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Title: Hate my new muffler... Post by WD on 06/16/14 at 20:13:34 Sounds like a racing Evinrude. Or a riding mower with a rusted out muffler/spark arrestor. It's loud, and it is in dire need of a head pipe to extension gasket, gunshot pop with every upshift unless I really get on the throttle hard. >:( But the gains, oh the gains... Sam would not clear 66mph without a massive fight when the stock muffler was in place. Went wide open on the way home last night, was pushing 90mph and climbing when I backed out of the throttle. Instant throttle response. No more stumbling, no more hesitating, no choke necessary... and it looks killer, stepped up pipe and a slash cut 3" diameter muffler, very track looking circa the late 1960s or early 1970s. Kept me from getting run over in a parking lot today going to lunch. The woman in the S.U.V. must have heard me bark the throttle, because she stopped and was quivering... And it used 1 quart less fuel on my commute. Just under 48mpg, it had been pulling down around 41 mpg, which is pathetic until the big windscreen, bags and my 6'2"+ self is added into the mix. I come home after midnight. Riding behind Doug on his Vance and Hines Straight Shot equipped 1500 Drifter today, I could not hear him. Lisa can hear me heading to the house from close to a mile away... not cool. Pokey with the 29 inch extension after the muffler is fairly mellow, Sam on the other hand could give a crashing Chinook helicopter a run for its money. Better lines, more power, better fuel economy... Or wake up the entire northeast and southeast corners of 2 counties every work night... :-/ |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by Serowbot on 06/16/14 at 23:13:20 Gee, WD... it's doin' so good... other than the sound... I think you just need a louder radio... ;D... |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by gizzo on 06/17/14 at 04:00:43 or a helmet? :D |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by Pine on 06/17/14 at 06:58:51 I was able to do 82 once, (on that bike). I am rather looking at going the other way on this Vstar. Even with metal "innards" ( no packing)... the drone is just too loud. |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by WD on 06/17/14 at 07:10:19 746E6A686957667573756E636062070 wrote:
Sounds alright, not good just alright, with a 3/4 shell. But with mid 90s temps, even a half shell is a pressure cooker. Going to run it until my next day off, try and find a proper tractor trailer style exhaust band clamp, and try to get some packing into the unit and mellow the tone a bit. I don't mind a bit of a sound increase, but this thing sets off car alarms and causes livestock stampedes. |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by verslagen1 on 06/17/14 at 07:33:35 142D2A21302B36440 wrote:
maybe you two should swap mufflers... stock vstar for stock savage. |
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Title: Re: Hate my new muffler... Post by pgambr on 06/17/14 at 08:42:51 What kind of muffler and jets are you using? |
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