verslagen1 wrote on 08/19/10 at 09:09:28:Personally, a wake the dead pipe is unnecessary. But a dead quiet pipe will leave you just that, dead. I've found a happy medium where I don't require ear plugs to ride my own bike and where local cagers don't forget I'm there, even when they are texting.
Exactly.. the trick is to have a muffler just loud enough to perk up drivers waiting to pull out in front of you, you know, those gray areas where you are not sure if you should honk at them or not. The Dyna muffler on the Savage is about the perfect balance. Seems like it was stamped "80db" but seemed louder than a muffler I am running now, which is labeled "94db" (at what distance, angle, throttle position, RPM, etc?
) Regardless of the stampings or legality, the muffler still has to be evaluated carefully for individual riding habits, neighborhood, etc. as to maintain good safety and courtesy. Then if the drivers still treat you as invisible with the moderate-volume pipe, an extra loud horn is also good