Wake the dead
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From: Badlands of ND
My Softail is stupid loud with Vance and Hines true duals and no slip ons. Great for around town but the sound begins to wear on you after about an hour and I need to wear ear plugs if I head out on the highway. On the Ultra I have the volume turned down a bit so I can do those 3-400 mile days without the need to fill my ears with foam.
I would remove the cat this way:
Cut like an inspection plate
cut, pry, grind it clean
weld inspection plate back on
This way the lenght and placement of the mounting points on the muffler doesn't change.
Because cutting it in half and welding back together could be off.
Cut like an inspection plate
cut, pry, grind it clean
weld inspection plate back on
This way the lenght and placement of the mounting points on the muffler doesn't change.
Because cutting it in half and welding back together could be off.
great write up! this should help lots of people!
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From: WV
Try a set of LAF lake pipes. Very loud and obnoxious
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From: Northwestern Nevada
Sounds like fun. No, no wait...no it doesn't. Never mind.
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From: Bellevue, NE
Listen, listen, then listen again. In person. I LOVE my FatCat, but you may hear something you like better. Some people can't live without two pipes coming out of the back of a dresser either. I thought I was one of them. I'm not. I think my bike looks even better since I dumped the duals. YMMV.
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From: Iowa
Listen, listen, then listen again. In person. I LOVE my FatCat, but you may hear something you like better. Some people can't live without two pipes coming out of the back of a dresser either. I thought I was one of them. I'm not. I think my bike looks even better since I dumped the duals. YMMV.