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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 08:08 PM
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I am trying to figure out what baffel i have in my pipe. if you look at it inside the pipe, the visible end is cone shaped kinda looks like a thunderheader shuved in there, can you guy tell mewhat kind of baffle its is from that discription? im assuming its the Quiet one but i dont know
 
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 06:09 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin's_09FXDF
I am trying to figure out what baffel i have in my pipe. if you look at it inside the pipe, the visible end is cone shaped kinda looks like a thunderheader shuved in there, can you guy tell mewhat kind of baffle its is from that discription? im assuming its the Quiet one but i dont know
My pipe was ordered with a quiet baffle and looking down the end it has what looks like about 500 little louvres and you can see the packing behind the louvers and it is definatly a straight through design.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 06:43 PM
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If you can see thru the louvers and spot packing...........then you have a quiet baffle. If you can see thru the louvers and don't see any packing.........then you have a standard baffle.

Normally it's very hard to see thru the louvers, so the only way to know is to remove the baffle and check for packing.

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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 07:13 PM
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This is what the quiet baffle looks like.
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That is actually what the standard baffle looks like too from that view.

The only difference between the 2 baffles is the outer can and one has wrapping. They both have the same louvered core, but the standard baffle has a solid outer can, and the quiet baffle has a perforated outer can with packing wrapped around it.

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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Kevin's_09FXDF
I am trying to figure out what baffel i have in my pipe. if you look at it inside the pipe, the visible end is cone shaped kinda looks like a thunderheader shuved in there, can you guy tell mewhat kind of baffle its is from that discription? im assuming its the Quiet one but i dont know
Kevin Start the bike and put your ear down behind the pipe and have a friend juice the throttle about 1/2 to 3/4 full open. If you can hear anything after this you have the quiet baffle.
 
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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by maineultraclassic
That is actually what the standard baffle looks like too from that view.

The only difference between the 2 baffles is the outer can and one has wrapping. They both have the same louvered core, but the standard baffle has a solid outer can, and the quiet baffle has a perforated outer can with packing wrapped around it.

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Very true. Also, if you have the new Boss FatCat, it has a newer, different baffle. There are no longer louvers. It's more of a mesh/screen.

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Old Nov 25, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Kevin Start the bike and put your ear down behind the pipe and have a friend juice the throttle about 1/2 to 3/4 full open. If you can hear anything after this you have the quiet baffle.
LMAO!!! Take pics of this PLEASE!!!!!
 
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Very true. Also, if you have the new Boss FatCat, it has a newer, different baffle. There are no longer louvers. It's more of a mesh/screen.

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that must be what i have cuase mine doesnt have any louvers
 
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Old Nov 26, 2009 | 07:23 PM
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I have the 2010 standard baffle in mine and it doesn't have the louvered can. I have the perforated mesh can. Would this be considered the "Boss" model?
 
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