Martha loves the sound of the new pipes. She said that now it really sounds like a Harley. The stock exhaust was kinda cool in a lot of ways, because you could easily sneak up on everyone else and twist the throttle and be sporting tail lights before they knew what happened. No chance of sneaking now, but also no need to! Honestly, she likes the sound and it really isn't that loud until you get up to 5 grand -- of course, cruising speed. As I said, we'll see this weekend! I'm 6'1" and she's 5'10", so we're a little crowded on the V 2-up but I do like having her close! Great bike though and I ordered the Bitubo's for it today and will schedule the Traxxion AK20's when I can get another couple of days free.