Originally Posted by
Pushr0d
I'll add my useless $.02. The '08 I bought had a hollowed out can with two nozzles. OMG loud, and backfired even louder. And the bike surged badly at cruising speed.
I bought some 'silencer inserts' off Amazon, and stuffed them in - it helped a good bit, but still obnoxious. And still surged.
A buddy (RIP) had a stock can, and he mailed it to me. It took some work (for some reason, the header pipe was too short), but the bike is very quiet, and runs great! I sold the loud can on eBay.
Yep - I'm old. I've got no use for loud pipes - on any machine.