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Title: baffle installation Post by Jimmer on 03/21/10 at 17:52:30 Can someone explain to me where to install a baffle in a straight pipe. I purchased a chrome pipe that fits the header exactly. It is really to loud for me and I want to install a baffle, but I'm not sure where to locate the baffle in the pipe. Thanks for your help and suggestions in advance. Jimmer |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Serowbot on 03/21/10 at 22:52:34 Don't know why,.. but they always seem to go near the end... For cosmetic reasons,... maybe an inch in from the end... It might have to do with not wanting to recreate a pulse wave at the end of the pipe... Just my thoughts,... and also to give you a bump, since there have been no other responses yet... ;) |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Jimmer on 03/22/10 at 07:13:51 Thanks Serowbot that's what I thought. Anyone else have a ideas, spit them out. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Moofed on 03/22/10 at 07:45:46 |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by prechermike on 03/22/10 at 07:55:15 I am BAFFELED by the whole thing! ;D Sorry, couldn't resist! |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Jimmer on 03/22/10 at 08:20:54 preachermike Nice to see there is humor in everyday things, Quite catching. Take care and ride safe. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Charon on 03/22/10 at 08:33:40 As far as performance, a straight pipe works really well at only one engine speed. Adding a baffle will probably change that speed. The only thing a straight pipe has going for it, on the street, is its look. For street use a straight pipe is perhaps your worst choice. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by bill67 on 03/22/10 at 08:42:23 A tuned muffler will give you a wide power band. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Charon on 03/22/10 at 08:46:54 "Tuned muffler" and "wide power band" are mutually exclusive. "Tuned muffler" implies that it is tuned for one specific speed. "Wide power band" implies that it is essentially untuned, or in electronic terms broadband and will work reasonably well over a wide range of speeds. "Tuned" is what you want for racing; "Wide power band" is what you want for the street. Sorry, Bill. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by bill67 on 03/22/10 at 08:50:16 A tuned muffler can be tuned for a wide power band. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by LANCER on 03/22/10 at 09:04:34 795B5B525150340 wrote:
My son and I just picked up Diamond Jim's (Russ) bike this weekend. This was my sons purchase. 2006 S40 with just 2300+ miles. Looks and runs better than a brand new stock bike. Dyno test confirmed 33 hp with 36 lb torque. It is a strickingly beautiful bike and for my taste is THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SAVAGE or S40 I have ever seen. The lines of the bike flow like a piece of art and is exceptional in its look of simplicity. Every mod done is with virtual perfection; totally professional quality. It does have a straight pipe but it is a bit longer than most which adds volume to the pipe (ie muffler volume) and it also has a baffle in the end of the pipe. The baffle design chosen was done so after numerous tests for the right sound and performance. I do not know the exact form of the baffle but I am sure he would be happy to bring it up for folks to see. The sound of the exhaust is just right. It is low, mellow and strong without any harshness at all. It does not backfire, hesitate or surge. Jetting/tuning are spot on. This was the first time Jim and I met face to face but we have known each other here for a couple years at least I believe. You can not meet a nicer guy. He was most gracious and generous with assorted parts not on the bike or even from a LS650...just extra stuff. We had a great visit with him while loading the bike, maybe 2-3 hours is all we had, but it was time well spent. Thank you Russ. My son is in his garage today with Mcguires polish/wax & chrome cleaner to clean it up from the torrential rain we went through on the way home last night. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by justin_o_guy2 on 03/22/10 at 09:05:58 Wouldnt it be cool to be able to put a baffle in that could be moved in & out? Or maybe 3 or 4 baffles, each on its own axle, able to rotate each to be across the diameter or in line w/ the pipe or any setting in between.. Ohhhh I can see it now! The Supertrapp is "tunable" in that the number of baffles can be changed, making it more or less resistive to air flow, making it tunable/easily matched to jetting. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by RidgeRunner13 on 03/22/10 at 10:40:05 When I was 14 & had my Honda 90, I swiped one of the vauum cleaner extentions. Back then they were chrome steel pipes & the perfect size for a straight pipe for my bike. Since I had to be able to ride it in a resticted community, I installed a moveable baffle called a "Snuff or Not". It looked like a lolli-pop, a large washer with a flat stem. You installed it by drilling one hole for the stem, then you put on a flat square 'washer' with a slot for the stem & the corners bent down to index it to the pipe. Then a spring & knob held by a captive pin. With a simple twist you went from baffled to straight. Simple & worked great. No reason you couldn't put more than one in a pipe if you needed to. 8-) If I ran a straight pipe I would use this now. ;D |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Jimmer on 03/22/10 at 11:04:52 Lancer Are you saying the baffle is in the discharge end of the pipe not on the header end. |
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Title: Re: baffle installation Post by Moofed on 03/22/10 at 12:02:29 This (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1245646758/0#0) is probably what Lancer is talking about. I was thinking of this other (http://suzukisavage.com/cgi-bin/YaBB.pl?num=1238173732/18#18) exhaust. Apparently it makes for nice sound. |
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