Okay, here is my first post after a Hello in the welcome area. I am fairly new to HD cycles and have a 2005 883 Sportster Custom. I am looking for a louder noise from a set of slip-on mufflers. I am not looking for loud loud, just louder than stock. What do you recommend? At this time I do not want to go with air cleaner and have the bike remapped. Maybe later down the road or a bigger bike will be coming. Any info would be appreciated!

Jeff

Vance & Hines: Straightshots HS Slip-Ons are a nice and easy install. Just may be a little louder then you may want. Sound nice but I don't know what you think is loud.

Welcome pastorjeff,as hardrider said go with Vance Hines, also if you want to save some money check Ebay,you can usually find what you are looking for at a decent price.welcome to the world of over priced pleasure.HD.Ride often ride safe ENJOY. rebel

I bought my 2012 ElectraGlide Classic new last year. IMO one of the biggest sins is a Harley with stock pipes. I didn't want to spend a fortune but couldn't handle the quiet stock pipes. After reviewing many slip-ons I decided on Bubs. The reason is the removable baffle & the price at JP Cycles of only $370. With the baffle in, the Bubs were slightly louder than the stock....but still not loud enough for me. I took the baffles out completely & chattered my teeth when going out for a test ride that way. I wanted an in-between decibel. I'm a steel fabricator/machinist so I figured if I could block off only some of the baffle pores I could adjust the sound to what I wanted. What I did was make a sleeve that snugly slid over the baffle. I took a gamble at blocking 6" of the approximate 18 inch of pores. A 5/16" set screw locks the sleeve exactly where I want it. After experimenting I realized I got lucky with the length because if I put the sleeve halfway back on the pores it gave me just the perfect amount of decibels I was after. I can be heard well around town & when I go on an out-of-stater trip it's not obnoxious after a period of time. I really like these bubs. If I ever decided I wanted to be even louder, I could always add another sleeve or make a longer sleeve. On a scale of 1-10 with stock pipes being a 1, I would say these bubs with 6" sleeve that I put on run the loudness up to about a 5. Without the sleeve the bubs were about a 3.
AJR

Nice to hear you got lucky... that doesn't happen often.

I got Paughco's drag pipes for my FXDWG and I am happy with them. They sound great and look good. I had a very good experience with Paughco. One of my pipes split and they replaced the pipe after inspecting the old one. I know you ask about slip on's... but this whole system is not expensive. baffles are sold seperately... and I highly recommend getting baffles. I went with the house brand and have no complaints.

Here is a link to the Sportster pipes: https://paughco.com/2008-catalog/indivpa ... ughco.html

Quiet pipes versus loud pipes is depending where you are in life. I am 57 years old have a life time of loud open drag pipes that visibly shoot flames out at night. I now prefer quiet stock pipes the last couple years. My bikes have always been a reflection of where I am as a person and in life at any given age. After 30+ years of being outwardly anti society obnoxious rebel type its nice for me to realize I'd been possible intruding on other peoples right to peace and quiet. Thats just how I feel about it now and I like it.