It has a good Harley sound (with quiet baffle) at idle and when you roll on
the throttle. I idle down the lime-rock grade (under 2000 RPM) to keep peace
with the neighbors. Short-shift in residential areas to keep the sound down to
a nice rumble. The quiet baffles seem to have about the same volume of sound as standard baffles, just without the rasp.
The wife has horses, neighbors have a variety of farm animals, none are frightened by the sound. Wife says the pipes are noticeable, but not loud. This is a rural area, sonic booms don't set off any car alarms, so not stampeding the herd of sheep next door is my sound barometer.
Where the quiet baffles shine is at cruising speed, 65 MPH and up in 6th.
gear. At a steady throttle, you can hear the exhaust, but it is no louder than
the wind noise, or mechanical sound of the engine. So... sounds great at idle
and when you accelerate through the gears, but quiet enough at cruising speed to travel without the noise wearing you out. The quiet baffles will let you be quiet, they don’t make you quiet.