[diver165]

I installed my Big Shots with the intentions of putting in "quiet baffles". I never did because on my Big Shots there isn't a hole in the heat shield to easily remove the screw holding the baffle in place. Only option is to remove the pipes and that is a PITA!!!!

Well I bought the new baffles and they sat on top my tool box. I forgot about them actually. That was until the wife and I came back from a 130mile ride. It was our first real ride together in a while as she has been laid up following knee surgery. (It was good to see her back on her bike without problems) But I noticed everyone in the group was wanting to ride in front of me or waaaay behind. LOL Seems the Big Shots were a bit loud. LOL

I admit the loud pipes thing did get a little old. I started to feel bad lighting up the bike and trying to be quiet while riding through the neighborhood. I guess the turning point was my new neighbor. He bought the house across the street and he has this big honkin Dodge diesel pickup. It sounds like a freakin tractor trailer when he starts that thing up. WAYYY louder than any diesel pickup truck normally would sound. And he drives it like he's pulling 48000lbs through the neighborhood spewing black coal smoke out these huge chrome stacks coming up through the bed. LOL!!!!! I laugh now because it just made me realize how loud my bike was to some. So I put the baffles in the my pipes. No I'm not going the other way towards the "shuush scooter" category. And nobody but Helen Keller will ever say "is that thing running?"
But I'm now ladies and gentlemen...officially baffled... LOL