no baffle

joe g · Borekit Bruiser Joined: 08 Apr 2011 Karma :

do you guys without baffles get stopped much?

dextersaurus · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Mar 2009 Karma :

Never got stopped on the GPZ with the viper can... though it's a twin so not actually too loud.

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Seb · World Chat Champion Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Karma :

My old SP1 was obnoxiously loud and I never got pulled once, be considerate and sensible and you shouldn't have too many issues.
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ZaphodBeeble · World Chat Champion Joined: 10 Feb 2004 Karma :

I've been OK with my blue flame cans since last July. I have to regularly stop outside a police station at traffic lights on my way home, I just pull off very gently. Thumbs Up

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dragstaar · World Chat Champion Joined: 18 Aug 2010 Karma :

yeah, don;t rag the shit out of in in residential roads and in town and you'll be fine.

I have twin Bluflame Evo pipes on my bandit, no baffles in either, and they are bastardly loud. Coppers have never batted an eyelind

Dazbo666 · World Chat Champion Joined: 06 Jun 2004 Karma :

Bandit with a stubby Beowulf can and no baffle, never had any problems in the last year-and-a-half Thumbs Up

[edit]... although I tend to re-fit the baffle for MOT - and even with the baffle fitted, I got an advisory on the most recent test about the noise level Embarassed

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MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

My Buell is LOUD and I've never been stopped. I tend to be pretty sensible around coppers though, and its a twin so its a deep resonating sound.

I think there was a scientific study that showed that higher pitched sounds carry further, plus I think there is a psychological thing in Nimby's where they believe that a higher pitched noise from a bike means its going faster and therefore being more antisocial.
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DrDonnyBrago · World Chat Champion Joined: 03 Jan 2010 Karma :

Never had an issue, goes in for MOTs without the baffle too Thumbs Up

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Catalyst · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Nov 2006 Karma :

First thing I always do is take the baffle out, where's the fun in baffles?

Keeping baffles in an exhaust is like being offered a free blowjob off a hot bird and then putting a condom on, It's just not logical.
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Mac_Black · World Chat Champion Joined: 25 Nov 2007 Karma :

Baffles you ask?
NO

Pulled twice on that bike... the first time the ~~exhausts~~ megaphones weren't even mentioned..
The second time I was followed by an unmarked viffer, when he stopped me I managed to convince him that I had a better understanding of the law than he did...
So he kindly let me on my way, saying he didn't want to hear them again Laughing