how do i take out the baffles on my V/H big radius pipes? will it effect the performance? i just want to see how it sounds. and if i dont like it i will put the baffles back in. someone told me it is as easy as taking out one screw. any advice would be great. thanks.

 

I have the V&H Big Shots Staggered on my ride and was considering taking out the Quite Baffels to see how it performed and sounded. I think, but I'm no expert, that removing the baffels will affect backpressure and rejetting the carb or doing another download for EFI will be needed.......maybe?

 

You'll find out as soon as you hit the road.
When you get back, you'll know what I mean.

 

Set screws hold them in but you have to take the heat shields off to get to them and you also may have to loosen them up from the exhaust ports to get the pipes far enough from the rear bracket to reach them....Personally I think it would adversly effect your performance. They do make a race (louder) baffle for them...Let us know what you do....

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well i went straight to the horses mouth on this subject, guess i wont try this. here is is the email i got from V/H...................
Sorry Brian
There are NO other baffles available for the Big Radius other than
stock.
Should you remove the stock baffles you will lose the low-end torque
gains,
additionally, your pipes will be very, very loud. It has been noted
that
when the baffles of the big radius have been removed, they are
destroyed and
if completely removed, do not return in an easy manner. Vance & Hines
does
not recommend removing the baffles from the big radius. Listen to
someone
else who has removed theirs. . . then attempted to re-install them.
Lesson
learned. Take care and ride safe.

 

And there you have it. My baffels are staying in. I like the way it sounds anyway.

 

I installed my V&H Longshots without the baffles and then had the "Stage 1 Kit" installed and then Dynoed at my
10K Service and it runs great. If I had to put them back in, it would take all of 5 minutes.
I keep my baffles with me just in case I get hassled. They are wrapped in a t-shirt in my saddle bag...
I have never been stopped though. The dealer said if I were to put them back in, after the "Stage 1 Kit" install,
I would only lose a little on my Top End in performance. I have never installed my baffles to this date.

 

you may want to check out Thunder Monster Baffles. They make a baffle for the V&H Big Radius. There web site is www.bigcitythunder.com

 

Has anyone installed the thunder monster baffles in their big radius pipes?

 

The trouble with those pipes is they're curved rather than just straight pipe. I've heard these and I thought they were pretty darn loud as is.. wouldn't be worth it to me to remove the baffles for even louder sound because of the loss of low end power which is typically what I'd expect when removing baffles. I'd keep 'em in. If they were straight pipes, it would be an easier experiment, but removing baffles means removing backflow pressure which would equate to a loss in low end torque which is the true strength of these vtwin engines. Drag pipes rob enough torque as it is in low-mid RPM range, compared to pipes with some kind of crossover such as staggered VH's or 2 into 1's. My 2 cents.