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Old May 15, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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Thinking about the black Hooker Fourbiddens for my '07 Night Train. Of course, I'd have to do the O2 Sensor eliminators, but that's no big deal.

My question is, do the Fourbiddens have a baffle? If so, is it removable? I like 'em loud.

Also, how's the engine performance? If there is no baffle, does performance suffer from lack of backpressure?

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Old May 15, 2007 | 10:07 PM
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I believe they do have a baffle and yes performance would suffer down low w\o the baffle.
 
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Old May 15, 2007 | 10:14 PM
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BIG CITY THUNDER MONSTER BAFFLES, my friend!!!! they make my 06 train LOUD!!! and it sounds better than no baffles. they pretty much clean up the sound, bring back the back pressure loss and low end loss, but keep it LOUD....also go get yourself a powercommander usbIII.... find a dyno tuning center near you, and get her tuned up.... thats what i did last friday...and the tuned cost like 135$. i also have a D&M custom filter, but it gave me nice straight power lines on the chart, and im at 79.31 hp and 81.42 for the torque, which i think is better than what you 96cu i has stock!!! could be wrong tho i guess
 
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Old May 15, 2007 | 10:29 PM
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I don't think there is any room for baffles. Yes you do loose power from the short pipes but I don't think its noticable. For maximum power get the bike dyno tuned. They will get the most power possible.
 
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Old May 16, 2007 | 08:04 AM
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jIt has a baffle in the collecter.It is removable, but I don't think you'll have a problem being loud with it in.
 
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Old May 17, 2007 | 07:13 PM
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Default RE: Hooker Fourbidden exhaust

I have the Fourbiddens. And YES they do have a baffle. I ran it both ways, and believe me, I couldn't tell the difference......so, I just left it in. It gave me the low end I was missing when I had the Yaffe X-pipes on, and I am totally happy with it!
Sounds great, nice idle sound, fits perfect, and looks good too!
 
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Old May 18, 2007 | 03:24 PM
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ORIGINAL: TIPN8R
Sounds great, nice idle sound, fits perfect, and looks good too!
Any troubles with scraping in right turns?
 
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Old May 18, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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Default RE: Hooker Fourbidden exhaust

As a matter of fact, they did scrpae the ground once. If you have a lowered bike, you may want to keep an eye out for that. What I did afterwards was to loosen it all up, and readjust it so that the bracket was at it's highest point, and so far, so good!

I am investing in a air ride system, so that will help in that area in the future....but for stockers, you shouldn't scrape at all.
 
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