Baffle Question
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From: Cleveland OH
Baffle Question
Took a 1600+ mile road trip a few weekends ago from the Cleveland, Ohio area down to the Tail of the Dragon. Great trip, my '11 FLHR performed great. To make a long story short, the other guys in our group all had louder pipes than mine, and I couldn't hear my exhaust at all. They were running: 2 into 2 big rad (Fat Boy), short shots (Fat Boy), and true duals on another road king. I bought the bike used, and always assumed my V and H twin slash round slip ons had quiet baffles installed. It is very easy to talk at normal volumes at idle, and running in a group you cannot hear them at all. This morning I pulled the slip ons and baffles, only to find V and H's standard baffles installed. Called their tech support to ask if they made any louder baffles, they said no. I am also running a SE A/C and Fuelpak. Besides a whole new exhaust (not spending money on slip on's), what options do I have to add some more growl to my exhaust note? What if I wanted to run without baffles? Any input is greatly appreciated. Ride safe.
Road Captain
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Cat removed?? if you remove the baffles you will probably want to install torque cones as you will loose alot of low end torque. Thats the set up I am currently running and it pulls significantly better than stock...and it sounds awesome imo..
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http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/Thun...nserts_c57.htm
I just put these in my V&H 3" Fishtail IIs (after pulling the baffles out)... Sounds DEEP and MEAN! I bought them as a whim figuring for $20 what could I possibly lose?
Very Very happy with the results I got, plus 20 mins I can put the baffles back in if ever I want, best of 2 worlds :-D
I just put these in my V&H 3" Fishtail IIs (after pulling the baffles out)... Sounds DEEP and MEAN! I bought them as a whim figuring for $20 what could I possibly lose?
Very Very happy with the results I got, plus 20 mins I can put the baffles back in if ever I want, best of 2 worlds :-D
Tourer
Joined: Apr 2010
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You can experiment with removing some or all of the fiber glass wrapping on the baffles. The fiberglass sheets are sold everywhere (Denniskirk, Amazon, etc.) and run $8-$20. Try removing it all to gether and then add, and see if you can get the right sound.
+1 on changing the head pipe, by doing this you will have a true Stage 1 upgrade. You already have the Fulepak as a tuner and I'm sure maps are readily available for your configuration.
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