It's easy to equate more noise with more power, just ask the Hardley owners.
Anyone else drill out their baffles yet? Well I did. Nice sound. It's louder but too loud. I drilled out the solid baffle. Upon inspection I could see a second screen baffle or perforated baffle. Think I'll drill that one out next.
I'd like to offer some real-life experience concerning this post and another than said (I'm paraphrasing), "more exhaust flow equals more power".[...] I put in a restriction smaller than specified in the exhaust pipe and it ran perfectly. Even with the full exhaust-intake-exhaust through that tiny hole, and one additional revolution of the flywheel without a power stroke, it would not run with a free flow of gases!
Sometimes intuition isn't correct and just maybe the engineers building today's sophisticated engines know what they're doing.
I still fail to understand why someone would WANT to make a vehicle louder. It is just more noise, and more annoyance.
Oh come on now, you're just being rational. Stop That!
I live in an area with a lot of deer and have noticed my louder Muzzy pipe has them running back in the woods. With the stock pipe they just stand on the side of the road and I'm not sure what they're gonna do.
Oh come on now, you're just being rational. Stop That!
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As far as the deer go- they are so unpredictable, it is hard to say what they will do, regardless.
Years ago in the dark ages when I was a kid...I owned a loud Harley and several Mustangs including a '65 and a '69. One of my learning experiences was when I took the stock mufflers and cross-over exhaust pipes off my '69 Mustang and replaced them with single pipes with glass packs attached to new headers. Result: I wasted a lot of time and money but had a vehicle that sounded loud and cool but with poorer performance in the end...Not to mention no longer being able to carry on a conversation inside the car or hear the radio when on the hiway. I Found out the hard way some engines need some back pressure to work better AND there is a reason mufflers are called 'mufflers'.Yeah, I guess all those tuned aftermarket exhaust systems really don't produce any more power and those big ears aren't hearing much either.
The moral of the story (as stated well by Phil at the beginning of this thread) more air flow does not relate to better performance nor does a substantial increase in db's mean you have a better performing machine....UNLESS you are perhaps driving or riding a model-t or a harley and/or have an insecurity complex or poor social life with a demand for attention. Personally I can't say I have any desire to have any vehicle I drive or ride so loud it requires ear protection nor any vehicle that is so low in HP that you have to remove the baffles from the exhaust to enhance your low social personal esteem...so why mess with a good thing?
I also live in an area filled with deer...and honestly there is NO scientific basis to believe deer are frightened by noise or that they avoid it (I see people with those 'deer whistles' with just as many totaled cars as those without). If a person counts road kill you'll find just as many deer are killed on noisey hiways (with loud semi's) as are killed on dirt roads in my area of Kansas. Anyone that thinks a bike making more noise is some sort of means of making yourself less inclined to a collision with a deer or anything else must be one of those Harley dudes that think cars will hear them and therefore keep them safe from collisions.
Yeah, I guess all those tuned aftermarket exhaust systems really don't produce any more power and those big ears aren't hearing much either.
Well, there is a big difference between a complete, tuned exhaust system (usually combined with a better filter and FI reprogramming), and just swapping a muffler with a slip-on or drilling out baffles.
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Full 4-2-1 Muzzy.
Notice, there are no deer around.