Though the pipes exit below your ear, they are pointed out so at cruise it is about the same as the wind noise. When you get on it is another story. There is only so much you can do on the short pipes. They are stepped from 1 5/8" to 1 7/8" headers into a collector into a 4" pipe with the muffler and the motor sits behind the center line of the front wheels and the exhaust outlet is in front of the rear wheels. It has a 90" wheelbase. It is louder than some of the mild builds but not as bad as some of the wilder ones.