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Good question. I am having the same problem with my wife's 1100 V-star. The Cobra pipes look great and sound, well, too **** loud. It's getting so I insist on riding in the lead..... the baffles in these don't even have a place for glass wrap.
Hope someone has a good idea for fixing this situation. We thought of putting the original pipes back on, but in this bike, with stock exhaust, you must REMOVE THE EXHAUST to get the oil filter out, belive it or not. The Cobra pipes are lower :wink:

 

[x-wing]

Let's see if I have this straight..... I can take the baffle out and essentially cap the exit end, leaving a smaller exit hole. That's it? Now why didn't I think of that? What size hole did you leave in yours and was it a major or minor sound reduction? I'll let you know how it works for us....

 

[x-wing]

Hey, Kaw, I had the chance to try the washer routine. The washers I made were 2.06" O.D. with a 1.00" hole. I put them on the motor end of the baffles and I guess the hole needs to be smaller as there was not a noticable decrease in sound volume. I will try it with some smaller holes. How much can I restrict the exhaust flow before I need to worry about the fuel mixture being too rich? I had the largest jets installed in the carb when the pipes were put on.