Vance and Hines true dual with slash tips on the bagger, Drag Specialties straight drag pipes with short internal baffles on the Sportster.
Sporty sounds better without the baffles, but runs better with that tic of back pressure.
I don't ride loud to be a hind-hole, I do it for another layer of protection against daydreaming texting (expletive stream here) cagers. And deer!
Many times pulling in the clutch and cracking the throttle has snapped a driver to attention, or sent a deer flying in the opposite direction.
A lot of people hate the old cliche Loud Pipes Save Lives, but they do like it or not.
I would not feel comfy on some whisper quiet machine. Dang near hit one once. He did some iffy lane changes to pass me in my car.
Had I heard him before I saw in the mirror his front fender was about touching my trunk lid, we could have had a more pleasant encounter.
Of course I was the one receiving the central flying digit of enduring friendship.
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