Stouts or Monster Rounds.......
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Stouts or Monster Rounds.......
So here I am, back looking at exhaust for the bike. Currently have V&H Twin Slash Ovals, and Power Dual Headers. Like the sound a lot, but am getting stretched bags next week and the Ovals won't fit. So.....the quest continues.
Kind of have it narrowed down to Supertrapp Stouts or V&H Monster Rounds. I like V&H products. Solid reputation of fantastic products. Unfortunately, they don't really have an "in between pipe" that is round (and chrome). So I believe the High-Outputs are out of the question because they are loud. Twin Slash Rounds sound good, but I'm not crazy about the look of a slashed down and streched bags, not 100% against it, but I think straight or slash up look better. But the Monster Rounds look great, sound good, but are just a "lil" quiet. Not sure if they "drone" like Monster Ovals do. Hopefully they get louder after a few hundred miles. I don't want a "loud" pipe but I want something that barks on the throttle and can make some noise when I want it to.
Supertrapp Stouts are just beautiful. I dunno, that endcap gets me. It looks so good tucked in stretched bags. The clips I've heard have a great tone to them. Deep and rumbling. I would take 96db of deep even tone way before 100+dbs of pitchy and cracking sound. They advertise it as a "quiet pipe", but after talking to the Yaffe reps, they really open up on sound when the packing comes out. So that leads me to think that after a few hundred miles they should sound real nice. Or I could put a "thinner" layer of packing in to allow more sound out.
Other pipes I'm considering are Klockwerks WFB (but I don't know if they will be long enough to work with stretched bags) and Bassani megaphones (lots of baffle choices and they are long)
What are your guy's thoughts?
Kind of have it narrowed down to Supertrapp Stouts or V&H Monster Rounds. I like V&H products. Solid reputation of fantastic products. Unfortunately, they don't really have an "in between pipe" that is round (and chrome). So I believe the High-Outputs are out of the question because they are loud. Twin Slash Rounds sound good, but I'm not crazy about the look of a slashed down and streched bags, not 100% against it, but I think straight or slash up look better. But the Monster Rounds look great, sound good, but are just a "lil" quiet. Not sure if they "drone" like Monster Ovals do. Hopefully they get louder after a few hundred miles. I don't want a "loud" pipe but I want something that barks on the throttle and can make some noise when I want it to.
Supertrapp Stouts are just beautiful. I dunno, that endcap gets me. It looks so good tucked in stretched bags. The clips I've heard have a great tone to them. Deep and rumbling. I would take 96db of deep even tone way before 100+dbs of pitchy and cracking sound. They advertise it as a "quiet pipe", but after talking to the Yaffe reps, they really open up on sound when the packing comes out. So that leads me to think that after a few hundred miles they should sound real nice. Or I could put a "thinner" layer of packing in to allow more sound out.
Other pipes I'm considering are Klockwerks WFB (but I don't know if they will be long enough to work with stretched bags) and Bassani megaphones (lots of baffle choices and they are long)
What are your guy's thoughts?
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I was about to say High Outputs until I read that you think they're too loud. Saw & heard them on a SG last week, with stretched bags. Thought they sounded great, but they WERE kinda loud. I have Rush Big Louies on my 103 LTD Ultra, with a 2.5 baffle. Nice big bagger sound, but not so loud (even when twisting it) that nobody wants to ride behind me.
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It's my brain telling me I should look for "quieter pipes".....I love the sound of loud pipes, but I do want something I can go on trips with and that people will ride behind me with. I must be getting courteous in my old age or something.....
I DO really like the sound of the V&H H/Os, deep and nasty, but just wondering if they might be too loud for long trips. Honestly they were my first choice, and part of me still wants to get them. I also know that with their open design, they would not be the "best" performing pipe, but when I want more power I'm going to go with cams and a big bore. IMO, the H/O pipes are some of the best looking pipes out there, especially under stretched bags. Just concerned about the noise, especially after a cam goes in it.....
I dunno.... H/Os are still not "out of the running", anymore success stories out there?
I also like the Rush sound too. Big Louies with 2.25" baffle may be the ticket. Can't find a whole lot of pictures of them actually mounted on bikes though. I wonder if the "slash up" will line up with stretched bags.
Thank you for the input. Keep it coming.
I DO really like the sound of the V&H H/Os, deep and nasty, but just wondering if they might be too loud for long trips. Honestly they were my first choice, and part of me still wants to get them. I also know that with their open design, they would not be the "best" performing pipe, but when I want more power I'm going to go with cams and a big bore. IMO, the H/O pipes are some of the best looking pipes out there, especially under stretched bags. Just concerned about the noise, especially after a cam goes in it.....
I dunno.... H/Os are still not "out of the running", anymore success stories out there?
I also like the Rush sound too. Big Louies with 2.25" baffle may be the ticket. Can't find a whole lot of pictures of them actually mounted on bikes though. I wonder if the "slash up" will line up with stretched bags.
Thank you for the input. Keep it coming.
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