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IMO, Loud cans/stingers or straight Turbo exhausts are bad for the public image of sleds...
Those that ride with loud pipes are causing more damage than just "pizzing off a hippie". They are taking away from the future of snowmobiling in the backcountry....
Radar guns, speed limits on trails with Police watching....boy, that sounds good!
Bad public image of snowmobiles...even from people that are NOT 'greenies' starts a chain reaction from other people that don't care if motorized access is closed.
It is sad to say... but the PUBLIC OPINION will decide weather or not we have sledding access in the future.
We don't need any new people that want to take away sledding access.
Manufacturers that make loud exhaust products are actually hurting, IMO, their own long-term ability to make a living off of snowmobiles...if sledding areas keep getting closed at the rate they are = big problem.
Lets make that clear.
Loud exhausts can turn someone, that is not opposed to sleds, into a 'greenie' on the topic of snowmobiles real quick though. Most aftermarket exhausts are borderline obnoxious (or full blown)... the less expensive ones especially....even more so as the packing burns out and it is not replace. There are more cheap exhaust sold OR turbo systems without mufflers than quiet units.
If your extra 3.8 hp comes at the cost of me loosing my priveledge of snomobiling in the backcountry... the choice is easy for me.... and it should be for you too.
Race pipes don't belong on the mountain, IMO.... unless you can make them sound reasonable.
And.... Snowbilers are still looked at like the Koresh Branch-Davidians of the backcountry world by the public at large.... those things that stand out like littering, loud exhausts, sleds that are out of tune and belching smoke, destruction of property... all these little things that can be fixed easily are going to give us the same fate a the Waco group if WE dont fix them.
Can't argue with you on that comment.Chistopher... you bought the SPG setup right?
You will have no problem with the noise level on your sled.
The straight piped sleds, those are the ones that are getting a lot of notice in the backcountry from non-motorized advocates.
Quiet your exhausts on your sled if they are loud. This WILL go a long way in the fight to keep lands open.
From an earlier post
Ruffryder:mountainhorse,
I think you are hitting on a very important topic that gets lost in pretty much every discussion about closing down sled areas.
We do not know who we are fighting this battle against. It is not against "the greenies". They are not our opponents in this. Our public image is. Our inability to see problems with our sport and attempt to resolve them is. Our complacency is...
The greenies seem to serve only as a distraction to us, allow snowmobilers to use the mentality that there is no point in making changes, because for the greenies it will never be enough.
Again, the greenies are not the enemy, we are..
BRaaaapp............
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peace-
johnny
They do shave off weight, and yes pipes do add power
They also are VERY useful when seperated from your group in the mountains. I got lost once while boondocking around with about 5 other buddies. I was able to shut off my sled and locate my guys by listening for thier sleds.