Originally Posted by BenBoosted

SpiderPig,

I went through the same issue after upgrading my 05 RK to a 10.5:1 95" with ported heads and cams (SE253). The cams aren't as big as yours, but I'm not too far off from the duration of your S&S 585 (237/252 compared to your 245/260). I had Rinehart TD's on my bike until this week. I loved the sound of the Rinehart TD's back when my bike was still stock displacement with stock cams, but once I upgraded anything longer than 20 miles caused my ears to start ringing when I got off of the bike.

Trying to quiet them down was an issue. I tried the Rinehart quiet baffles. They knocked maybe 10% off of the sound and the result was a sound I didn't like, especially when decelerating. So then I looked into changing out the slip-ons. The problem with that is that nobody but Bub makes a slip-on muffler that has a 2" inlet. Stock is 1.75" and the Rinehart TD pipes are 2". Bub's Stealth muffler was on back order the last I checked. Also, it was a $600+ gamble to find out if the Bub Stealths would be quiet enough as nobody around me has a set that I could listen to in person.

So after some searching on some other forums, I found out that getting a stock exhaust off of a 96"/103" bike (2009 and newer, where they moved the cat into the crossover pipe) is about the equivalent sound of a stock exhaust with SE slip-on's on our big bore 88"/95" motors. I picked up a stock take-off set from a 103" bike for $150, plugged the o2 bungs, and bolted it on. It's definitely not as QUIET as a stock 88" with stock exhaust, it's much louder. It's about the equivalent, IMO, of a stock 88" with some SE slip-ons.

I put about 50 miles on it yesterday at highway speed and heard something I haven't ever heard before while on the bike...tire noise while driving on a concrete highway. I've heard it in cars and trucks, but never on my RK, until now. I could still hear the exhaust note while cruising but I could hear other things as well. When hitting the gas the roar of a v-twin underneath me put a smile on my face but didn't cause my ears to ring. I'm looking forward to my first 200+ mile trip w/ this exhaust setup and to, most likely, enjoy non-ringing ears when I get off the bike.

If you'd like a video to get an idea of the sound, I'll be glad to make one and put it up.

Originally Posted by SpiderPig

Ben
Thanks for the suggestions. But I have few questions. The 2009 and later slip on's are 1 3/4. How did you get these to fit?

Secondly, these slip on's for the stock exhaust are restricted more on the left side vs the right side. How does this affect the TD set up?