my loud pipes

 

i hate the fact of that south park episode being related here ... and
i'm cursing myself for replying to it ;p

i have a brand new (2010) bike, 1694cc,  and it sounds like a sewing
machine

there are several options to gain what you will flame me for, and i'd
like to run through them so that anyone willing to offer helpful
opinions can do so - and the challenge, for me, is trying to present
this suite of options such that anyone who has up-till-now been
reading along and thinking "fuck off for wanting your pipes louder!"
will not be able to simply spew such a line

i'm running supertrapp mufflers with fishtails - the fishtails are
staying - and the 2010 has a cat in the header but i'll be drilling
that out just for my own reasons


option 1: drilling a 1/2" hole in the plate nearest the tip of my
muffler
a website i trust very much, http://motorcycleinfo.calsci.com/Horsepower.html ,
suggests such a measure ... i'll gain performance and sound! yay! it's
free!

option 2: drilling several 1/4" holes in that plate
i'll get more noise and more performance! too many holes = lots of
noise, less/worse performance

option 3: remove that plate, take out the baffle, put plate back on
(or not)
loud as shit! will probably hurt the engine - but can always put it
back in, and it might be fun to be that asshole (j/k j/k)

option 4: remove that plate, SWAP the baffle
do i want to spend $100 on a baffle? kerker, mikuni ... gain noise and
performance though ... should definitely be an option, but i don't
like that i just bought new mufflers and would be laying out more
money (i'm supposed to be buying a new seat and/or a tuner to make up
for drilling out the cat)

option 5: something you suggest

option 6: do  nothing
(see? you can always say "option 6!" instead of telling me to FOAD)


i have my stock mufflers still, so no matter what i can always pop
them back on to remedy a fix-it-ticket

on a side note - the dealer tossed the supertrapp's on for me and gave
me a box with the OEM's, but the OEM's have rust on the tips so i'm
doubtful they're mine ... i don't like that, i think they've pulled a
fast one ...



so there we are, anyone have any constructive help?  i'm bugged by the
fact that the supertrapps are the same volume and quality as stock,
and i'm going to do something, i just don't want to get an awful noise
or damage anything



-c

 

c wrote:

Option 5 ... Cut the muffler open , remove baffles . Drill holes in baffles
larger . Re-install baffles , with fiberglass packing or without , your
choice . I used some in mine ... Weld muffler back together . Rechrome ,
ceramic coating , or just let it rust like I did .

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

 



Option six: buy a pair of scissors and also use them to snip posts ;-)


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chateau dot murray at idnet dot com

 

The Older Gentleman wrote:

Who died and made you NetCop ?

  In the days of primarily dial-up , snipping to save bandwidth was pretty
much required in order to be able to download messages in a timely fashion .
I suspect most of us are on either DSL or cable these days , and that's not
such a big deal any more .
  Suck it up and go on , or just ignore my replies and posts .

--
Snag
"90 FLHTCU "Strider"
'39 WLDD "PopCycle"
BS 132/SENS/DOF

 

Snag wrote:

You could snip signatures, too.

It's not about the bandwidth consumed on the interweb.  It's about
making your posts easily readable.  We don't need to see all the
quoted text that's been copied and re-copied 45 times, just the
relevant part(s) you're replying to.