Need straight answers on baffle drilling!
Road Captain
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 741
Likes: 1
From: New England
I bought a softail CVO exhaust system for my Brossbones on Ebay for $100 delivered. I proceeded to punch out the baffle plate (used a piece of rebar and just whaled away at it till it punched through (3-1/2" holes per muffler). Then I wrapped the pipes, painted them black and mounted them. No change in performance, looked black (duh), and sounded slightly better. My recommendation.... don't bother.
Seasoned HDF Member
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 38,614
Likes: 6,439
From: Honah Lee
Here is the key and since I do not know exactly what the baffles on your xb is you need to check. However my exhaust was a brand new $40 take off from an 08 NightTrain. The key is $ and noise. I had a Python and even with the quite baffles it was too loud and lacked bottom end and I rarely exceed 3500rpm. The new at the time takeoff was just too quite. On my bike there is only one plate in the baffle system so you must think small since just knocking it out sounds like crap and you loose your bottom end power. I got a 1/4 x 12" long twist drill from Home Depot. I had planned on two 1/4 ones since I had done it on a 1100 Yamaha. The Yamaha had two baffle system with two stop plates unlike the Harley and I only drilled one from the inside. One the Harley one 1/4 was all it took. Not two much louder at cruse but lot more raspy cam sound at 1000 rpm. Its real easy to add a couple more but one is all it took.
Last edited by Jackie Paper; Sep 14, 2018 at 10:28 AM.
Thread Starter
|
Tourer
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 268
Likes: 3
From: Sydney NS Canada
I bought a softail CVO exhaust system for my Brossbones on Ebay for $100 delivered. I proceeded to punch out the baffle plate (used a piece of rebar and just whaled away at it till it punched through (3-1/2" holes per muffler). Then I wrapped the pipes, painted them black and mounted them. No change in performance, looked black (duh), and sounded slightly better. My recommendation.... don't bother.
Club Member
Joined: May 2007
Posts: 145,895
Likes: 821
From: 40 miles Northeast of Indy..
I've heard two bikes that the guys drilled them out... IMO not a good sound..
I'd compare it to a Volkswagen farting...
I'd compare it to a Volkswagen farting...
Last edited by oct1949; May 5, 2011 at 12:00 AM. Reason: added
Ultimate HDF Member
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 5,615
Likes: 9
From: Escondido, CA
My son did it to his 07 Wide Glide. It sounded kind of hollow. Not a real harley sound. He then put on a set of Rush pipes, 2", and realized how much low end power he'd lost. Get a set of pipes.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
