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[stevent]

I bought myself some D&D slip ons for Christmas for my FLHT. Pretty nice looking and stainless, good quality etc. However after 2 months and 2 k miles I took them off the other day and went back to the stockers. The D&D's sounded cool and all but after awhile they were just loud. I rode to work this morning nice and stealthy, whispering along.......much better. I never could stand loud pipes, I just bought them on a whim. It was fun for a little while anyway.  

[st ryder]

Like taking risks eh?  

[Playinthestreet]

I don't like loud pipes either.  Have the Screaming Eagle slip-ons that meet the DOT decibel level but eliminate the cat

[stevent]

Like taking risks eh?  

Yeah I felt pretty safe with those loud pipes......

[Geoff]

My neighbors prefer stock pipes.  

[atadaskew]

I liked the look and sound of my stock pipes better.  But my bike ran too hot in the stock configuration.  So I got a Stage 1 air cleaner kit, V&H slipons (with 'quiet' baffle) and the V&H box.  Of course they don't offer a fuel map to just richen the stock setting.

Maybe in the future I'll ditch the V&H box, get a programmable PC, put the stock pipes back on, still use the Stage 1 filter kit but get a custom map dynoed for it.  Wish I had thought about that at the start as the bike is still too loud IMO with the 'quiet' baffles.

[stevent]

Heat isn't really an issue up here except for a month or so in the summer. The bike did run cooler and pull nice and strong so I miss that  I didn't screw around with the intake because the stock airbox works well in the rain, no intake changes means no need for a re-flash so it was a simple case of taking off the D&D's and sliding the stockers back on. I also think the stock cans look better and they're lighter for what that's worth

[chornbe]

I disliked the sound of my 'Glide before doing the duals and intake.

After that I  hated it.

But it did run cooler.