Indian 101 Scout S&S Slip-on install and sound comparison - We Bought A New Bike Part 3!

[@tomtalley29]

Definitely a better sound! Much deeper!! Great job on the install!

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks! Agree a huge improvement! 🤘

[@jrfjosh]

Sounds much better on the video, I’m sure it’s even better live in person.

[@dropbearmoto]

Totally. Hard to capture sound fully, but is a game changer!

[@spastikps4916]

The sound comparison at the end did it for me. I just bought my first bike ever, this year. Maybe next summer, or the one after, once I have some experience I'll finally get my dream bike (Indian Scout Bobber). Great video.

[@dropbearmoto]

Enjoy! One of the best decisions you will make, that first bike! Be careful, though it becomes very addictive! 🤘

[@four20braiseit36]

Look into the 101 I'm getting that by next season

[@spastikps4916]

@@dropbearmoto Yea....you don't have to tell me, lol. I put 1200 miles on it in my first month. Have 1500 on it total now in 5 weeks. Thanks....LOVING IT!

[@spastikps4916]

@@four20braiseit36 On your advice, I just watched like three videos on the 101....I will definitely give this a test ride. Seems like people LOVE this bike. Thanks!

[@axelfoley5155]

I swore i didn't want a new exhaust on my 2023 scout rogue. A year later i have the performance air filter and i just got the freedom performance slip on's and i absolutely love it. I wish i could get the 101 but i still love everything about the rogue. It still has enough power than I'll ever need for the street. Thanks for the video it was good to see and hear what the 101 sounds like with a new slip on.

[@dropbearmoto]

@@axelfoley5155 thank you! The Rogue is such a fun bike too! Stage 1 makes a big difference to any bike! A must do for me 😂

[@axelfoley5155]

@@dropbearmoto it is a fun bike for sure. I thought to myself my next bike will be a sport chief but I love the scouts so much it might be the 101. I heard you talking about the FTR how is it?

[@dropbearmoto]

@@axelfoley5155 FTR is next level for sure, but a very different bike - more sport bike than cruiser with an aggressive riding position and much more nimble. You should get to a demo day and take one for a spin! 🤘

[@MikeEWard]

Hell Yeah! Much better sound, and looks.

[@dropbearmoto]

Totally! 🤘

[@gab6468]

Beautiful bike absolutely stunning

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks! These 101s are something else!! 🤘

[@mixedtactics]

Sounds great

[@dropbearmoto]

@@mixedtactics thanks! Agree 🤘

[@BlandMan5000]

I’m impressed to see they used V-band clamp instead of the usual ones.

[@dropbearmoto]

Great point and I did miss recording that step - once the gasket is in that channel on the clamp it all comes together perfecty!

[@richardcabello5028]

Pipe is still too large and gaudy

[@dropbearmoto]

@@richardcabello5028 it does look better live. I think only other move would be a 2-1

[@superfed11]

excellent video, thanks for this, sounds great! just brought a Scout Bobber Limited + home today and first thing that has to go is that "torpedo" lookin' muffler. I think the cap covering the modified bolt was an excellent idea. I'd like to do that to mine. I don't think I caught where that cap came from?

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks! The cap came with SS exhaust so you are good! As a follow up I got a deburring tool to clean up the bolt under the cap too!

[@superfed11]

@@dropbearmoto excellent. Thanks again!

[@girardetcharles2429]

soo much better...🤩

[@dropbearmoto]

@@girardetcharles2429 absolutely!!! 🤘

[@gaiustacitus4242]

The bolt left protruding is just something to cause extra damage in the event of a crash.

[@dropbearmoto]

@@gaiustacitus4242 it can be further shortened, but any exhaust that deletes the OEM exhaust bracket will leave that bolt and for the weight saving of that bracket, I will risk it! 🤘

[@louv3080]

Nice ... about time someone put a pipe on a new 2025. Too bad you couldn't do a quick drive-off sound clip.

