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I have been shopping for new slip ons for sopme time now and have narrowed it down to Vance and Hines Straight shots and the Screaming Eagles just based on you tube videos and coments but i have never heard them in person on a sportster i want that deep rumble but loud off the line and a constant "here comes a harley" head turn help me make up my mind or tell me how (other than finding someone that has that pipe on their bike) how i can hear them in person
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I have been shopping for new slip ons for sopme time now and have narrowed it down to Vance and Hines Straight shots and the Screaming Eagles just based on you tube videos and coments but i have never heard them in person on a sportster i want that deep rumble but loud off the line and a constant "here comes a harley" head turn help me make up my mind or tell me how (other than finding someone that has that pipe on their bike) how i can hear them in person
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMSuVycDyAw
Here is the same bike, an hour later, with the SE SP slipons (same camera in same position):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_fb_r6ZULU
I hope this helps. I was looking for stuff like this before I made a decision and couldn't find it, so decided to do it myself when I made the change.
Another member of the forum told me that he did the same thing and is going to splice the before and after into one video and post it. I didn't have the program (or the skills) to do that.
Good luck. BTW, I endorse the SE SP's. I am very happy with them. Big improvement without being obnoxiously loud.
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Hey there , you want the screamin eagles , thats what i have and they turn heads and get smiles all day long . great sounding pipes and not too loud while at low throttle so you can scoot down the street early in the morning and not **** off the neighbors , then crank it up on the open road.
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My girl has the V&H slip ons you mention on her 1200 - it is the loudest bike in all of my crew, including several road kings, my sportster and my VROD. It sounds FRICKIN awesome! LOUD LOUD LOUD. Much louder than my V&H shortshots.
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To give you a reference, I believe this is how it goes in order of loudness (assuming all the listed items still have their factory baffles in place):
Stock slip ons (quiet)
Screamin Eagle slip ons (louder, but still not LOUD)
Cycle Shack slip ons (getting pretty loud, but not "give me a ticket" loud)
Rush Slip ons (loud)
V&H short shots (very loud)
V&H straight shots (very loud)
If I'm mistaken here, someone can correct me, but this is how I would rank them based on hearing these exhausts at bike events.
To give you an idea of just how LOUD the V&H pipes are, even with baffles, see this thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...big-shots.html
Those are for the bigshots, they are producing 105dB at the SEAT at IDLE, which is more than enough to do permanent hearing damage to you without earplugs. That is WITH wrapped baffles. Owner of that bike reports his ears ring after 60 minutes of riding, and his girl won't ride longer than a half hour....
Stock slip ons (quiet)
Screamin Eagle slip ons (louder, but still not LOUD)
Cycle Shack slip ons (getting pretty loud, but not "give me a ticket" loud)
Rush Slip ons (loud)
V&H short shots (very loud)
V&H straight shots (very loud)
If I'm mistaken here, someone can correct me, but this is how I would rank them based on hearing these exhausts at bike events.
To give you an idea of just how LOUD the V&H pipes are, even with baffles, see this thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...big-shots.html
Those are for the bigshots, they are producing 105dB at the SEAT at IDLE, which is more than enough to do permanent hearing damage to you without earplugs. That is WITH wrapped baffles. Owner of that bike reports his ears ring after 60 minutes of riding, and his girl won't ride longer than a half hour....
Last edited by parabellum_9x19; Sep 30, 2011 at 01:45 PM.
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To give you a reference, I believe this is how it goes in order of loudness (assuming all the listed items still have their factory baffles in place):
Stock slip ons (quiet)
Screamin Eagle slip ons (louder, but still not LOUD)
Cycle Shack slip ons (getting pretty loud, but not "give me a ticket" loud)
Rush Slip ons (loud)
V&H short shots (very loud)
V&H straight shots (very loud)
If I'm mistaken here, someone can correct me, but this is how I would rank them based on hearing these exhausts at bike events.
To give you an idea of just how LOUD the V&H pipes are, even with baffles, see this thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...big-shots.html
Those are for the bigshots, they are producing 105dB at the SEAT at IDLE, which is more than enough to do permanent hearing damage to you without earplugs. That is WITH wrapped baffles. Owner of that bike reports his ears ring after 60 minutes of riding, and his girl won't ride longer than a half hour....
Stock slip ons (quiet)
Screamin Eagle slip ons (louder, but still not LOUD)
Cycle Shack slip ons (getting pretty loud, but not "give me a ticket" loud)
Rush Slip ons (loud)
V&H short shots (very loud)
V&H straight shots (very loud)
If I'm mistaken here, someone can correct me, but this is how I would rank them based on hearing these exhausts at bike events.
To give you an idea of just how LOUD the V&H pipes are, even with baffles, see this thread:
https://www.hdforums.com/forum/engin...big-shots.html
Those are for the bigshots, they are producing 105dB at the SEAT at IDLE, which is more than enough to do permanent hearing damage to you without earplugs. That is WITH wrapped baffles. Owner of that bike reports his ears ring after 60 minutes of riding, and his girl won't ride longer than a half hour....
Tone quality and volume are matters of personal preference so don't take my opinion over anyone elses, or theirs over mine. With the ones in the 'Very loud" category, however, someone else's opinion will come into play--be prepared for at least a conversation with an LEO about them in some towns, and maybe a ticket in others.
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Edit: I'd agree with the ranking of the slip ons above, in terms of volume.
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Ok so to add to the topic if I decide to do the V&H they should be legal in arizxona where I live but say I make the trip to Sturgis (2012 if all goes right) and they are to loud in that state do I still get the ticket even though they are legal in my state where it is registered and where they where installed
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You are defiantly looking at mufflers on the opposite sides of the spectrum. I like Cycle Shack has that great Harley sound and cheap or the Rush because you can tailor the core to the size of the engine so you get good performance as well as good sound.