Ok, I've been riding my Iron for about 3 days now....It sounds like crap.
It sounds like my old Honda!!
Whats the best course of action?
By whole new set of pipes?
By slip ons?
Remove the baffles from stock pipes?

Whole exhaust system is in the future, but I'm way too poor for that right now.
I may have enough saved up for slip ons in a couple of months.

For those of you that have removed the baffles....directions please.
Do you like it? Would you do it again?
I WANT BETTER SOUND NOW!
Thanks

 

Get the Vance & Hines short shots, no power commander or rejetting required, and the sound is amazing.

 

I too was left cash less after the down payment last year, but slowly i saved enough for the v&h exhaust set. 11 months later, intalled and payed cash too, got them off of ebay, worth the wait for me.

 

Will putting on new pipes yourself void the warranty? I really don't wanna pay the stealership that extra $$ if I don't have to.

 

I do want the V&H shortshots...in time.
I just want to know what can I do to have better sound now.
Or am I forced to wait?
Even my wife says its quiet.
I also wondered about putting slip ons myself, what would the stealership say?

 

do it yourself, if you have to take it in for service, put the factory pipes back on if you're worried about it. It's only a handfull of screws.

 

I was (am) in the same boat as you last year when I got my Iron. Cycle shacks, available on e-bay for $150 all day long. I run these slip ons and they are great. Another option is Lick's Cycles slip ons which go for a steal at $120. You don't "need" to add a tuner or AC if you are just looking for better sound, but those 2 things along with slip-ons will wake your Iron up a bit.

I was afraid of the dealership voiding my warranty at first, so I put my stock pipes back on for service... I only did that once as slip ons were no big thing for the dealership.

Do the work yourself, it takes 20 minutes if you're slow about it. Be careful with the cross-over pipe gaskets, as they can be brittle, other than that it's a cake walk.

There have been many threads on here about removing baffles from the stock pipes. Basically you cut the weld at the end of the pipe with a hole saw, then pull the baffles out and modify them by drilling holes in them. Other guys have simply cut the end of the pipe off with a chop saw and pulled the remainder of the baffles out. It's the ultimate cheap way out, but I think you would be better served by one of the 2 slips ons that I listed.

 

I went with Vance & Hines. But Rush 2.25 inch Slip ons sound good too. Don't cheap out. I rode my Harley Shadow-ster fo two years while I saved for exhaust, it was worth every penny. Ebay might be the way to go some people are selling misc. slip ons for like $200.

 

f you're going to dump $200 into slip-ons and have to pay for the install, you might as well be patient and spend $450 and get the entire exhaust set-up you want. If you need the dealer to finish the project with a tuner and high flow air cleaner, you're probably looking at around $1000 with labor. Remember, you only cry once when you pay for top quality.

I can relate somewhat--goy my Iron in mid-March and waited 8 weeks for my V&H 2 in 1 Blackout exhaust to arrive, only not to have the Arlen Ness A/C I ordered not arrive (still on backorder) so I just ordered the HD SE Heavy Breather Kit--which wasn't on backorder but now is again....meantime I'll just keep riding my sewing machine.

 

Drill some 3/8 wholes in your mufflers that should do the trick.