Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

Thanks

 
 
Have you looked into the electric bikes? 

The stock exhaust is quiet.

Wow.....

Ha-ha-ha Bwaa-ha-ha

Quieter aftermarket exhaust?

You got to be kidding us !!  Those guys don't make money creating quieter exhaust -- only louder.  Who would buy one anyway?  Someone who is practical, considerate, and law-abiding?

Right - there has got to be loads of riders like that.......

I hope you recognize severe sarcasm when you read it.... Many of us would like to have a better looking exhaust that is as quiet or quieter than the OEM bazooka canister.

It sounds like a sewing machine as it is. Granted, this is coming from a guy with a Leo Vince on his.
Though I may go back to the potato launcher for the very same reason you posted this thread. +...I rode slower when it was quieter.

Wow................for once I am "practically speechless". Seems that ear plugs or giving up motorcycling are your only 2 viable options. I can honestly "barely" even hear my Area P exhaust while doing highway/interstate runs....and yes my hearing is quite good.

I actually do not like loud exhausts myself.  But the stock exhaust is one of the quietest I've ever heard on a motorcycle.  I really can't hear it over road noise at normal cruise speed, so I quieter wouldn't do me any good.  I like it the way it is.

It sounds like a sewing machine as it is. G

I think the bike as a whole, sounds like the Jetson's family car.

I think the bike as a whole, sounds like the Jetson's family car.

Nah......that would be an ST1300!!!!

Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

Thanks

I'd recommend buying up one or two of the hundreds of stock cans available (ask anybody here) and welding two of them together. Then just bolt it up.

If I had the time to dick around with Photoshop (at work, pretending to actually be worth my paycheck), I could provide a picture of that project . . .

Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

I *hate* loud exhausts on ANY type of vehicle.  IMHO being fast means being "SSSH"- silent, slick, stealthy, harmonious  (I know, that is corny and I just made it up!!!

That said, I think the stock C14 exhaust is not loud at all.  Hard to imagine something quieter on a large bike.  Are you sure you are hearing exhaust noise and not wind, tire, or intake?

I guess I do not understand.  I have a "loud" exhaust and at speed (+60) about all I hear is wind and a faint rumble.  With cheap foam ear plugs or ear buds and the iPod all I hear is wind.

How can I make the stock exhaust bigger too... 

How can I make the stock exhaust bigger too... 

Rub it vigorously maybe....?

Rub it vigorously maybe....?

 

give it a little trim....
it's still quieter than aftermarkets....
and free.......................

quieter......really, i have heard sewing machines louder than this bike.

I've heard Cap'n Bob say that KiPass makes the C-14 the quietest of any of the sport tourers. Or any motorcycle for that matter.

 

Brian

Ok I know this goes against the grain here, but does anyone make an exhaust that would be QUIETER then stock?  I do a lot of long trips and anything I can do to make her more comfy would be a plus.

Thanks