Exhaust
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Exhaust
Looking for your input on which exhaust will work best for me. 2012 Road King Classic. Dresser Duals w/Monster Rounds vs. Big Shot Duals vs. Big Radius. What will give me better dyno numbers and a deeper or less raspy sound. Also, do Big City Thunder Baffles work better than the Vance & Hines Baffles? Thanks,
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Always been a big fan of vance and hines stuff myself. Never had any of their products that were anything less than excelent quality. As far as dyno numbers, i'm not overly sure one will be that much better than the other, it's likely more of a sound preference. there are all kinds of youtube videos and such demonstrating how the vance and hines stuff sounds.
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I'd spend some time at the dealer, bike nights, etc., and listen to some systems & ask the owners questions. Exhausts systems can get quite expensive, so you want to make sure you get it right the first time.
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Thundereaders will give best dyno numbers by far, have ran them on everything I have owned and IMO they have a great sound. They are not as popular as some others and cost as much or more but sound and performance speaks for itself
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Looking for your input on which exhaust will work best for me. 2012 Road King Classic. Dresser Duals w/Monster Rounds vs. Big Shot Duals vs. Big Radius. What will give me better dyno numbers and a deeper or less raspy sound. Also, do Big City Thunder Baffles work better than the Vance & Hines Baffles? Thanks,
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Just had the Big Shots installed on my 2011 Street Guide this past week. If I go though the gear box not too hard it has a nice rumble to then. It not a deep bassy sound like Rineharts though. If I open the throttle hard it is pretty loud. For example if I change gears or if I cruising down the road I can hear the radio just like when I had the stock pipes and Rush slip ons. Crack the throttle and the pipes drown out the radio.
That being said, I went with the Big Shots for 3 reasons. One I had the Short Shots on my Low Rider and Like the sound of The V&H exhaust, two I like the clean lines of the Big Shot pipes on my SG and three I wanted to get rid of the cat to reduce the heat when I ride in warm weather. I wasn't really interested on dyno results because I was happy with the performance of the bike before I swapped out the exhaust but that's just me.
This was a tough decision for me to determine which exhaust for me because there are so many choices to make out there. Hope this helps you and ride safe.
That being said, I went with the Big Shots for 3 reasons. One I had the Short Shots on my Low Rider and Like the sound of The V&H exhaust, two I like the clean lines of the Big Shot pipes on my SG and three I wanted to get rid of the cat to reduce the heat when I ride in warm weather. I wasn't really interested on dyno results because I was happy with the performance of the bike before I swapped out the exhaust but that's just me.
This was a tough decision for me to determine which exhaust for me because there are so many choices to make out there. Hope this helps you and ride safe.
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Thanks for all the input. My concern for the dyno number comes from reading hundreds of post about exhaust and the lack of back pressure in the pipes causing reduced low end performance. Will shorter pipes like the big radius have less back pressure than the big shot duals or is it all in the baffles? Is this even something I should be concerned about or should I be more worried about how much I like the sound?
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as long as you have it tuned roperly for the pipes/AC you're running you should be fine. It's a harley, not a sport bike. You'd have to spend big money as far as i'm concerned to get to a point where you're needing to be overly concerned with dyno numbers. Get some pipes that you like to listen to, get the bike tuned, and get on down the road.
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Best advise! You may not like the sound of what I like....