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Old Apr 27, 2008 | 08:32 PM
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This might sound odd, but a friend of mine rides a 2005 Heritage and thinks it's too loud for him. He put on Samson true duals, with fishtail mufflers. He is saying it's annoyingly loud(to himself) when he takes a highway ride. He likes the true duals up front...so is there a muffler change he can make that would be slightly tone-downed? Or modify his fishtails?

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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:46 AM
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Hmm...there's nothing wrong with saying they're annoying at highway speeds. Especially if he's riding for hours on end with the same tone. I don't know about the Samdon trues, but the V&H have a quiet baffle that can be added to tone it down a tad and everyone seems to like the tone better after installing the baffles. See if Samson makes those for their system.
 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 06:56 AM
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He must have the non baffled straight fishtails....They are obnoxious loud...Drag Specialties has a set of 8in baffles you can install. It will take about 30 minutes to do and it brings them down a bit..

 
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Old Apr 28, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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He must have the non baffled straight fishtails....They are obnoxious loud...Drag Specialties has a set of 8in baffles you can install. It will take about 30 minutes to do and it brings them down a bit..

Iput a similar set ofbaffles in my Samson II, Rip Saws. I didn't like the sound of them, so I switched to Khrome Werks, HP, drag pipe baffles. Samson doesn't make baffles for my exhaust, which is basically 1 3/4" OD drag pipes. If you have 1 3/4" pipes there is not much choice in baffles that will fit.
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