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks! Will put some more shorts up soon with ride off and dB reducer removed! Rain got me this end and off air for a couple of weeks now 🤘

[@dropbearmoto]

I have loaded a new video with dB reducer out. There is a drive off from the bike at the end of that video that came out pretty good!

[@AnonymousBosch3158]

Looks nice too!

[@dropbearmoto]

I agree. Much shorter and thinner than factory one! 🤘

[@p10dc]

"so I got my steel cap boots on"🤣🤣🤣

[@dropbearmoto]

Gotta brighten up the day and why I didn’t film the grinding of the bolt! The internet would have gone to town on my antics! 😂🤘

[@johnnieharris3570]

GREAT VIDEO!!! Mine arrives next week. Did you determine why you weren't able to remove the heat shield?

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks! You will easily find the clamp, but it is not fixed by any screw/hex bolt, must be a tab release kind of deal or maybe even single use clamp, I just could not get access to solve it. Bigger issue is without shortening the bolt and having a stubby hex key, you will need the headers off! I was walking my Indian dealer through all this on Tuesday as they have not had to do them yet!

[@davidallen3406]

Thank you for the vid will u do a short video with the baffle removed

[@dropbearmoto]

I will. Trouble is, we are about to hit the road on a massive trip and I am no chance of getting that done over the next 3 weeks as I am not near the bike, hate to do that to you, but as soon as I do I will comment here!

[@davidallen3406]

@dropbearmoto have a fun safe trip

[@dropbearmoto]

Video live now with dB reducer removed

[@chrisslaton9341]

Want get the shield off they put a crimp band run into that myself last week and makes it easier hex and cut it down half the size

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks for that! 🤘

[@svkilpatrick]

My 2025 Scout Classic arrives next week. Will this work on the Classic as well?? (I thought I saw one next to your 101 in the video)

[@dropbearmoto]

I believe they fit all scouts and come in chrome too which would look awesome on the classic!

[@svkilpatrick]

@@dropbearmoto yep just found them on SSCycles site! The chrome is out of stock right now 😩 hoping it comes back in stock soon. Did yours take long to arrive?

[@dropbearmoto]

@@svkilpatrick mine was out of stock too, set up an email alert and as soon as they came in I ordered. With me like 4 days later! 🤘

[@Bikerbug2020]

S&S sounds much better, wonder if Freedom makes a pipe for it…

[@dropbearmoto]

@@Bikerbug2020 They do now too! Couple of slip ons and a full system!

[@cobras559]

I just ordered this in black for my sport scout limited. Couple questions before I tackle the install if you could please. How much of that bolt did you cut off and what tools were used in doing so? Secondly where did you get the black end cap to put over it? Still happy with this slip on??

[@dropbearmoto]

@@cobras559 I used a metal hacksaw and cleaned it up with a deburring bit. Cannot recall how much but should have taken a little more as was still a bit of positioning to take off. You will see how much extra you have when you get to that part. The black cap came with the slip on from S&S. Enjoy 🤘

[@dropbearmoto]

And am still happy, I will take the dB reducer out this weekend

[@cobras559]

@@dropbearmoto Awesome man, Thank you! You just got another subscriber as well.

[@cobras559]

Does it sound better in person because I don't hear anything that drastic of a change. Also was it hard to get to the bolts to torque. Finally when is the video coming with db reducer off? Thanks.....

[@dropbearmoto]

It is a noticeable difference. The comparison at the end is so much better as sound was on a better mic whereas first fire up was just an iPhone. It is a noticeable difference. Will do dB reducer removal this weekend am back from trip now

[@cobras559]

​@@dropbearmotosounds good, look forward to that video. Just wondering if more exhaust options will be coming in the next couple months. I don't really wanna settle when I know freedom will be doing one eventually and the look of the combat is what I really want I'm thinking

[@dropbearmoto]

dB reducer video posted now. When I listened back it didn’t sound too different but was noticeable so more a mic issue, but go check it out

[@mikemulrooney4824]

Good vid

[@dropbearmoto]

@@mikemulrooney4824 thanks!

