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Message started by Josh C on 08/08/12 at 19:58:06

Title: Dyna muffler on and I love it.
Post by Josh C on 08/08/12 at 19:58:06

But I got a coupla' questions.

How close can the heat shield by the footpeg be to the header pipe? Currently where everything ended up I can see about a 5mm gap at the closest point. Obviously don't wanna melt my foot off.

How many turns out on the idle mixture screw before I risk losing it? Currently 2.5 turns out and I'm getting NO BACKFIRES outta this harley muffler, stock jets, which surprised me.

How much leakage is acceptable? I tightened the header bolts back in enough so there's no leaking but I can feel a little air around the muffler/header joint. I used one layer of tin can to shim, may go back and use a second. I'm getting NO backfires and a little but not much loss of torque, sorta what I expected from this slightly freer flowing muffler. Any reason to fix this?

Also, just to vent, I got everything back on and realized that I forgot to get off all the rust in the impossible to reach spots on my header pipe. :(

Thanks for the help!
Josh

PS - for anyone considering this: sound is about the same volume but deeper and doesn't sound as much like little puffs - exactly what I was looking for.

Title: Re: Dyna muffler on and I love it.
Post by Josh C on 08/08/12 at 20:01:21

also, forgot to mention, today I was in a turn lane and an attractive woman in an SUV stopped in the middle of the road to tell me I had a beautiful bike. My response, "This?". Then she had to keep moving. darn I'm lame, but that really caught me off guard, as I don't get that often and didn't really expect to with this bike.

Title: Re: Dyna muffler on and I love it.
Post by ToesNose on 08/09/12 at 04:22:03

I guess she wasn't Harly a snob :D
I think the LS650's are nice looking bikes stock, especially the cool looking big single ;)

Title: Re: Dyna muffler on and I love it.
Post by ZAR on 08/09/12 at 07:12:28

Josh while you don't get that attention every day do expect it often. And it's often the ladies like you met you get it from. I think it's partly due to the size of the bike,plus the big thumper engine....it's not another H-D knock-off and they like that! That makes us Savage riders 8-) unique and not part of the herd!

Title: Re: Dyna muffler on and I love it.
Post by Mr.Orange on 08/09/12 at 16:17:34

amen Zar