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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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I wonder what a set of thunder monsters from Big City Thunder would do for you?
 
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 10:05 AM
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I have no idea lol. I need to hear different pipes live.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 10:17 AM
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[QUOTE=FBFletch;8945083]One of the things I've come to realize in recent weeks is that we (myself included) place way too much emphasis on how a set of pipes makes the bike sound and not near enough emphasis on how they make the bike perform. Making even small changes to the baffles in the same set of pipes can make a huge difference in how the bike performs.

If you're going to stick with the same pipes, I recommend doing several pulls on a dyno with different baffles and see which set of baffles provides the best performance. The sound doesn't make much difference if your riding buddies are always in front of you.[/QUOT

Whats the use on riding if it dont sound good? WTF
 
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 11:30 AM
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[IQUOTE=skully1200;8945320]I wonder what a set of thunder monsters from Big City Thunder would do for you?[/QUOTE]
I have big shots with big city thunder baffles. They are very loud but raspy and not deep.
 
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Old Oct 18, 2011 | 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by phat_ridegt
while i do agree with you, and I would like the bike to run as effcient as possible, I'm not willing to live with nasty sounding bike just to squeeze out an extra few hp.

however i do have a couple hours of dyno time coming to me in the spring and I will def. be taking advantage of it. I hope I with the quiet baffles these pipes mellow out a bit and get deeper....if not, I'll just switch to the rineharts
Hmm... I don't like the sound of my old lady. Maybe I should replace her. Or at least find a different baffle.
 
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