Depends on your definition of good.

Some like Harley mufflers. Some actually like the cheap tinny sounding Jardine.

I like glass pack and extended tips. I run a 12 inch muffler and 29 inch fishtail tip, painted BBQ black because I hate chrome, especially cheap soft Asian chrome (Taiwanese exhaust parts).

Want to set off car alarms? 30-36 inches of chain link fence post cut at a 75 degree slant makes a Savage sound like the rotor thump of an Army UH-1 helicopter. Guaranteed to set off car alarms, rattles store fronts, get you lots of attention from Kojak... And talk about some hellacious backfires...

super trapp is pricey, screaming eagles are pretty freakin loud. Friends can hear me coming from 1/4mi away or more if im revving hard. If you like loud go for a screaming eagle off of a Harley Dyna model. Make sure it has no cross over port. Got mine brand new for $25 off ebay. If you want it to sound "better" but not really loud try to find a stock dyna muffler on ebay. Again...no cross over. Shouldnt be hard to find and wont cost much. Supertrapp is about $400 but has the advantage of being tunable where as with the other options you'll tune your engine/carb to the new exhaust, with the supertrapp you can tune the exhaust to the rest of the engine.

the dyna exhaust i have on has been very good to me, good sound people in cages can hear it an its lighter by FAR than the stocker thats on there... little 7 deg bent tube made a muffler shop for $10 i think and some ultra temp copper rtv for sealant overnight curing and viola i and the bike are mui mui happy..

Jbmoo wrote on 06/21/10 at 12:45:38:


With slight tinkering. I made a shim by cutting the ends off a soda can and folding it over a few times then wrapped shim around the head pipe, slathered the shim with hi-temp rtv, slid the muffler over it and clamped it down. No leaks.

I did not extend the head pipe as some here have done and the muffler now is only connected to the muffler support bracket by one bolt, but its so light compared to the stock cannon that I could probably dispense with the bracket altogether.

* Individual result have, do, and will likely vary.

Anti-reversion cone in the header pipe. Basically a funnel stuck into the engine end of the pipe to give back pulses something to bounce off of.

I didn't use one in mine. Ended up running a JC Whitney 12" universal glasspack, gutted since the glass packing disappears quick fast and in a hurry. Had to weld a stick stopper baffle in the pipe to be legal out here (if a night stick fits fully in the pipe it is illegal). Dropped in a few dollar store pot scrubbers to mellow it out. A bit too quiet right now, but, the scrubbies won't last forever...

Seriously, straight pipes look good and sound mean but you are looking at some serious tickets if you have neighbors, live in town, ride in town, etc. At least put a 3" long baffle in it to calm things down a touch. You'll have your sound, some back pressure, and Kojak can't rape your pipe.

I like my 30" fishtail muffler from JC Whitney. Sounds like a Bell Huey!

Subjective to the riders taste in sound. My SuperTrapp is music to my ears