I even tried running one in the right side and none on the left. It got a little louder and sounded pretty good. Bike still running great. Now we are at the point in the story where it gets really good. I purchased a set of the ripper baffles and put one in the left side. I left the performance baffle with tab lifted 1 inch on the right side, and holly cow! This is the sound I was going for and I dont feel I sacrificed any power. The bike is running great.
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Ok after not being completely happy with the sound out of my KW slip on’s I started purchasing the baffles they offer. Let’s start with what I started with. I have a 2019 CVO with RS 468 Cam, Full Sac header with KW slip ons. They sounded pretty amazing, but unfortunately the bike lost a lot of power and did not run great., so I purchased the first set of baffles. The Louvered ones woke the bike up and ran amazing, but I hated the flutter sounds. Round 2, I order the performance DB killer baffles. Well, it killed the sound like the name said, but bike still ran amazing, so I tried lifting the tab an inch. It helped with the sound but was still not enough. I even tried running one in the right side and none on the left. It got a little louder and sounded pretty good. Bike still running great. Now we are at the point in the story where it gets really good. I purchased a set of the ripper baffles and put one in the left side. I left the performance baffle with tab lifted 1 inch on the right side, and holly cow! This is the sound I was going for and I don’t feel I sacrificed any power. The bike is running great.
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Another option is he could cut the performance insert in half. I did this during my testing to get some sound back. I cut the insert down and made it about 8-9 inches long. I tried these in the left side only and then cut down inserts in each side. Sound was great and performance was still there.
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Huge Difference with the Ripper
Another option is he could cut the performance insert in half. I did this during my testing to get some sound back. I cut the insert down and made it about 8-9 inches long. I tried these in the left side only and then cut down inserts in each side. Sound was great and performance was still there.
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I did the same to the left side performance baffle and it did help, but I needed to keep the back pressure on the right side for performance reasons. It made a huge difference taking out the cut performance baffle on the left side and putting in the ripper. Huge difference!!
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Originally Posted by GatorCVO
Ok after not being completely happy with the sound out of my KW slip ons I started purchasing the baffles they offer. Lets start with what I started with. I have a 2019 CVO with RS 468 Cam, Full Sac header with KW slip ons. They sounded pretty amazing, but unfortunately the bike lost a lot of power and did not run great., so I purchased the first set of baffles. The Louvered ones woke the bike up and ran amazing, but I hated the flutter sounds. Round 2, I order the performance DB killer baffles. Well, it killed the sound like the name said, but bike still ran amazing, so I tried lifting the tab an inch. It helped with the sound but was still not enough. I even tried running one in the right side and none on the left. It got a little louder and sounded pretty good. Bike still running great. Now we are at the point in the story where it gets really good. I purchased a set of the ripper baffles and put one in the left side. I left the performance baffle with tab lifted 1 inch on the right side, and holly cow! This is the sound I was going for and I dont feel I sacrificed any power. The bike is running great.
Can I purchase your extra inserts so I can play with sound and performance?
I may end up exactly where you did!
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I have a set of Louvered baffles, 1 ripper and 1 performance baffle I cut the end off that I will never use that I would sell if someone wanted them.
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Ok after not being completely happy with the sound out of my KW slip ons I started purchasing the baffles they offer. Lets start with what I started with. I have a 2019 CVO with RS 468 Cam, Full Sac header with KW slip ons. They sounded pretty amazing, but unfortunately the bike lost a lot of power and did not run great., so I purchased the first set of baffles. The Louvered ones woke the bike up and ran amazing, but I hated the flutter sounds. Round 2, I order the performance DB killer baffles. Well, it killed the sound like the name said, but bike still ran amazing, so I tried lifting the tab an inch. It helped with the sound but was still not enough. I even tried running one in the right side and none on the left. It got a little louder and sounded pretty good. Bike still running great. Now we are at the point in the story where it gets really good. I purchased a set of the ripper baffles and put one in the left side. I left the performance baffle with tab lifted 1 inch on the right side, and holly cow! This is the sound I was going for and I dont feel I sacrificed any power. The bike is running great.