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Davy_boy
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 12:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just put on a Special Ops exhaust on my 12 and man it's loud . Maybe by V twin standards it's not but it seems a bit much to me ! I have to wear ear plugs just to ride it . Does anyone else have this problem . Performance seems good but I'm on the fence as to whether I like it or not .

(Message edited by Davy_boy on May 24, 2007)
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Cgocifer
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 12:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Have a Jardine can. Ridiculously loud, but I love it. Car alarms beware. Loud pipes save lives. Cagers definitely know I'm there.
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Njsxb9
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:04 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

+1 I have the Jardine also and it is very Loud. Sounds great though
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Gentleman_jon
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:06 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have an original Drummer and an open air box.

Not so loud that I can't sneak out of the village without raising the neighbor's hackles.

On the other hand, when the kettle is on the boil, it isn't exactly a secret.

Bonus: Deer, which are plentiful hereabouts, seem to be repelled by the sound of an oncoming Drummer at full song, and get out of the way, instead of charging into the machine, as they are wont to do with quieter models.
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Jackelfox
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

eye plugs sound not only reeeally dangerous on a bike, but in many ways sound painful too, i cant imagine the sound of the special ops warrants them.




im really surprised im the first to mention this


... but someone had to right?
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Jackelfox
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 01:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

on a more serious note, i bought a d&d... and its only barely loud enough. Oh how i enjoy the follies of youth.
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Dmhines
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 02:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

D&D's on my XB12Scg ... I get thumbs up from Harley riders .... they are loud and I love them.
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Bake
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 02:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Race pipe, just nice. I started with the stock can.... too quiet, went to the Jardine and it was too loud.
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Redponcho
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 02:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I bought mine just because of the noise. I love it. And eye plugs are not all their cracked up to be.
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Motornoggin
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 03:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Micron Serpent here. A little on the loud side, but it pleases me.
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Hammer71
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 03:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

WHAT? MY PIPE? HOLD ON (turn off bike) yeah it is loud isnt it? Went back to stock, hate ear (or) eye plugs, whichever you prefer.
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Kremer4
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 03:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Jardine here, I also bought the silencer for it. No silencer is for track days since my directmap is for the non silenced Jardine.
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Mdm
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 04:02 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

where can I get chrome HD eye plugs ?
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Surveyor
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 05:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Remus.........whats that again.....?
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Ft_bstrd
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 05:36 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have the stock can. I sometimes would like it a little louder.

I only plug my ears.
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Djkaplan
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 05:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I still my stock can, too. It's sitting on a storage shelf, on the top row where I can't see it.

I think mice live in it now.
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Ridrx
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 05:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I gotta get a Drummer...the mice in my garage have to sleep on the floor!
LOL
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Cereal
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 06:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have a Jardine on my XB and a Supertrapp on my S1 and wear earplugs at all times. I used to spend weeks at a time in cargo planes, so I'm used to wearing them.
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Glitch
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 07:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

While I loved my Spec-Ops pipe, I had to trade it in for a Buell Race Can, because of the noise in the mountains was too much for me.
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Chihuahua_stud
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 08:32 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I am running a stocker and taking a lot crap for it! lol The aftermarket exhaust choices are a little confusing. I see that the Jardine is pretty inexpensive compared to the rest. Do they last very long? What does it do to your powerband?
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Bueller007
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 08:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My pipes are sooo loud, I have to notify the National Geophysical Administration so they don't think it's a magnitude 12 on the Richter Scale.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 09:22 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

91 db at 10 ft, with the red paper to prove it. Thanks to mister Johnny Law. I still say that he may have been standing at 10 ft, but his pointing arm was encrouching giving me a loud reading... Just another reason to stay off our local neighboring island that will remain nameless. But the locals know the offending PD, I am sure ;)
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07xb12scg
Posted on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 - 10:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cityxslicker: And what type of exhaust do you have?

I want either a Drummer SS or a Micron exhaust system. I'm just worried about getting an exhaust and then hating it because it's too loud and obnoxious.

What kind of exhaust is this?

(Message edited by 07XB12Scg on May 23, 2007)
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Altima02
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 12:06 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I have the race can. I like loud noises and I wish I could get a drummer. I'm a poor college student so theres no way I can shell out that cash, but I would love to trade plus some cash my race muffler for a drummer. I know jardine and others are very loud, but I like the jack points on the muffler, because as previously stated, I am poor. But no one wants to part with their drummer.

But if anyone is interested, let me know! The race can is still plenty loud, and sounds nice and deep, but I want that extra annoyance! : )
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Fpresky
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 12:10 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I put a special ops pipe on my 12r this week and don't find it that loud , it blows away stock but I don't have any ringing in my ears when I finish riding . I'm running stock ecm race air filter and had my cover (fake tank) opened up for better flow.
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Pmpski_1
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 12:27 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cityxslicker, what island is that? I want to make sure I stay away from there with my Latus.
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Samiam
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 01:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)


quote:

local neighboring island that will remain nameless




Hmm, couldn't be Whidbey...

The other night I was riding home, I had OHPD follow me all the way home, just waiting for me to do something to warrant a pull over. Not this guy though. !$#^@ PD.

Sam
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Clot
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 03:20 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Davy_boy, If you block one of the outlets you'll get about a 4dB drop in volume. This might not sound much but remember dB is a logarithmic scale. I put a bung in one of my Special OPS outlets just to see what difference it made to the volume and it was significant (I took dB readings using a meter from work). I'm doing a dyno run in a few weeks so I'll try it with and without the bung just to see if it makes any difference. Remember, the stock breaths through a 2" pipe so I don't think it should do much harm to the flow. We'll see though...

You can always get a removable steel "bung" made up to drop the volume if it is just too much. I like mine as is though.
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Corporatemonkey
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 03:28 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Cityxslicker has probably just not noticed that his pipe was clawed off by some tree stump while on one of his offroad rides.

Or maybe he just likes to be a whipping boy
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Davy_boy
Posted on Thursday, May 24, 2007 - 06:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Been driving it around and it seems to be more tolerable . Just takes some getting use too I guess . Coming off a Japanese 4 banger are quiet by comparison . And I meant ear plugs .

(Message edited by Davy_boy on May 24, 2007)
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