Here's my humble opinion - engines should make power, not noise - just for the sake of noise - because noise is actually not power, can be sometimes at high Rpm but generally you can make more usable lower Rpm street power without excessive noise. That German pipe looks great, for a 1/4 mile drag racer. It's nice they offer a baffle for $ 50 but my right ear is already blown out from years of racing with a right exit exhaust, so it falls silent on this (pun intended). To me, unless it's a dedicated 1/4 mile race only bike, no one needs an open race pipe. Just pisses people off, blows out ears and builds power where 90% of street riders never use it. Build torque (and Hp) with a longer baffled pipe that's quieter for everyday riding. I did it with a Bub 7 2-1 with a 4" aftermarket BMW automotive resonator tip ! grafted on the back - straight thru performance, exits just in front of the shock, sounds great when on it, quiet when cruising. Win - Win. If I was riding only 10 seconds at a time, for a quarter mile, I'd do a race pipe - only then would the tradeoff of high Rpm power vs noise be worth it. I've encouraged V&H to build one but they have moved on, Bub 7 is no longer available but Toxic Pipes has offered me their assistance to extend their pipes with a longer baffle so that might be the best and newest solution. I would call them and commission a new pipe. He will build it. Bassani has been building some killer SS 2-1 pipes for newer Harleys - I'd call him too see if they want a new V Rod project, they might be bored, build you one but the out of production bike kinda kills it for the big production pipe co's. :blahblah:
