Honda Shadow Phantom - Cobra Streetrod Slashdown Exhaust - TroysTube

Main purpose of this video is to show those interested as to what this exhaust kit sounds like. When I was doing my obsessive research, I watched every video I could find. However, I didn't really seem to find ones with their Honda Shadows moving. I hope this video helps people who are interested in this exhaust kit or just looking to see how an exhaust kit can drastically change your bike (from sound and performance).

I purchased this kit brand new here as it was the cheapest ($465) I could find (however they've gone back up in price - Checked 8/20/16):
http://www.partsgiant.com/p326313-cobra-streetrod-slashdown-exhaust-system?f=110630

This was installed on an 2010 Honda Shadow Phantom 750 - No jet kit, no tuner kit, or no air/fuel adjuster, no power commander is installed. You don't need it (if you touch the intake though, well then that's a different story).

The good:
It looks so good, I get compliments all the time
The sound is deep as the bike finally sounds as it looks
Installation wasn't too hard
Exhaust fumes smell better vs stock as it's pretty much straight through giving it the old muscle car smell. I definitely enjoy putting premium in her sometimes just for the enjoyable smell of higher octane.

The bad:
This kit is much louder than I expected and I was even warned by others saying so.
I thought there would be some easier solutions to make it quieter but really the only option is to wrap the baffles which I feel doesn't do too much.
For this bike and kit there are no quite baffles.
There are are some out there that can quite it down but make it sound very "tinny"

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More detailed review section:

Finally the bike sounds how it looks! I will say to be warned that this is quite loud so just be prepared. I was really concerned with how loud it would be before I bought this kit as I was looking at as many exhaust kits I could find. There really is no way to tell how loud it really will be from reading reviews and watching videos. Some people have mentioned that they get headaches with ridding over an hour with these on, I have yet to experience this. Also I have a seyna headset and people only say they can hear it if I accelerate hard on the bike.

That said it's not like it's earth shattering, blowing out your ear drums. I would say if you were to judge from it's looks, you wouldn't think it was as loud as it is. Also there's not much else you can really do besides wrap the baffles (read that it doesn't do much) or buy inserts to damper the sound (this appears to change how the exhaust sounds significantly).

The exhaust looks amazing and I get compliments all the time. Also I get compliments that it sounds really nice so I think for the most part I'm just paranoid with assuming and worrying people will generally be angry with me. On that note though, only one person I know has told me it's loud. After about a month with it on though I've learn to ride it quite as to keep it in certain RPMs and push the bike away if I need to so that I wake any kids up in the neighborhood.

The main reason I got this was to be heard while passing people on the highway (which yes worked), to have a little better acceleration (worked), to look better than stock exhaust (deff worked), and for drivers to just generally be aware of my presence in hopes so that they just don't decide to do last min behavior movements that can potentially harm me.

I would highly recommend it as it looks so unique, people mistake my bike as a Harley, and it really does sound good. If sound level is a concern you can make some changes to your ridding style.

Check out my buddies bike and exhaust system here for more!:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8_ga8P2Ls0

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