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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 05:09 PM
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Looking for opinions, thoughts about removing the baffles from a stock exhaust for 2012 xl1200c Custom Sportster...
 
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Old Sep 6, 2020 | 05:15 PM
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That would be Ludacris!!!! Cray 😜 cray!!!!!
 
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That would be Ludacris!!!! Cray 😜 cray!!!!!
Why is that?
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 06:46 AM
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Originally Posted by Pyros9
Why is that?
why isn’t that would be a shorter list!!!!
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 07:15 AM
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You can lose the baffles, but what are your plans f/ making sure the bike doesn't run like total horse-$hit afterward?
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 07:34 AM
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I remove the bafflers from my 2004 ST. It was a little louder, but there was also whistling sound.
 
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Old Sep 7, 2020 | 08:27 AM
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I removed them on my wife's 2006 custom and added DK's Thunder Torque inserts. Sounds good and runs good. It is pretty loud but that's what she wanted.
 
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Thanks guys. Just saw some videos about it and was curious.
 
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Naw man, I want my motorcycle to be so loud it makes my ears bleed. I don't care if it runs good or not just so I can **** every one off that I ride by on the road. Especially early in the morning when they are trying to sleep. Yippee.
 
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Originally Posted by apache snow
Naw man, I want my motorcycle to be so loud it makes my ears bleed. I don't care if it runs good or not just so I can **** every one off that I ride by on the road. Especially early in the morning when they are trying to sleep. Yippee.

Are you my neighbor?

Actually he has a 2 into 1 system on his Sportster.

Wouldn't be too bad but,

1. The old carburetor bike needs to warm up a bit before he can make it up the hill out of the neighborhood.

2. He goes to work at 0430 in the morning.
 
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