On the street thats debateable, but off-road loud for the sake of being loud is stupidity.
I also ride a Harley VRSC, ride every day. Stock pipes with the EFI tweaked richer(proper mixture). Fairly quiet and very fast. In fact, MUCH faster than any obnoxiously loud drag pipe equipped air cooled HD or clone that is all to common. On the street, loud draws bad attention(cops), causes fatigue, and usually costs power and run quality unless the bike is retuned properly. An HID headlight, modulator, and/or additional driving lights are more effective at gaining attention.
Off road, loud is worse. If you truly love to ride, and you've ridden for awhile and saw all the land lost over the years you would never say that.
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