hey guys, looking for muffler suggestions here.

I have a stock exhaust which had the baffle removed, but still cant see through it.

I also have a stock Sportster muffler which has the H hole that needs to be welded, you also cannot see through it.


Whats the best way of getting a nice loud pipe, using one of the two?

Just say to h@!! with it and buy a Jardine!!   I LOVE my loud!!!

Well... you need a thick, long drill bit. No big science. IMHO It's better to try swapping out both for one you like, just like bouletard suggested.

I had some parts laying around for my '73 Triumph Bonneville 750 so I stole an old muffler from it. It's just a simple muffler that tapers at the end. Has a rail mount like the Dyna so installation was a breeze. I originally had it on backwards because it was easy to mount but I've since done it right.

This muffler weights ALOT less than the stock one and made my bike sound thick, real thumpy, but when I crack the throttle it has a nice high end crackle to it. Almost reminds me of a muscle car but not as deep.

Plus everyone seems to go with HD, I hate HD. I was brainwashed by my father to despise HD my whole life. And it'd be nice to run something not every other guy on this forum is running. The triumph muffler was the right size and a 15min install.

You should try different ones. I had 4 mufflers laying around to try. We pulled off the stock muffler and my brother got a heat glove and while the bike was running we slid each muffler over the pipe to hear it. The long megaphone muffler was the best but mounting it would require serious modifications so I opted for the smaller one. I love the way it sounds, even though I liked the way it sounded stock, the whistling kazoo sound just drives me nuts and seems to plague all stock exhaust.

I say go loud if you want, just be somewhat considerate of others. I think straight pipe might be abit too much. And don't worry about $300 Jardine exhaust and all that, I found a few mufflers pretty easily and they would all fit with some elbow greese or a reducer (except the megaphone).

Here's the biggest thing, Find a shop in your area who has an EGA machine. They can hook your bike up in your new configuration and tell you exactly what mixture and jets you should be running. It's typically around $75 and it will save you a lot of BS. If you don't have a shop that has one, I would think twice about changing the exhaust at all.

You'd think its common but here in a decent sized city of Boise there is only 1 shop that has one. Well, a couple HD shops have them but refuse to hook up Jap bikes. General consensus is they actually don't know how to test the sportbikes so they refuse anything not HD.

I have to agree when you guys say straight pipe is TOO loud.

I ran just the header, sounds awesome, but left my ears ringing after a good throttle snap. I just want something nice a loud, gets noticed, but nothing too ignorant.

So far, a buddy took a long flathead and smashed out the wall in the Sporty pipe. its now see through, with the center smash-out being about slightly smaller then the Canadian quarter coin.

Cant wait to see how she sounds!