So being that the Can-Am Maverick was a fairly quiet vehicle to begin with we decided to put our New Suppression Inserts to the test. We got a louder vehicle…the Arctic Cat Wildcat 1000. We all know that the loudest Side x Side on the market is the RZR 900 but we didn’t happen to have one of those laying around for testing so we figured the Wildcat would do. When we did the first test we knew we broke the 100 Db mark with our Full Stage IV exhaust system. It had quite a bit of rumble to it (which I like in my opinion) but its not for everyone.
Test #1
SAE J2825 Standards states that any OHV or Motorcycle should comply with the decibel standards of 96 Db or less. In order to get this reading (accurately) you will need to test in a dirt field away from roads, freeways etc. Well we did just that. It also states in the revised standard that you must be 20 inches away from the tip of the exhaust (not 4 feet like the old standard) while standing at a 45 degree angle. Compared to the old standard of 4 ft we figured there was no way we could engineer an insert that would comply with the new 20 in standard…well we did. Our initial test with no inserts we got a loud 102.6 Db reading which is extremely far off from the standard.
Test #2
Well we know our exhaust is obviously a bit on the loud side so we put our new Suppression Insert inside and bam… less noise. We dropped 7.2 Db down to a quiet 95.4 Db. Right under SAE Standards. Don’t believe us watch the Suppression Inserts in action below.














