Dwight, just finally gave in and pulled out all the snorkels today (had pulled the main one, but was sceptical about the 2 inner ones, and hey, what is a submariner wihtout snorkels?!!), and a) the bike definitely feels stronger (SoP method), and the sound is sweet, when you crack the throttle past about 1/2 way, the tone goes very deep, the back end digs end, and Awaaaayyyyy you go. OK, maybe not the Freak, but plenty of get up and go by my tastes, & a very nice sound at WOT. What is funny, is that I took out the main throttle last weekend, and have been getting on it every chance, just to hear the sound, and see how it feels fully loaded up, and actually got 9 miles more this tankful than last. Hmmmm.... Curious to see what the next tank brings without the inner snorks. Had a carload of girls go by and give me the "woo woo" thing so I opened up the throttle, and was doing 95 before I knew it (funny what testosterone does huh?!), got to watch that.