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Old May 30, 2012 | 11:28 AM
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I have a 2012 Fat Boy Lo with stock exhaust and Rush 1.75 slip ons. When I put another set of Rush 1.75's on my old Dyna Fat Bob, I got a really good low rpm rumble and a nice sound in higher gears. On the Fat Boy, I don't get nearly the same sound - just slightly better than the stock muffler.

So, my question is - I'll be getting the stage 1 upgrade, but not until next year, so is there anything I can do to get a better sound and rumble with just the 1.75 slip on's without losing a lot of performance or damaging my system? Thanks!
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 11:30 AM
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Your cats are in the pipe where the dyna's are in the muffler (which the slip ons replace) Only thing you can do is decat it if your not ready for a full exhaust. Do a search on here and you will see how
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 01:31 PM
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The cats on the softail Fatboy Lo are in the mufflers not the head pipes. Perhaps 2.0 baffles would help some. But I doubt they will be much louder.
 
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Take the baffles out and put some Thunder Torque Inserts in. Will be louder and you will have better low and mid range power and the same top end power.

Here is a vid that gives a little idea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6VwWeIyjeU

I am running rush slip ons in my 2011 103 with no baffles and the W258's. Butt dyno is better and dynojet dyno is about 8% better with the thunder torques than with the baffles...and it is LOUDER!
 
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Old May 30, 2012 | 07:40 PM
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First,, check, are U sure U didn't end up with the 1 1/2'' baffles.???
 
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