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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #30 - 01/06/17 at 11:23:39 This is the connection with the bumps ground off
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #31 - 01/06/17 at 13:06:53 Just my opinion, turn the clamp so that the bolt is pointed down for a cleaner look.
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IslandRoad Serious Thumper Offline It doesn't vibrate, it purrs! Posts: 1147 The Kiewa Valley, Australia Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #32 - 01/06/17 at 13:56:35 Haha, it's been driving me crazy since I fitted it. I had so much hassle getting it installed so I haven't been game to loosen it off to turn it ... but I think I'm gonna have to Kris01 wrote on 01/06/17 at 13:06:53: Just my opinion, turn the clamp so that the bolt is pointed down for a cleaner look.
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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #33 - 01/06/17 at 14:32:53 LOL! I know that feeling! You're so proud of yourself that you got it done and it doesn't leak so now you want to step back and admire your work, not redo it!
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Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter
Reply #34 - 01/06/17 at 17:40:33

@IslandRoad, mind => blown. First I have to thank you for these invaluable photos. This should be retitled the Dyna gotcha thread.

I'm most surprised by the 3 step down pipes coming out of the header, who knew? Plus how come no one else has mentioned these bumps before, I guess they aren't on every Dyna but someone must have come across it.

I think I'll prepare all this info and let the muffler people think about it. Right now I'm thinking about having the muffler welded in place. It's welded in place on my GS500 and I found no problem getting the entire muffler and header off that, so I don't really see any urgent need to keep this removable. It's not like I'm going to want to change out the mufflers anytime during the next 10 years.

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Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter
Reply #35 - 01/06/17 at 18:02:48

Your welcome

The bumps in the Dyna have been mentioned here somewhere. I can't remember which thread. I think they don't all have them, but I could be wrong.

As for getting the exhaust off later, it all comes off easily when fully assembled. You just need to take off the heat shield near the right foot peg. The bolts go right through to the other side of the bike so you have to hold the other side with a spanner. Be careful doing that, even if you only idled the bike for a couple minutes to test it, because you could burn your arm on the header when you reach around ... dont ask me how I know!

Welding was gonna be my next option if I didn't get it to work. All seems good now. I burned some incense and let the smoke waft around the join to check for leaks ( another tip from another user on here). Couldn't find any ☺

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #36 - 01/06/17 at 18:16:56 IslandRoad wrote on 01/06/17 at 18:02:48: I burned some incense and let the smoke waft around the join to check for leaks ( another tip from another user on here). Couldn't find any ☺ You can also just wave a candle/match/lighter around the joint to see if a leak moves the flame.
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Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter
Reply #37 - 01/06/17 at 18:21:08

@IR, I meant getting it all off in one piece if it's welded. Someone in another thread welded it, which seemed like a good idea but then it seems that most people warned against that, but I don't really know why. I'm most concerned that say the bike falls over and bumps the muffler or gets knocked on a trip and then there's a leak, that would truly be a PITA, especially as it's not my bike, it's the gf's.

@Kris, I don't think the incense was for the leak, it was to smooth the way for the muffler gods.

I have a feeling that IslandRoad has ruined my Dyna muffler initiation where whoever does this mod must discover for themselves the minor irritations, it's like unless you've overcome some obstacles you haven't really earned it ;¬)

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Kris01 Serious Thumper Offline Eat, sleep, RIDE! Posts: 3767 Tennessee Gender:	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #38 - 01/06/17 at 20:20:46 eau de sauvage wrote on 01/06/17 at 18:21:08: @Kris, I don't think the incense was for the leak, it was to smooth the way for the muffler gods. Couldn't hurt!
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MShipley Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 681	Re: Alternative to angled Dyna muffler adapter Reply #39 - 01/09/17 at 09:01:40 It looks great
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