Jardine is not as loud as you think, my buddy has it on his xb12r up in NY and it sounds ok, but he loves it, but he also has it tuned and filter ( i will probably have his dad tune mine as well). The D&D is just stupid loud and you lose ALOT of bottom end where the 12s are known for ,and the 9s are known for have alot of upper RPM power, so the bike wont have as much "pop" at the flip of the throttle. The one guy i talked to alot on here about buells had one and he switched it out for a drummer.. And you might want to re check your prices on these pipes. Last time i checked the drummer was pretty pricey(depending on which model you want) And with the JArdine and D&D you have to fab up some brackets for them to mount to cause the stock ones will not work anymore.. Another good exhaust that you can usually find is a Buell race exhaust on ebay(dont make them anymore), Travis on here has one on his xb12scg(bad ass bike!!!) and it sounds awesome all through the rpms, not as loud as mine at idle but mine gets raspy at high rpms where his stays a low/loud rumble like a harley.
Putting just a pipe on these bikes puts them to the edge of the stock tune already and same if you just do a filter.. These bikes are VERY and i mean VERY smart. They actually learn how you ride the bike and change the TPS to suit the way you ride. When you get your bikes first tune-up done at Highland they will tell you the same thing and ask them to re set it back to 0. When you get back on it, it will be like a totally new beast.. There also is a "tune/chip" you can buy from ASB that you can get that will basically tune your bike(its around 100 bucks) but if you would ever change anything you would need to get another tune from them. Thats why people usually tune them theirselves cause that would add up.
Mods that i have done are:
Stock modded pipe, CRG mirrror, low seat(million times better), reset TPS. fender eliminator, LED turnsignals
If i would do it again i would do
Drummer, K&N, Tune, CRG mirror, low seat, integrated turn signals, and different tires..
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