| Author | Message | ||
     Coxster |
Finally, after months of waiting for some free time, got the M2 back on the road. An instructor at the local tech school welded up my broken header. I got a stock muffler and the rear loop for hanging it from the ebay guy that parts things out (I know he gets bashed here, but he really helped me) Now I can hardly hear this bike run at all, it's as quiet as my Yamaha Seca 400 from the early 1980s, and it is a little slower than the straight pipe I had, at least as far as the butt-dyno is concerned. Cycle Rider magazine called the '99 muffler and swingarm "agricultural" when they reviewed it, so I'm calling this the tractor muffler  | ||
| Buell_bert |
I really like the torque and quiet sound of the stock arrangement. Plus the intake. 2001 M2L STOCK. I did ceramic coat the header and muffler to protect it. | ||
| Koz5150 |
said you had a straight pipe? I am looking to build a staight pipe for my bike and experiment with some various baffles for it. I would love to hear what you had and your experiances. I actually am currently running a $17 Flowtech glass pack from Summit Racing on my bike right now. It isn't quite what I was looking for in sound, but the stock pipe just didn't make my bike feel right when riding it. I like a little thunder, it is a toy after all. | ||
| Coxster |
My straight pipe was way too heavy, and didn't have any front support. One wrong dip in the road and 'snap!' there it went. I kept the 90 off the front and scrapped the rest at work. My tinkering side wants to put a butterfly valve in a 2.5" pipe with a solenoid so I can turn it open more or tie it to the tach, then a baffle, and finally lots of empty pipe. You can get a deep rumble without alot of dB by using 'echo cans' like they did back in the 1950s. I sold flamethrower kits for a few thousand cars before I sold the business ( www.flamethrowers.com ) and know how well this works. I need a little more rumble too : ) | ||
| Koz5150 |
I currently have th 90 from my WileyCo pipe. I have a 2" pipe I wanted to try with a baffle and see how that works. | ||
| Marine_wolf2003 |
what is the name of the ebay guy ur talking about because one guy on ebay helps me alot he even deals with me directly so there arent any extra fees | ||
| Bluebueller |
miss the stock muffler actually. so do my neighbors. |
