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    Default Looking to make my trike sound loud with minimal dollars

    I am looking to make my trike louder with out needing a tuner. Dealer told me to update my air cleaner to a stage 1 and that would improve it and than I could also add some slip on exhaust pipes. Any suggestions out there?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4Wheelrocker View Post
    I am looking to make my trike louder with out needing a tuner. Dealer told me to update my air cleaner to a stage 1 and that would improve it and than I could also add some slip on exhaust pipes. Any suggestions out there?
    I would contact 1 of our sponsors, DK Custom Products. Good people all and Kevin has done more TriGlide testing on air cleaners, exhaust and suspension, as well as heat reduction.
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    Cut the baffles out of the stock slip ons. Install Torque Thrust Inserts from DKcustoms. That is the set up i have and sounds very good. I also removed the cat out of the head pipe.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 4Wheelrocker View Post
    I am looking to make my trike louder with out needing a tuner. Dealer told me to update my air cleaner to a stage 1 and that would improve it and than I could also add some slip on exhaust pipes. Any suggestions out there?
    Take a 1 inch hole saw and drill the center of the baffle out in the end of the muffler's easy to do sounds great , you can do it with the mufflers on the bike.

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    Have a look here for air cleaners from our sponsor D K Customs. http://www.dkcustomproducts.com/acl/...er-systems.htm

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    Why do you want your trike to sound louder???

    1. Make it go faster

    2. Make people pay attention to you

    3. Just to piss people off

    4. Make little boys and girls cover their ears and cry

    TAYQ: Cheapest way = knock out stock baffles
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    If putting a stage one air cleaner on and then slip on's, you will need a tuner, not a mechanic but have heard this many times, to much air flow and a tuner helps this out.

    As many has said knock out the baffles and put in the torque inserts from DK Customs, myself I have had loud on many bikes and now I'm happy with the sound of stock pipes on my 2018 triglide.

    Look at the video on youtube with the cobra 909's on a triglide, good sound IMHO.

    All for now Trampas

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    Default Brilliant minds think alike

    That is what I was thinking but than it would fail my yearly inspection.

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    Well, I'm gonna piss a lot of people off, but here goes...

    Like you, I paid a good deal of cash for the best three wheeled motorcycle available. Please don't start drilling holes in things and chipping out cats with hammers. (there's even an online business that will do it for you). Spend your Christmas cash and DIY it or have it professionally done. https://www.opusharley-davidson.com/customs/stage-1-2-upgrade

    A dealer will charge $2,000... maybe less. For half the cost you can EASILY do the job yourself.
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    I just had the dealer install Street Canons after they did a demonstration of a showroom Trike with and a showroom Trike without. Louder than stock but a comfortable loud for me.

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    HD has a stage one air cleaner and "Download" for the ecm that would be cheaper than a tuner. For example, a Power Vision is gonna run you between $400 and $600, the download is gonna run about $199. Both are after the cost of the air cleaner.

    You can do slip ons without doing the air cleaner and download or tuner. Pretty much all your gonna get is sound. Maybe a slight increase in power.

    By doing slip ons, air cleaner and tuner you'll get both. Just depends on what you're looking for.

    Please don't drill out your mufflers, you probably will fail inspections and void the warrantee if you still have one. HD makes a tuner that does not void the warrantee, IMHO, not as good as a power vision, but, you still have the warrantee.

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    Default Stage1 kit and Rinehart 4in slip on did it for me

    Quote Originally Posted by 4Wheelrocker View Post
    I am looking to make my trike louder with out needing a tuner. Dealer told me to update my air cleaner to a stage 1 and that would improve it and than I could also add some slip on exhaust pipes. Any suggestions out there?
    I took my 2020 Tri Glide into the dealership had a stage 1 upgrade done ($$$) with Rinehart slip on and a lift kit ( so I would not scrape the exhaust when going over a dip, speed bump)in my humble opinion I think it was well worth the money, the looks and sound of the exhaust pipes are much improved. You decide, your Trike your money your decision.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Phil1839 View Post
    I took my 2020 Tri Glide into the dealership had a stage 1 upgrade done ($$$) with Rinehart slip on and a lift kit ( so I would not scrape the exhaust when going over a dip, speed bump)in my humble opinion I think it was well worth the money, the looks and sound of the exhaust pipes are much improved. You decide, your Trike your money your decision.
    JMHO and I'll get a lot of hate mail on this, but I think Rinehart's should be illegal. 2 members of my chapter have them and I can't ride anywhere near them without earplugs.

    Obnoxious!! But that's what some riders want.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GARYD View Post
    JMHO and I'll get a lot of hate mail on this, but I think Rinehart's should be illegal. 2 members of my chapter have them and I can't ride anywhere near them without earplugs.

    Obnoxious!! But that's what some riders want.
    Gary I know exactly what you are saying. Some Rineharts are good some are not, i'm not sure what model is good & what one isn't, but some have the raspy sound that just annoys the heck out me. A friend of mine has some cobra's that sound great at idle, & good down the road when behind him. I rode his trike & it was so loud I swapped back to mine real fast. It's getting more difficult for me to find what I like with the M8 motor.

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    Quote Originally Posted by FuzzyWuzHe View Post
    HD has a stage one air cleaner and "Download" for the ecm that would be cheaper than a tuner. For example, a Power Vision is gonna run you between $400 and $600, the download is gonna run about $199. Both are after the cost of the air cleaner.

    You can do slip ons without doing the air cleaner and download or tuner. Pretty much all your gonna get is sound. Maybe a slight increase in power.

    By doing slip ons, air cleaner and tuner you'll get both. Just depends on what you're looking for.

    Please don't drill out your mufflers, you probably will fail inspections and void the warrantee if you still have one. HD makes a tuner that does not void the warrantee, IMHO, not as good as a power vision, but, you still have the warrantee.
    Alan, around here you have to purchase the tuner, they offer no downloads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arnie View Post
    Alan, around here you have to purchase the tuner, they offer no downloads.
    In that case ... I would definitely go with the power vision ... I absolutely love mine ... Had it on 2 or 3 rides ... getting old and memory is not what it used to be.

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    Quote Originally Posted by arnie View Post
    Gary I know exactly what you are saying. Some Rineharts are good some are not, i'm not sure what model is good & what one isn't, but some have the raspy sound that just annoys the heck out me. A friend of mine has some cobra's that sound great at idle, & good down the road when behind him. I rode his trike & it was so loud I swapped back to mine real fast. It's getting more difficult for me to find what I like with the M8 motor.
    Arnie. I do have the Cobra Race Pro slip ons - not the Neighbor Haters. The black tips really add a nice touch. They are a deep mellow sound not loud and obnoxious. I don't see them on the Cobra website anymore so I don't know if they are still available for the trike
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    Quote Originally Posted by GARYD View Post
    Arnie. I do have the Cobra Race Pro slip ons - not the Neighbor Haters. The black tips really add a nice touch. They are a deep mellow sound not loud and obnoxious. I don't see them on the Cobra website anymore so I don't know if they are still available for the trike
    I have cvo mufflers with fulsac baffle kit. They were great on my 103's, but not on my M8. I pulled the baffles out & the packing is all gone! I ordered some ceramic baffle wrap hopefully that will get the sound back that I like.

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    check these guys out https://americancustom.com/collectio...uring-mufflers Good sound for low bucks

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