Two total different baffles and two total different sounds. apples and oranges.

Monsters are throaty and L O U D - I have them and love them. I think vtxraider both has them in Omaha.

Quiets have moderate volume (not quite per se) and a nice deep rumble. Sound wise these probably have a nicer tone, but they're probably 2/3rds the volume of the Monsters. They also make a touch better low end power. Any Retro with V&H has them. (they come with the Retro pipes)

 

I've gone the opposite route. The 1800C I just bought has Big Shots with the Thunder City baffles that are waaay too loud for me. I got the V&H quiet baffles and am swapping this weekend. The TC baffles are just a sheet metal tube necked down a bit in the middle. IMO not really a baffle at all, rolling off the throttle gives you loud burping & farting that make me tone deaf after a while.

 

rolling off the throttle gives you loud burping & farting that make me tone deaf after a while.

I wear earplugs when I ride... :wink:

 

Has anyone heard how well they sound on the smaller 1300? I love the sound with both these baffles on the 1800's but us cheaper guys here that couldn't dish out the extra 5 grand for the 1800 are sparse in Omaha.

 

I have the Cobra Angled Slashcuts with the V&H quiet baffles. The quiet baffles didn't really make my Cobra's any quieter, but that did make the sound a little deeper and it took out the "tinny" (for lack of a better word) blaht sound. I like the combination.

My old Shadow had long shotgun pipes with no baffles. I could barely coast into my neighborhood after dark without waking people up. My friends refused to right behind me on the right side. :twisted: Now, with this setup, my pipes only get real loud when I want them to.