V-Twin FTW

[Adeptus_Minor]

It's shaping up to be pretty interesting.

[tommymac]

whats the plan for the subframe/rear. going to chop it off?

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by tommymac

whats the plan for the subframe/rear. going to chop it off?

Already chopped off... I'm going to make a little fiberglass tail section... very small and subtle... I mocked something up quick with some cardboard, but apparently I didn't take pictures like I thought I did... looked like shit anyway, but it gave me some ideas...

[tommymac]

Nice, it can accentuate the exhaust that way, cans wont be burried among the rear of the bike otherwise

[OneSickPsycho]

Originally Posted by tommymac

Nice, it can accentuate the exhaust that way, cans wont be burried among the rear of the bike otherwise

Cans won't be a part of the bike... slashcutting the exhaust right at the flanges...

Are you missing my pictures?

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Cans won't be a part of the bike... slashcutting the exhaust right at the flanges...

Are you missing my pictures?

saw the pics, missed the part on cutting the pipes. thats going to be loud

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by tommymac

saw the pics, missed the part on cutting the pipes. thats going to be loud

Loud doesn't even begin to describe it.
I ran my TLR briefly with the cans off when I was going from stock exhaust to the M4's and woke up everyone in the apartment building surrounding the garage where we were doing the work.


...yeah, it was like 1am.... what of it?

[tommymac]

Originally Posted by Adeptus_Minor

Loud doesn't even begin to describe it.
I ran my TLR briefly with the cans off when I was going from stock exhaust to the M4's and woke up everyone in the apartment building surrounding the garage where we were doing the work.


...yeah, it was like 1am.... what of it?

A guy at a local shop ran his without the headers, I probably have permenant hearing damage after that

[OneSickPsycho]

Yeah, I've scoped out a couple of guys who have stock pipes to sell me if I hate it... going to baffle it with an 8" wrapped insert... hopefully it's manageable... Honestly, I can't imagine it would be THAT much worse than with the Yosh's on there...

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by tommymac

A guy at a local shop ran his without the headers, I probably have permenant hearing damage after that

I....did that too. And yes.
I think everyone should experience that at least once (being around an engine run without headers) if only to reinforce the concept that "internal combustion" doesn't mean there's a little fire in there... it's little EXPLOSIONS!

Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

Honestly, I can't imagine it would be THAT much worse than with the Yosh's on there...

It's less about volume and more about the kind of loud that it is.
A baffle or two should tame it enough to be bearable, but your neighbors are still going to hate you.