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The sound of silence

 

Loving the bike so far and pretty happy with the modifications it came with.?
One thing is bugging me though- it is so quiet.?

I like the look of the original mufflers but the silence is killing me. Anyone recently removed the baffles from their bike??
 

Fit POSH mufflers from Webike a Japanese company, best to upgrade the carbs with 2 shims on the needles, a jet size up on the pilot with 2 turns out on the air mix screw, and main jet up from 118 to 125? and fit pods on the carb intakes, though you will have to re enforce the holding on the carbs and electronic holding brace, if airbox is discarded. The bike will then sound and go like a late sixties Bonneville, you will have a couple of extra horsepower and torque.?

Den tors. 16. jan. 2025 kl. 12.34 skrev Mark via <Diegoplaysgrunge=[email protected]>:

Loving the bike so far and pretty happy with the modifications it came with.?
One thing is bugging me though- it is so quiet.?

I like the look of the original mufflers but the silence is killing me. Anyone recently removed the baffles from their bike??
 

I have a 2001. I drilled out the baffle holes to 7/32. Used a 12" drill bit extension, super glued in the drill bit. Bike is slightly louder, but perfectly fine. Idle was affected a touch
 

Good work. If you haven't already pulled the fresh air injection?system that also made my 2001 sound better. And fewer backfires.?


On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 6:19?PM Tom Marckese via <tmarckesejr=[email protected]> wrote:
I have a 2001. I drilled out the baffle holes to 7/32. Used a 12" drill bit extension, super glued in the drill bit. Bike is slightly louder, but perfectly fine. Idle was affected a touch
 

One of my fresh air system hoses split..and yes,? it girggled and backfired really cool...but I fixed it...lol


On Thu, Jan 16, 2025, 10:49?AM Sal Emma via <bikewriter=[email protected]> wrote:
Good work. If you haven't already pulled the fresh air injection?system that also made my 2001 sound better. And fewer backfires.?

On Wed, Jan 15, 2025 at 6:19?PM Tom Marckese via <tmarckesejr=[email protected]> wrote:
I have a 2001. I drilled out the baffle holes to 7/32. Used a 12" drill bit extension, super glued in the drill bit. Bike is slightly louder, but perfectly fine. Idle was affected a touch
 

Harbor Freight (aka Hazard Fraught) has a set of "use once" 25" long drill bits for $15. I drilled a hole as far as I could get into the center of the mufflers and now it makes a nice burbling sound that isn't loud enough to be obnoxious.
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https://www.harborfreight.com/14-in-716-in-58-in-x-25-in-long-wood-drill-bit-set-3-piece-70927.html
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I used to say that I wanted louder pipes but my old buddy Bill would always say "Well you haven't ridden behind you, you don't need anything louder."
 

I have had loud pipes and like them. It looks like my W650 is debaffled but still quiet.?
 

Amen. I leave the loud pipes to Harley Riders.

On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 10:35?PM J Bender via <johnbender32=[email protected]> wrote:
I used to say that I wanted louder pipes but my old buddy Bill would always say "Well you haven't ridden behind you, you don't need anything louder."
 

Kia Ora mark,?
Are your pipes original? Headers and mufflers one integrated unit?
You probably know that they are actually a pipe inside a pipe right??
Mine came unstuck at some point, I had to cut the mufflers off to be able to reweld the inner pipe to the outer pipe (it was rattling around inside)
Anyways, I'm saying this because after that happened, I have been free to try out all different kinds of mufflers on the bike (slip on cans) to get the right sound (and look)
Now I have cans for when I'm blapping around my local area,(real loud) cans for when I'm on tour, and something in between! ?
It's been a lot of experimenting.?
Theres some interesting stainless units getting made in Thailand, they look the business, and sound good too. Probably too loud to be legal, but I guess it depends where you live!?
I haven't tried them, I have been asking around this forum before, but apparantly no one on here has ever installed them. Beats me.?
 

 

yeah those are original
its impossible to say if those pipes have been molested, but my guess is not.
thats what the end of the mufflers look like with the baffles intact.?
you would have to get deep in there to see. it requires a long drill bit.
i cut mine off at the join, welded the inner to the outer pipe, and have a set of slip ons that are identical to the?
original mufflers, but good and loud!?
i can? put the original ones on if i want a quiet ride, or a set of short sporty ones when i go offroad.?
it only takes minutes to swap out the end cans.?
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