Exhaust Baffles

[ff36buell]

After finishing my exhaust last week, Ive ridden the bike and realized its ungodly loud. Though I passed a bunch of cops, getting not even a second look from most and even a thumbs up from a few, I decided it was a good idea to quiet it down a bit. Looking for any suggestions/ideas/sarcastic remarks on how to quiet down what I have.

[OreoGaborio]

cut in half to make two. (Or wait till I find a second one)
cut lengthwise.
make it skinnier to fit in 2.25 pipe instead of 2.5.
test fit & mod as necessary.
tack weld inside midpipe upstream of the muffler.
???
profit

If we can't find a second one & we cut this one in half then they won't be exactly alike since it's not symmetrical, but we can fix that... or it should do the trick as is.

[ff36buell]

yea yea yea.... just wondering if anyone had any OTHER suggestions... We will probably end up doing that though Pete.

[spicy]

[richw]

Make 2 sheet metal end caps with the hole about the same size as the header pipe or slightly smaller.

I am sure it would be easy to make them attach with a removeable screw and tab

[Jim]

get an I4 bike

[OreoGaborio]

get an I4 bike

Loud twin beats loud I4 ANY day!



Anyway, back on topic....

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/6PU37

Something like that bolted inside the tips would work, no?

[Sheppo]

some thing like this. Insert it so you can remove it with a set screw. I am sure you and Tim can come up with somthing. Wrapping Fiberglass around the silencer helps too.

[Sheppo]

or like this

[akira700]

Get this stuff and repack it. Did wonders for me.

http://www.areapnolimits.com/silentsport.html

http://www.allthingsmoto.com/store/i...b958bd9d97e682

[OreoGaborio]

Ya can't re-pack what was never packed in the first place and it's not like we can open it up easily as it's all welded shut.

[KB]

I would really suggest you use something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrE0h...eature=related

KB

[akira700]

Ya can't re-pack what was never packed in the first place and it's not like we can open it up easily as it's all welded shut.

oops didn't look carefully enough at the first sentence.
ADHD, you know makes it hard to go beyond the picture
and the headline!

[TimD]

We could possibly pack the muffler, but I'm not sure it would quiet it down that much. It was completely open from the factory.

[Pittenger5]

I would really suggest you use something like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrE0h...eature=related

KB

I fucking hate you. I was gonna post that. Thats it and thats all.

[OreoGaborio]

We could possibly pack the muffler, but I'm not sure it would quiet it down that much. It was completely open from the factory.

Tim, I can get a second one of those baffles like I posted above for the cost of shipping... unfortunately it's made to fit inside a 2.5" diameter pipe so we'd have to narrow it down to get inside the mid-pipe.

Shouldn't be too hard though, right? The only trick would be getting the mid-pipe back to its original length so it still mounts up to the bike okay.

I'm gonna drop off the one that i have with Nick tomorrow.

[TimD]

Whats it look like from an end view, is there a conical baffle or anything?

[OreoGaborio]

slightly conical, yes.

[KB]

I fucking hate you. I was gonna post that. Thats it and thats all.

Bub rub yo...........Wooooooo Wooooo

KB

[TimD]

Should be easy enough to chop, and reweld... the question is will it actually make it significantly quieter.