[@joebroyles5680]

Did you need to get the ECU flashed when changing the exhaust?

[@dropbearmoto]

Not for just a slip on

[@rsc68er]

That bike isn't available until next month here in Australia, how did you get one?

[@dropbearmoto]

I live in Florida! We placed our order on launch day and this was one of the first! There are a couple of other videos on the buying process! 🤘

[@rsc68er]

@dropbearmoto enjoy it mate. It looks like a great bike. Indian have gone over and above with the new range of Scouts.

[@dropbearmoto]

@@rsc68er absolutely! We will!

[@happsmack]

Do you know how many decibels it is now? Ear plug worthy?

[@dropbearmoto]

do not have a dB meter sorry! Is not that loud though, but nearly home from an epic trip and will remove dB reducer and film another comparison!

[@franklinbittner4683]

Nice 👍

[@dropbearmoto]

Thanks 🤘

[@cobras559]

How did you break the bolts free on the stock bracket, especially the 8mm ones with just an allen key? They are really on there. Tips??

[@dropbearmoto]

@@cobras559 I think I used a shifter with a hex head on one of them. They do come loose 💪

[@cobras559]

@@dropbearmoto not sure what you mean a "shifter"? Lol. My snub 8mm comes tomorrow, hopefully I can use a hammer to wack it to get it loose like I did the big bolt with the crescent wrench

[@dropbearmoto]

@@cobras559 ah yeah that one was brute force on the hex key! Only way to get at it!

[@cobras559]

​@@dropbearmotoso what did you mean by shifter with a hex on the end?

[@dropbearmoto]

@@cobras559 sorry Aussie for a ratchet! It will not get that bolt you need the shorty for tho! Had to just brute force that!

[@richardrenaud8053]

Where did you get your S&S slip on from?

[@dropbearmoto]

@@richardrenaud8053 online from S&S’s website.

[@pb3732]

The new slip on make the engine run rough (backfire)

[@dropbearmoto]

There is some decel for sure, less when riding compared to just revving like a hooligan 😂 but is not rough

[@Hammerfrenzy24]

They do it with the factory pipes, it’s just louder

[@ThreeLAdventures]

What about with the DB killer out ???

[@dropbearmoto]

On my list to do! The install was a quick job before I hit the road! As soon as I get back to the bike, watch this space!

[@dropbearmoto]

Out now and new video posted!

[@ThePeavey23]

Lots of top end noise with that bike , honestly I don’t care for that bike and it’s pointless fender but that’s just me

[@dropbearmoto]

@@ThePeavey23 if I didn’t care for a bike I probably wouldn’t waste my time watching an exhaust install video on it, but I appreciate you tuning in! 😂

[@Maggieismydog]

This exhaust looks nearly identical to the Harley Nightster so…….

[@dropbearmoto]

…..so I would probably buy a Harley one rather then trying to use this

[@jkfsu]

Take the silencer out ffs

[@dropbearmoto]

Oh it will be! Rushed this video out before I could that day!

[@dropbearmoto]

You will be glad to hear removed now and new video posted!

[@SteveCaruana-u9l]

Sounds much better, but still looks ugly

[@dropbearmoto]

@@SteveCaruana-u9l it looks much better than stock. Not much more you can do with a slip on to match header. Only other solve would be a full system! 🤘

[@gp92510]

Still too long for me...

[@dropbearmoto]

@@gp92510 be interesting to see 2:1s when they come out!

[@archerxo1]

Meh

[@dropbearmoto]

IRL it sounds more like bombombombom 😂

[@gomongoose]

Ugliest pipe ever! ... both stock and this one.

[@dropbearmoto]

I think the Druzbha took that title but, hey

[@gomongoose]

@@dropbearmoto - Didn't want to sound harsh in my prev. comment . Too much beer 😆 Someone really needs to use some imagination and come up other than a big long cylinder of an exhaust.

[@user-ml6hf6fp5f]

As stated by Indian/Polaris engineers, the 2in1 style is due to the previous model's exhaust system blocking access to bolts around the rear wheel.