Now Here I Go Thinking Again
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Now Here I Go Thinking Again
Now here I go, thinking again, I got some 2015 slip ons on the way, so no harm no foul.. I also have a set of some TC 88 stock mufflers and I'm thinking about shooting the freeze plugs out of the middle of them with my 50 cal muzzle loader, and or my 44 mag just to see what they will sound like before I throw them in the scrap bin. I knocked the freeze plugs out of my 2000 Dyna Wide glide with a broom stick and It sounded real good, but now Harley welds the freeze plugs in real good so they will have to be shot through multiple times. Has any body ever done anything like this to touring mufflers before, and if they did how did they sound?
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Now here I go, thinking again, I got some 2015 slip ons on the way, so no harm no foul.. I also have a set of some TC 88 stock mufflers and I'm thinking about shooting the freeze plugs out of the middle of them with my 50 cal muzzle loader, and or my 44 mag just to see what they will sound like before I throw them in the scrap bin. I knocked the freeze plugs out of my 2000 Dyna Wide glide with a broom stick and It sounded real good, but now Harley welds the freeze plugs in real good so they will have to be shot through multiple times. Has any body ever done anything like this to touring mufflers before, and if they did how did they sound?
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well you are right a 44 mag will let me shoot six times, and I wont have to clean up a dirty muzzle.
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Your in Texas, you have no clue what a "freeze plug" even looks like, or what it's there for.
So if you want to actually talk about what you want to do,, use english.
Other wise your just another lame clueless troll trying to be smart.
So if you want to actually talk about what you want to do,, use english.
Other wise your just another lame clueless troll trying to be smart.
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Well freeze plugs is what we always called them round things in the side of an old cast iron v8 engine block. I guess if the truth be known they were just there to plug the casting holes in the block after the sand was poured out. However holes would rust in then plugs and water and coolant would leak out, and the mechanic would say "you had a freeze plug rust out." That is about the extent of my freeze plug knowledge.
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Well you got a point, however life is a gamble, even more, when we throw a leg over a motorcycle. If I cant find a way to do it safely then I wont do it at all. One time I welded a drill bit to a 1/4 inch pipe and drilled a hole into a place I couldn't reach and I guess I could do it again, but it wouldn't be much fun.
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I have done that on all of the pre cat mufflers. Only I use a Johnson bar(for chipping ice on the driveway) with a point on one end. Set the muffler upright on a piece of 2x6 and slam the bar down into it. It will flatten the plug flush against the inner tube.
Started doing that in 07 and have done it on Softails, Dyna, Sportsters and Touring.
Yields a sound very similar to SE Slip ons. Lower tone but not obnoxious and of course less back pressure. When I set up a tuner I identify the mufflers as high flow and it has worked on every bike.
Saves a ton of money per bike. I have done at least 12 sets so far. No cost at all other than 10 minutes of time. DIY = priceless.
The shooting method seems more fun than my way. In 1978 I did shoot up the cat in our new Cordoba. Car cats were ceramic and I used a 22 Walther in the garage. No other items/individuals/pets were harmed. It worked!
Started doing that in 07 and have done it on Softails, Dyna, Sportsters and Touring.
Yields a sound very similar to SE Slip ons. Lower tone but not obnoxious and of course less back pressure. When I set up a tuner I identify the mufflers as high flow and it has worked on every bike.
Saves a ton of money per bike. I have done at least 12 sets so far. No cost at all other than 10 minutes of time. DIY = priceless.
The shooting method seems more fun than my way. In 1978 I did shoot up the cat in our new Cordoba. Car cats were ceramic and I used a 22 Walther in the garage. No other items/individuals/pets were harmed. It worked!
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