Quote Originally Posted by troypennock View Post
I left them in. I am slowly warming to the "basso profundo" tone when I increasingly add acceleration. In the alternative, if you quickly short shift you can keep the noise down. I may have been hasty with my initial impression. But I still dislike the cobra stamped into the center pipe.
Got mine on today with baffles in and I am quite impressed. They're not perfect but better than any other aftermarket pipes I have tried (Cobra billet tip, Cobra tri oval, Vance and Hines monster slip ons) to date. I did not think they were all that loud (listening to loud rock music and flying helicopters off and on for 43 years probably has something to do with that), but definitely louder than stock. They sound great standing about 5 feet behind the bike when it's running! In my opinion they could stand to be slightly louder at idle and wide open throttle and slightly quieter at cruise (maybe that's not possible?), but everything considered, I love 'em. (6 into 6 pipes on the Valkyrie was just about the ultimate sound to me.)