I had a little free time Wednesday afternoon and got the D&D Fat Cat exhaust put on and the Banana boards. The D&D sounds awesome on the Stage V tire shredder engine but my gawd is it loud and I mean LOUD. I have named the bike Thunder and trying to find a quite baffle because its way to loud to ride. I rode her home Wednesday afternoon and back to work Thursday morning but I am sure my neighbors are pissed when I left at 2:30 AM, I tried to be very gentle on the throttle and just idle out of the neighborhood but my wife who was still in bed said she could her the bike for a very long time after I left the house. So, until I can get a quite baffle Thunder is parked. I had a V&H Pro Pipe on the old Road Glide and I didn't think it was loud but the guy across the street did and would call the cops on me in the mornings when I arrived at the shop, thank god he moved because I know he would have called the cops on me with this one on for sure. Just a side note, man I love D&D's quality, this is the third D&D exhaust I have had and their quality is hands down the best out there.

Their wrapped baffle takes a little of the edge off but it's really not that much quieter. I have the Boarzilla and it is even louder than my Fatcat was. I went to a local indy a bought some muffler wrap but when I pulled the baffle I found that it was enclosed in a metal tube so I couldn't wrap it unless you cut it open. I just stuck it back in and have gotten used to it. Some little foamy earplugs work great. My riding buds say that it hurts if I get on it when they are next to me. Guess I'll keep it like it is just for that reason. :wink:

 

Hmmmmmm, I must be deaf because I thought it sounded pretty good & not all that loud. Of course I always run with the stereo blasting so that might have something to with it.

 

Which baffle did you order?

 

I actually bought it off a local dealer that had purchased it for a customer then they backed out and I got a helluva deal but it is the unwrapped baffle, but with that being said I called D&D today and have a wrapped baffle on the way. I had the wrapped baffle on my old 103 with S&S 585 cams engine and it was actually pretty quite but everybody is telling me its not going quieten down the 110 much.

 

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Swomack

 

Just finished having the Stage 3 110 kit put on my 13 RGC. I have the fat cat with wrapped baffle. My exhaust is louder than prior to the upgrades, but not as loud as yours is now. I think you will be pleased, still sound like a hot rod, but not obnoxious.

 

Car alarms going off when you go past is a sign of them cheering you on! It's like starting up the Fatcat at 5:30 a.m. to head off to work and the neighbor gives you a 1 finger salute. Or it could have been a thumbs up too, it was kinda dark out. All kidding aside, that exhaust is awesome, enjoy the build and the D&D.

 

Lol - I know that only too well. I have to report in at 0700 hrs and leave home at 0600. If it wasn't for the 50ft uphill road I'd push my bike...but really, I'd like my Glide to sound like a 60s muscle-car more than a home built dune-buggy!
So new slip-ons are on order!

 

Just couldn't take the Fat Cat any longer (getting old I guess). For me it wasn't the volume so much as the sharp tone at cruise rpm

 

Too loud or just getting old

All this talk about pissed neighbors and going deaf (hours of loud pipes will do that) has me leaning towards the Thunderheader X.

 

Got the "Quite" muffler today and installed. The ride home was much nicer, nowhere near as loud as before and sounds great. I am happy now.

 

Did you have any noticeable power loss changing to the quiet version? I'd love to hear a sound clip of that D&D barking with the tire shredder kit!

 

No notice in performance difference between the two. I'll try to get a video of the bike with the quite muffler on but its going to be a week or so, leaving this morning for the Turkey Rod Run and won't be back till next week.