I first tried the "Baffle Bashing System", which made my 06 1500 louder but I still wasn't able to hear it on the highway. (I hate wondering what gear I'm in
) Then I took the "goats bladder" ("bagpipe" AKA
whut the helz thayat?) cut it in half and emptyied it out. Believe it or not that made no diff in sound. Still boggles my mind... then I heard a Nomad on the highway as I was passing thru Saskatchewan that was running Cobras. Yummy!! A week or so later as I was going thru the catalogues at my favourite dealer (bike dealer that is
my other dealer has no "bike" pipes) a guy showed up on his 900 also with cobras. I immediately bought cobra highboys which were not only the cheapest (luckily cause I don't have deep pockets) but mount inboard and high enough that I no longer was able to scrape my muffler thru turns. These, even a few weeks later were loud enough to hear in hard wind on the highway without having to turn my head to listen but not obnoxious if you're not trying to be.
On the down side the pipe from the rear cyl started blueing slightly in about 5k of daily summer riding. Met two other guys who had th same prob in the same place (where the pipe meets the muffler) tho not enough for any of us 3 to be too worried. My dealer said I could keep up on it with a metal polish every wash but it just wasn't bad enough for me to even try, IMHO the pipes were a nicer chrome than the stockpipes and I believe the blueing was just a result of the close tolerances between muff pipe and chrome cover.
BTW mine was a 06 1500 fi.
I say was cause I dropped it coming home on the highway a few weeks ago. On the bright side the 8500 dollar ins. claim made my "new" bike worth more than it was on the showroom floor at the beginning of the season and iwas able to buy the bike I was really wanted but couldn't afford at the time.
I tell you this for 2 reasons
#1 even after I hi-sided hard enough to smash headlight, trip tree, gas tank and lots more. Those cobras were well hidden and only a little scuff under my bent to hell floorboard showed on the chrome.
#2 I just have to brag to someone somewhere about my about my shiny new 07 Vulcan 2L.
BWAAHAAAHAAHAAHAHAA!!!!!!!!!!!
Only got to put 200 kms. on it before the snow flew tho. So now I'm just sitting here making a noose while waiting for spring.
But bang for the buck, cobras are the w2ay to go if you're on a tight budget.
