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Old Mar 24, 2020 | 02:30 PM
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I have a 2002 FLSTC with V&H Staggered Big Shots with quiet baffles. I am looking to replace them with a much quieter exhaust. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I do some long rides and after a while it starts to beat on my old ears. Thanks
 
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Pick up an old used OEM set from Ebay!
 
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I have a 2002 FLSTC with V&H Staggered Big Shots with quiet baffles. I am looking to replace them with a much quieter exhaust. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I do some long rides and after a while it starts to beat on my old ears. Thanks
Stock maybe you can trade someone
 
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Stock or Supertrapp, but stock can be had cheap
 
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The Bassani Road Rage with quiet baffles is pretty quiet......

 
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Originally Posted by jrv_hd
I have a 2002 FLSTC with V&H Staggered Big Shots with quiet baffles. I am looking to replace them with a much quieter exhaust. Any suggestions would be very helpful. I do some long rides and after a while it starts to beat on my old ears. Thanks
I had the same problem with a set of V&H Short Shots. Found a set of OEM and was pleasantly surprised that the bike performed better with the stock pipes. I then went with a 98" kit and a set of Supertrapp 2 into1 SuperMeg's that I'm real pleased with as well. The Supertrapp have 20 total discs for tuning. I'm running 19 of them.

https://www.baggersmag.com/supertrap...per-mega-pipes
 
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The Bassani Road Rage with quiet baffles is pretty quiet......
This is my recommendation as well. I use to have the dual staggered pipes and they sounded good, but after riding for a while my ears had enough. My Bassani RR has the stock baffle and I think it’s perfect.
 
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This is my recommendation as well. I use to have the dual staggered pipes and they sounded good, but after riding for a while my ears had enough. My Bassani RR has the stock baffle and I think it’s perfect.
Screamin' Eagle mufflers are quiet
Just a tad louder than stock
I had em on mine for about 5 min
See em on ebay all the time.
 
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Those are the same exhaust I have on my 06. They ain’t quiet for sure. I have the quiet baffels without the packing. I wish my M8 RGU sounded that good
 
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