Hey Ken and Glyn, What would your opinion be on these, wouldn't it be nice to have removable baffles, these are only cheap ones from china, may need a better quality stainless steel but it would be good to have the choice of sound….. i think these or a similar design would fit quite nicely seeing we have two layers holes in the back of our exhausts…..and ken with your expertise you may have a better idea on modification with fixing them.also for MOTs. Any ideas/thoughts? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1Pc-Univ...hash=item4b5505ed10:m:mGiUXXOVR4EFVomvDlx2-nA
My thinking is discard the screws and fit some spring steel clips, a black outside ring added, just pop them in and pop them out…. this could be the start of a good modification and put V&H out of Bussiness. ha.
My entrepreneurial days are over but yes you could cut a groove on two sides of baffle & insert a circlip to retain it,I think one would have vibration / rattle issues though with no fixation at the bottom of the baffle (hence the original weld) it would be a lot easier if the exit of our cans were not recessed.
Just purchase a couple of standard pipes on flee bay & fitformor if you’re worried, but ido t think you need to be
If you could weld some sort of stop in place to hold the baffle from moving downwards, and cut a groove for the circlip it would work. But it’d be a fair job. If it works you’ll be a millionaire by next year
That’s the best bit about life, unless it’s your wife nobody knows, Ken’s right though, why refit them. you won’t have mot problems.If they sound like mine with the baffle out, which I’d imagine they would be pretty close. If you decat you may need them but as is they’re not offensively loud.
I suppose its a bit of a shock to the ears to start with, and i dont need an mot for three years so its all good. It does sound nice now i have to say…..
Like I said, after a few weeks of riding you’ll be left wondering why Triumph went to all that trouble making it so quiet. If HD can get away with it I’m bloody sure we can. Already spoken to my MOT Guy, he says no problem (Mind you it used to be my company, so I might have a bit of an advantage)
Yes Ken i think most bike mot testers are bikers, the last time i had my yamaha tested he told me that if you had an exhaust that said "not for road use" then all you do is stick a piece of tape over it and he wouldnt be allowed to take it off to read it, so hes pretty chilled out, i dont need an mot on my triumph for 3 years so it aint a problem, and as i have noticed the bike will be as noisy as you want it to be, if there was a cop behind you could easily keep it quieter. i have been riding my Yamaha fz6 for the last ten years which is a very quiet bike, it has the exhaust under the seat and there isnt really much choice with racing pipes, besides that the ones the were available cost an arm and a leg and didnt look very nice or rather looked a bit of an overkill. in my motocross days they were always strict with noise testing, i once had to repack my end pipe with lost insulation to get past scrutineering….. cant wait for the weather to improve so i can take it for a proper blast……..
Hey Glyn and Ken , when the weather improves i will get my bike outside a do a short video of my bike started up and send you a link to view it or rather listen to my exhausts, sounds like a lion roaring.
