Any way to quiet Cobra pipes?

I bought a 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan Mean Streak 1600 a few weeks ago (first bike
I've been on in 28 years!). She's a very nice (and powerful) bike with the
Cobra pipes, Cobra Fuel Injection tuner, and a ram air K&N intake filter
(even has working butterfly valves!). Anyway, the bike is great except the
exhaust is plain OFFENSIVE! Now I like a strong roar of power, but this bike
can't be ridden quiet in any manner.

Everything appears to be intact and installed tight. The Cobra pipes appear
to be very high-quality. Does anyone have any ideas for quieting it down a
bit?

I am about ready to buy a stock set of pipes for the bike and put them on.
It is really THAT loud (and it is a nasty, not a sweet loud).

Thanks

 

There is your answer. Maybe the original owner has them still hanging
in his garage. If you can find him, offer to trade him for the noisy
ones.

 

Check the Cobra website to see whether there are baffles or
aftermarket mufflers available for the model of aftremarket pipe you
already have.

Check the price for a new original equipment exhaust system at
www.bikebandit.com and you'll probably start looking for a used system
on ebay...

The OEM header on my Yamaha would cost about $700 to replace with new
parts...

 

Believe it or not, aftermarket systems are not all made for the "I'm an
asshole saving lives" crew. Cobra makes some nice sounding pipes just
slightly louder than stock (as do others). They used to have sample sounds
on their website. Possibly the pipes you have been cheapo modified with a
long spear or the baffles have been cut out. These are the ones that really
sound like crap. The suggestion that the stock ones may be hanging on the
original owner's wall is a good one. Also check dealers. Stock HD mufflers
can be purchased cheap because so many owners want to blatt like an asshole.
If you must purchase a new system, OEM is a very expensive way to go.

 

SNIP

agreed.

Heh, you should see what an OEM for my bike can cost (sans headers) a
NOS can become a bit expensive. Usually you end up buying used ragged
crap and fixing it up a bit. That and finding one for the right year?
lol<sob> The aftermarket for a GL1000 is ugly(visually, sound and
choices)