Not Loud Enough...
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Road Captain
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From: Maryland
Not Loud Enough...
I have a set of Rush Slip-ons on my 03 RKC and they are just not as loud as I would like them to be. I am not looking for crazy loud, just louder than they are. They sounded good when I was cruising the BRP in June I guess because of the sound bouncing off the mountains, but I live in the flatlands of the Easten Shore of MD... I am not in the position to buy new pipes at this time so is there anything I can do to get more sound out of them without sacrificing power?
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Joe
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Joe
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If your bike is EFI I can only suggest what has been mentioned. I have 4" Bassanni's and removed the baffles altogether and have what I think a HD should sound like but I have a carb. BTW, I lived in OC for 8 years. I have however heard of people plugging one side of their pipes and getting the sound and performance they wanted.
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From: DeKalb, Texas
I had 2" baffles and they were to quiet so I pulled them and cut them in half that made the sound have to much ring. I then ordered 2" 1/2" baffles and now it sounds like it should. However mine is a 96" with stage one.
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I took my 2.5 baffles out, removed the packing and put the baffles in backwards. Sounds good to me and I can hear the tunes just fine. Tried it with no baffles and it was too loud.
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Road Captain
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Thank you for the advice. Mine is EFI with stage 1. So pulling the baffles will not have a negative power result?
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Joe
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From: Yuma, AZ
I had Big City Thunder baffles in my Vance & Hines Big Shots before I traded the Lowrider. I had the same problem as you, but the Big City baffles took care of it. Granted, this was a Lowrider, but it was fuel injected, increased my power (I had it dyno tuned), and I plan on running them on my '11 RG.
