Gutted my pipe today
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Thanks for post DUC. Just did mine the same way, but with a bit longer cut which actually ended up about a 1/2" on both sides of the cat material. Made it easy to clean out the heavy, but need to get the remaining off the walls of the pipe... How did you get yours that clean? A heavy wire wheel maybe?
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I used Dremel heavy duty cutting disk and a stone bit then the wire wheel attachment to clean up/smooth. Easier than a big wire wheel to work the odd shaped surface.
I tell you the sound difference is great, no plans to buy slip-ons.
Clif
I tell you the sound difference is great, no plans to buy slip-ons.
Clif
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I'm super cheap so a cut out a smaller window dug it out and used some scrap sheet metal I had laying around, shaped it, used a 1/2" wide JB Weld bead and secured the piece on with 7 SS hose clamps (one was on the heat shield). Works great!
The tone is a little deeper but the total sound is not a decibel higher. Third bike that I have done with the same results. The stock mufflers are rated at 80 dbl and they hold the exhaust volume to that if there is a cat or not. That is what they are engineered to do.
I have put 18K on the 10 Ultra and the system has held together. Gotta love JB Weld.
The tone is a little deeper but the total sound is not a decibel higher. Third bike that I have done with the same results. The stock mufflers are rated at 80 dbl and they hold the exhaust volume to that if there is a cat or not. That is what they are engineered to do.
I have put 18K on the 10 Ultra and the system has held together. Gotta love JB Weld.
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