Drilling out my baffles tomorrow to put in BCTs, any tips/advice?
Road Warrior
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The baffles on the Street Bob and Fat Bob are held in by three rivets. Just drill out the rivets and then use a broom handle to knock the baffles out. With a couple taps they come right out. They are not press-fit in like on the Screamin' Eagle street legal muffs where you have to practically destroy them to get them out.
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Cruiser
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The baffles on the Street Bob and Fat Bob are held in by three rivets. Just drill out the rivets and then use a broom handle to knock the baffles out. With a couple taps they come right out. They are not press-fit in like on the Screamin' Eagle street legal muffs where you have to practically destroy them to get them out.
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Ok sorry!! I forgot to mention the rivets!! I guess bashing was to harsh of a word for some people!! Bash smartly to draw a better picture for the special apes! MAD you used the right word, "poke." Sometimes even with the rivets the baffles may still be stuck in there. If you aren't stupid about it and hitting the baffles like you're trying to kill it you won't wrinkle the chrome. Make sure you have a piece of wood and under it with a towel. This is what I've done for stockers and for the V&H slips on to get the quite baffles out. For the V&H I took a broom stick and had to hit it pretty hard and they are still shinny and not wrinkled.
Road Warrior
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Really? It's just those rivets at the end of the pipe holding it in and not a weld? If so, that makes my life easier. Drill out the rivets, and boom. I CANT WAIT - I hate the way my bike sounds (way too quiet!) hurry up work and be over so I can go home and get modding!!!
(Also, the mufflers have to be off the bike.)
Road Captain
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Besides making your bike sound like schitt, do you know what that will do to your power? Your bike was tuned with back pressure, changing that and you will lose power plus gas milage. Harley's aren't known for a bunch of power anyway.
Road Master
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I would not take out the baffles and just leave the pipes "open." You need some back pressure. Replacing your stock baffles with BCT's would give you the sound you want and not hurt the performance much, if any.
Road Warrior
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He said he was putting BCT "header" baffles in, so he has to take out the stock baffles.
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Road Master
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"I'll do some before and after vids and get them on YouTube. I'm just going to remove the stock baffle entirely; I want some volume!!!"
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Cruiser
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I was never planning on running open pipes; perhaps my wording was too ambiguous. The stock baffles are being gutted out and I'm putting in the BCT Thunder Monsters in the head-pipes.