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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Ihas anyone measures the diameter of the big honkers vs atom bomb? I understand both are 2 1/4 ? |
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Marysville Washngton | Are the atom bombs not the stock cans with a little work done on the inside of them? |
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Marysville Washngton | Are the atom bombs not the stock cans with a little work done on the inside of them? |
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Atlanta Area | They both use the same OEM can, they both use a 2.25 inch baffle or your choice of a 2 inch or 1.5 inch on the Atom Bombs depending on your taste for sound level... The Atom Bombs are about half the price of the Honkers. All your paying for on the Atom Bombs is the rework of your stock cans and shipping... |
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | So Adam if you have the 2.25 inch baffle are they too loud to tour with? I know most believe the Big Honkers to drone and be loo loud. I also know the way the baffle is made and the packing can make a very large difference in sound. Any thoughts? I am not real impressed with the L2 pipes.
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| I know what you mean Walt. I also have the S1L2 pipes and they are NOT even close to what I had expected. They are not even close to the sound of the D&D's I had on my '03 TC...and I didn't believe they were that great either. I wish I could hear several of the different exhausts in person so I wouldn't have to take a chance and spend hundreds of dollars first. I have come close to taking a chance on the Honkers several times but I keep thinking that any day now there will be a break through exhaust system that will blow me away. Aint holdin my breath though!! There just has GOT to be a system out there that sounds great on the Vision.....please let me know if you find it! |
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Ok, lets try this. Do the Big Honkers have packing in the baffle area? |
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SF Bay Area | no.
FYI, the Honkers have (at least mine do) a 2.25" dia short louvered baffle, exiting into a conical shaped tube, mounted inside the straight outer body.
Edited by buddahead 2009-09-08 1:30 PM
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | Thanks for the reply Mike. I am trying to wrap my head around how the different pipes are made. |
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Atlanta Area | wroman - 2009-09-07 4:50 PM
So Adam if you have the 2.25 inch baffle are they too loud to tour with? I know most believe the Big Honkers to drone and be loo loud. I also know the way the baffle is made and the packing can make a very large difference in sound. Any thoughts? I am not real impressed with the L2 pipes.
Walt
Walt,
I have 15K on the Atom Bombs at this point and I don't feel they have a "drone" to them. If you are worried about drone, you could always choose a smaller diameter baffle that will be a bit quieter. The Atom Bombs do have ceramic thread packing inside the can. Bob says it should last the lifetime of the pipe... |
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Gettysburg, 2008 Tour Premium | I believe I know the packing, used it in a fuel moto baffle I had for a Harley and it works well. The superflow baffles with that packing are pretty deep sounding. |
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