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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 04:02 PM
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Hey all, I have a 2013 Ultra Limited. Before I left the dealer I put on 4" Rinehart slip ons because I wanted sound. I have to say they weren't much louder than stock. So I just swapped them out for Python 3.5" and they're not much better. I'd like to please have suggestions on how to get louder. Thanks.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 04:11 PM
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Quit playing around with the "slip-ons".
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 04:24 PM
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Get rid of the cats. Most pipes will be quiet(er) with the cats in the headpipes.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 04:25 PM
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Originally Posted by bobby918
Hey all, I have a 2013 Ultra Limited. Before I left the dealer I put on 4" Rinehart slip ons because I wanted sound. I have to say they weren't much louder than stock. So I just swapped them out for Python 3.5" and they're not much better. I'd like to please have suggestions on how to get louder. Thanks.
Get rid of the cat. It restricts the sound considerably.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:12 PM
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Gut the cat! Install V&H Power Dual header, Ness Big Sucker air cleaner and an H-D SEPST tuner. That will wake up your slip ons. Worked well for my '12 Road King.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:16 PM
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Replace the header or gut the cat. I felt the same way when I put my monster rounds on, it was very tame and sounded like a stock exhaust, then I changed the header to a vance and hines power dual and it woke right up.
 
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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:22 PM
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Well, seeing as this is a brand-damn-new forum and we've never discussed this before.....


Call Fuel Moto and get yourself a new headpipe and a set of their mufflers. Or a set of Fatshotz (which are the goddamn shiznit).

Or hey, just take a drill to your stock head pipe, totally screw it up, and slap whatever mufflers make it the loudest.



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Old Jul 10, 2013 | 09:23 PM
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same here , I counld not stand my 2011 with the 103 road glide , the day I bought it , I went right back and bought vance and hines twin sash mufflers ,put them on and they were still quite,then I took them off and started the bike with no mufflers on ,and wow it still was so quite ,now I have the power duels with high out puts stage1 a/c and the stage 1 down load and now the pc5 , loving it
 
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Buy the MGS duals.

http://www.mgscustombikes.com/mgs-exhaust/true-duals/
 
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Old Jul 13, 2013 | 09:01 AM
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Thanks for the suggestions. If I take the cats out will I have to change anything in the computer?
 
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