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ok i didnt like the way my stock exhaust sounded (like anyone does). So i drilled the baffles. YAY sounds better, not great but better. I kept hearing "take the baffles out", i asked around and foumd out all i had to do was get the back part unattached and they would come right out. even watched a video online of some guy doing it to his intruder. Thought, ok i can do that. 10 mins of fooling around with the front one and done. thing basically falls out when done. SWEET. go to do the other, cut drill pulll and uh oh its stuck. Me and my buddy take it off and start to really look and it seems there is some kind of mesh there. ok ill put in a pipie and hit rel hard and it will hac to ceom off. Not so much. wounded up leavin th back baffle in nd had to drill a hole though this "mesh" . dont get me wrong bike sounds ALOT beter but you can see my baffle hangiong there and i dont know what that mesh was or what to do now, any suggestions. Oh i just wanted to say i think its funny how my bike has had three completly different sounds with the same exhaust. Dave
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Sounds like the cat was in there. You can get a set of stock mufflers off Ebay for cheap. Of course if you are drilling baffles on stock mufflers, maybe you should just put that money toward mufflers that will sound the way you want. You can get CS slip-ons for around $125. The other brands pretty much go up from there - sky is the limit.
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so does it matter that i kinda have two different mufflers on since i couldnt get the one baffle out?
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RE: Woops.....
Yes, the cat is in the front muffler only. The crossover is what makes it work for both mufflers. I'd heard about difficulty getting the baffle and cat combo out before. Thought that was the one you were working on. No idea why the other one got hung up like that. The rear muffler should have been the easier of the two to drill out.
I'm thinking there is more back pressure with the muffler that still has the ballfe in place. Seems that would throw things out of the harmonious balance that hold the universe together. Mechanically I can't say if its a major concern. If it were my bike though, I would not leave it that way. I'd either get a pair of replacement stock slip-ons or abandon the baffle removal project and get some aftermarket mufflers that sound and perform good.
Hope it works out.
I'm thinking there is more back pressure with the muffler that still has the ballfe in place. Seems that would throw things out of the harmonious balance that hold the universe together. Mechanically I can't say if its a major concern. If it were my bike though, I would not leave it that way. I'd either get a pair of replacement stock slip-ons or abandon the baffle removal project and get some aftermarket mufflers that sound and perform good.
Hope it works out.
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not for notun but i got nothing but complimants on how much better it sounded. But if its bad for the bike theni guess ill fix it. so i went and i got some SEII's. am going to get them put on with the SE AC on sunday by my buddy who works for a HD place. but until then im going to love the sound i got.
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