down your way yup from what i have heard on this forum there anal about noise. just keep your stock pipes in case.

Whats that you say about "short pants and behinds"??? you'll need to speak up as I dont hear so well since I fitted the bigshots.........they sound good though

got short shots on my 2003 softtail,yer they are loud but thats the way they should be,no good sounding like a lawn mower,just get em and stay of the gas around town.

 

Yeah, can't be said enough I reckon.....keep your stock pipes and/or mufflers...

 Yep, too loud for me, changing them this week while my bike is apart

Bartikus - you can baffle them if thy're too loud for you.

http://www.smartpartz.com/SPZVHBR.html

 Yep, did that, still a bit loud for me, I must be getting old

 Short shots, tried them with standard baffle, quiet baffle and even had the quiet baffle wrapped, I do a lot of Kim's and shift work, so the noise got a bit much, putting the stock headers back on with a set of slip-ons while it's in the shop now getting some other shit done.

Running side shots on my street bob. Yeah theyre loud, but I dont think obscenely so. As said, just dont fang it too hard around town. The wife had them on her nightster and they were LOUD. She had to start wearing ear plugs. Shes got 3'' v&h slip ons on her Slim and theyre about half way between S/Eagles and side shots
Pete

I've done some testing on some mates bikes with loud pipes and they ranged fron 102db to 118db at 2800 RPM. It would be more at higher revs. Dude that's loud!!

yep there all fucken loud....just how ya want it

Most v&h pipes are good for looks and making a shit load of noise but nothing else. Much better pipes out there

Not quite right about the noise and no go!

VnH changed the design and the internals to bring the noise down and the power up.

Just sayin - don't believe all the crap!

Got short shots on me 48 was freaking loud…..
Got side shots on me Black line they are loud and sounds good.
V&h had some nice performance pipes… depends what you want them for Performance or sound?
Good luck

I reckon go with what you want. Don't listen to us jibber on. Most after markets will be loud, but it's a Harley.

I have the V&H Big Radius 2x2 on my Fatboy. They were unbelievably loud and giving me a headache (yes, I am getting old!). DocHogs in Bayswater (VIC) fabricated a quiet baffle for me - now the deep bass rumble is still there, but that ear-splitting shrill, harsh scream at higher revs has been really toned down. I am very careful with the throttle in built-up areas though as all it takes is one irritated wanker dobbing you in to revert back to the original Harley sewing machine buzz.

I have the big radius pipes on my fatboy, they are loud and give me migrains if I don't wear ear plugs, I found the best  plugs are the silicon putty ear plugs, brand name surgipack.

 i like my screaming eagle 2s with no bafs, an was sorry to get here and find out i have to put stock sewing machine pipes on!

I'm one of the every fucker who has short shots. stock baffles. I have the smart partz baffle and the quiet baffle on a shelf in my shed.
The short shots are loud, but not super loud. I thought they'd be louder to be honest.

If you have a lot of hard-scaping, brick walls, retaining walls garage small spaces, paling fences etc, etc, then they'll blow your hair back, but if you live in the middle of nowhere like i do, then they sound is much softer.

Short shots sound low a burbly, but i reckon the longer pipes both perform better due to better back-pressure, and sound better with a more defines "pap pap pap". Or as the Patented HD sound goes..."potato potato potato"

Hope this helps