Sceptres are not the loudest, Wendy and I have gutted stock pipes and they are louder than my friends Sceptres. Nice deep tone too. That being said I have heard louder, fishtails are probably at the top but have that crack that'll hurt you! The JCW pipes are up there and pipes like Tom )Brokenfixed has on his,didn't like the tone on those but they are LOUD.

From a cost stand point the JCW or gutted stock are the least cost.

I also removed the cross over pipe from our bikes and that doesn't effect the loudness much but it does seperate the exhaust note so that you hear each cyl. better instead of the sound being blended.

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