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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 07:50 AM
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Has anyone considered leaving the stock exhaust and removing the baffles?
 
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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 08:11 AM
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You are better off removing the catalytic converter.
 
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Old Feb 19, 2014 | 09:29 AM
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many do on the way to buying exhaust designed around the principles of physics.

random exhaust volume and velocity gets random results.

if you try this, remove the mufflers from the bike before altering them, some try drilling/hammering/banging with mufflers mounted and the stresses transfered to the header pipes can cause leaks or cracks

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https://www.hdforums.com/forum/touri...e-removal.html
Yeah its been done.
 
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Then if you don't like it you are stuck buying new replacement OEM or aftermarket pipes? Save the stockers for when you sell it.
 
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