Thanks! I ended up porting out the baffles with a stepper drill which gave me a sound somewhere in between the two options. Now if only this cold weather would break I could go ride it!

@@paden501 Hell yeah. You should do a quick video comparing those three, so we can all enjoy the glorious sounds of the Chief's exhaust. Also, I hear you on the cold weather. I prefer it over the summer, but at least during the summer I can go outside without freezing my nuts off lol.

@@ungabunga115 yep once we get some riding weather I'll be sure to make a little video. My brother in law also picked up a set of Dean's speeds for his 116 chief so we will get a video of those also.

Thanks!

Thanks Rich.

Thanks. That bike belongs to my father in law (the guy seen revving the green Chief). He purchased it new back when he was a teenager and he's kept it in original condition since then.

@@paden501 That’s fantastic! My first bike was a ‘79 XS750 Special!

It came from Amazon, but I don't remember what the product name is.

They had a pretty nice sound. Just very loud. Of the options that we tried they were the deepest sounding and loudest (the no pipe option was also very loud, but lacked the bass tone)

That's because the Cat is still on the mid pipe. If you go for a full exhaust the popping on decel will go away.

I feel like that's the major difference in sound between the Indian Thunderstroke engine and the HD Milwaukee 8. The HD has more of the traditional "potato-potato" cadence, where the Indian has more of an even "Thump-thump-thump" (at least until you add cams) But the Indians seem to bring more bass to the party.

Agreed.

Just read the thing; forward intake. My bad.

The gutted pipes were quite loud

I chopped the back off of the muffler with a chop saw (using a 12" metal cutting wheel) and then pulled the fiberglass stuffing and the baffle plate out from the back. That leaves you with an empty pipe.

@@paden501 thanks, just did the same to mine yesterday. Cut off the ends then completely gutted out the stock slip on, shortened it by 4 inches, then welded the ends back on. Sounds awesome.

@@bigchiefer7135 NICE!! Of all the options I thought that the gutted pipe had the "deepest" sound, but it was pretty loud for my taste

If you're just talking changing slip-ons, most people could do the work themselves. It required a metric socket set, a ratchet and an extension. There was a total of 2 bolts and 2 clamps to loosen to get the factory cans off.

In the video, the stage 1 pipes have the baffles removed. The baffles in the stage 1 pipes really make them sound pretty stuffy IMO. Much more-so than the Dean speed baffles. With the baffles out of both, the Dean speeds sound a little "lower" and the Indian Stage 1s slightly "louder". The difference is very minor though, and it's very difficult to compare considering that my red bike with the Dean speeds is a basically stock 111 in the video and the green bike is a 116 with the stage 2 cams, injectors and throttle body, as well as the stage 1 forward intake (that bike is a beast). After the video, I added the Stage 1 intake (high flow) to the red bike, and it actually added a bit more volume to the Dean Speed exhaust also. (FWIW, the Stage 1 intake and ECU tune really helped the 111 in a lot of ways, especially in reducing the sometimes lazy throttle response of the stock bike, and I highly recommend it)

@@paden501 That's good to know, sorry missed the text about the baffles being removed. I do love the idle sound of the dean-speed baffles out, but it seems a tad too loud for my taste on acceleration in my opinion. I have the Stage 1 Indians on order, will have to see how it is in person and decide :) Was the Stage1 baffle drilled out? Or is there a way to remove it easily

@@korewest The baffle on the Indian stage 1 can be removed by taking the tips off the back, and then either drilling or unscrewing the 3 security screws that hold the baffle into the back of the pipe. They're not easy to take out (hence security screws) so you may have to drill them. Regarding the Dean Speeds. I agree that without the baffle they're a little loud. What I ended up doing was drilling a 5/8" hole thru the front of the baffle and then reinstalling them in the Dean Speed pipes (they're just held on by 8mm cap screw). That sort of hit the best "middle ground" between baffle in and out IMO. Unfortunately, I haven't done another video comparing them yet.

@@paden501 Awesome thanks for your very detailed replies

The color is called "Ruby Red Metallic". It's a glossy deep red color with a lot of Metallic fleck in it. The color can really show up differently in photos depending on the lighting

I'm confused. we revved it with the different options. I also have a follow-up video of the stage 1 and dean speeds going down the road

In my opinion , they don't. I ordered a chief bobber dark horse and was super excited for it till I rode a Harley Softail. The sound, the feel, and the nostalgia isn't there to be found on an Indian bike yet. Yes they offer better technology, and may be handling but the rugged core biking experience is what you buy a Harley for. Ps every Indian bike owner including myself wanted my bike to sound like a Harley lol, they why not just get one..so I did haha

...... There is no "key" on an Indian Chief. It has a remote fob. Options for turning it off are to either use the kill switch or let it run out of fuel. Triumph makes a fine motorcycle also.

Just traded my Bonnie bobber for a chief darkhorse bobber .

haha probably dont even have a bike

@@seanwise781 key in this on you tube..(nice triumph bobber posted in october 2021).....that`s me and my bike

@@peterpeter-xt8mv i dont watch vids about junk🤷‍♂️