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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 09:51 PM
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so, I'm cheap.... I just got a 883 iron, and my buddy gave me his stock exhaust from his sporty.. if I remove the baffles is it gonna screw the whole thing up having little or no back preasure? any other suggestions?
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 11:05 PM
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Yes and with it any low end torque that you have.
 
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Old Aug 5, 2009 | 11:18 PM
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If anything just take the baffles out and drill some holes in them. That will give you some of the noise you want plus keep the back pressure.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 12:10 PM
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BCT Monster baffles=awesome
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by themepark5150
so, I'm cheap.... I just got a 883 iron, and my buddy gave me his stock exhaust from his sporty.. if I remove the baffles is it gonna screw the whole thing up having little or no back preasure? any other suggestions?
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If anything just take the baffles out and drill some holes in them. That will give you some of the noise you want plus keep the back pressure.
Can't go any cheaper than this. lol

You need back pressure.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 04:43 PM
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You drill holes in the baffles you are by default changing the back pressure. How much? I don't know but it will affect it. Maybe you won't care.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 05:02 PM
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It will be detrimental to performance and your nieghbors will want to kick your ***.
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 05:08 PM
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Yrs ago, my hubby drilled my baffles to make my bike sound better. It worked great for a while (5 yrs to be exact), but as time led on, it started causing overheating problems.

This yr I got new pipes and looooove 'em! Worth every penny!
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 06:10 PM
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if you take tha baffles off and install you will get a nice deep sound not to radical it will still look stock and if and I doubt you will have any issues you can always put the originals back on very common practice amongst the keep my money in my pocket crowd
 
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Old Aug 6, 2009 | 10:59 PM
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Originally Posted by bmxatv
BCT Monster baffles=awesome
Amen.

They're only about $129 and I've never heard anything bad about them.

I have SE II's with them and the sound and performance is great.

I'd seriously consider this option.
 
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