Everybody that hears one always mentions the sound. Its a four stroke 2cyl, so its firing 1/2 as much as an SXR and this 1/2 the pitch. The exhaust is virtually straight out the back with some baffeling and is definitely louder than the SXR.
It has a hydraulic drop nozzle out of the box. You could really drop the nose before a wave, but its got plenty of umph and hookup with the 12 vein so you dont need to do it.