2 AM, man you got balls! I pulled mine (the baffles that is) out one night last week. "Waking the dead" is a good analogy! All the neighbors were out and I got some serious disapproving looks from everyone I idled past. Took off aggresively from my hot-rod buddies house a few street over and the wife heard me with our windows up. She wasn't too pleased so I popped them back in, I'm sure the neighbors appreciated that gesture as well.
It's really amazing how much noise those things put out. They really are cannons and you can literally hear each piston fire. I've had the bike started with no mufflers and with the hollow metal tubes, the bike is actually louder. I guess those tubes just become big echo chambers. If I ever go on a ride with just my HD buddies, I'll pull them out for giggles.
