Baffles
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Baffles
My wife is a new owner of a 2010 Sportster 48! Bad azz lookin bike but not but not bad azz sounding. It appears to have the baffles bolted in the pipes but I tried removing the bolt and then tried to remove baffles but they won't budge. Needs some guidance and thanks.
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Pull the baffles and it won't rumble as much as bark, the staccato noise that echoes off houses. My recommendation is always keep the originals in case noise ever becomes a legal issue (then stock pipes will get expensive and hard to find), and get some slip on mufflers that will sound a lot better anyway. You'll also lose low end and mid range power with no back pressure; a lot of the aftermarket pipes are designed to give you some back pressure, too.
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I believe that the stock baffles are welded in place and must be cut to get them out. There are videos on youtube where they remove them and it required a drill bit that made a 1.5 inch hole or something of that nature.
I agree with Imold save your stock pipes just in case & get some slipons & remove the baffles & install TTI's form DK Customs You'll get better sound & performance & if you don't change you intake you wont need to do anything else but if you change your air cleaner later you can always install Xieds / Vieds or more expensive fuel mgt system
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