Don't know if this has been talked about on here before, couldn't find any mention so here i go... I am on my 8th Harley, a new 2018 fatboy, my 4th fatboy... Now when I had my fatboy Lo I put vance and hines big shot staggereds on and it was just a bit too loud so put the quiet baffles in and it was just right... so when i bought the new 114 fatboy I put vance and  hines big shot staggereds on with quiet baffles at the start thinking the noise would be just right, how bloody wrong was I, it was way too quiet, no comparison... exactly the same pipes but so different in noise... so i took the quiet baffles out and put the normal baffles back in.. perfect... bout the same or maybe a bit quieter than the twin cam with the staggereds and quiet baffles in... Now my research has shown that because the milwaukee 8 motor has the 4 valve heads instead of 2, that with 2 pulses coming out of the milwaukee 8 exhaust per head instead of 1 pulse coming from the exhaust it makes a whole lot of quieter engine exhaust... So if anyone is thinking of setting up an aftermarket exhaust on a milwaukee with the same config as your twin cam or evo be warned it will be quieter, guarantee that... just thought i would share this... 

Interesting...how different is the exhaust note with the different head design with the extra valves?

Have a set of 2 into 1 Freedoms Turnouts on my 17 Road Glide Special ... Stage 4 SE motor ... sounds awsome ... just sold 08 Twin Cam ... Big motor  as well , Bassini 2 into 1 pipes ... sounded great as well ... and still have 99 Springer with Freedoms 2 into1 Outlaws , real quite down low but really has a great note when the throttle  is twisted ... they all have there place i reckon ... just hope Officer plod thinks my current pipes are quite if or when i get pulled over again .

don't want a quiet set, put on the loudest set you can find

Don't want a loud set, wear ear plugs

you can have the best of both worlds

I modified some V&H Bigshots to suit my 114 M8 Breakout. First up they were too quiet but better than stock. Removed the baffles and it sounds a lot better. I have no idea what baffles were in there, quiet or standard. Still nowhere near as loud as a TC with same pipes but for $200 I think I can live with it for a while. Bike runs great. Dealer had no problems with the mods and V&H requested a video of the setup as they hadn't done one yet. Freedom pipes have just started landing in Aus so will see how they perform. Have heard issues of discolouration of the black pipes though.

Wife has the Freedom Performance radical radius pipes on her fatbob. They sound nice and mean

I hope the missus is not "Nice and mean"

shit late reply dude but havn't been on very much... handles great in my opinion....

Gi Day again Nelson, .... I bought my FatBoy 3 weeks ago,  I agree, I find it handles quite well. There is a lot of crap on this topic, ... I doubt that the mouths have ever sat on one?  I guess that getting of their Lambreta's and onto a FB without Trainer Wheels would be distressing?

Gi Day Hilly.. Your dead right, it's certainly not anywhere near my previous bikes in terms of handling. 

Gi Day Hilly ... My fault mate I should have made my comment a bit more clear; The Mouths I was referring to were the "Whass-Up-Dude" white americans trying to talk black LOL.