Muffler mod

[L J VFR]

So you didn't put the endplates back on? Or did you?   Gregg, are you saying that people don't put the endplates back on after they do the muffler mod?  Just trying to understand  more before I go on and do this mod in the future.. I have just heard of people cutting of the baffle, what do you mean by drilling out something?? Thanks..

[thegoochking]

I left the end plates off, and i drilled out the rivets that were holding the end plates on.

[DC Smith]

Too bad you tore up the end plates.  You probably could have sold them.  I paid $60 for a set with baffles after my 2000 came with nothing (no balffles, no end plates).  The noise drove me crazy.  Hope you have a good set of ear plugs.

[thegoochking]

Its actualy not loud enough lol. I like it at lower speed but when u get to higher cruising speeds u cant realy hear it anymore unless u open up the throttle and get moving. I may get myself a parit of V&H or some drag pipes. I like em loud.

[Charles S Otwell]

When I tried mine with the end plates out I was wearing a half helmet and I thought it sounded kinda cool ,but when I started wearing a full helmet due the cooler weather, it like to have drove me insane the constant drone in my eats was unbearable . I was about twenty miles into a ride with some friends when I had to come home and put them back in. Cutting off the resonators (the part attached to the end plate) makes it a little louder but still leaves it with kind of a tinny sound (to me) . I agree with Greg, opening up the backpressure at the baffles and leaving the resonators in place to do there job (IMHO) would create a less raspy sound . We will never find a sound that pleases everyone , we just have to find the one that best fits our individual taste.. To address a problem several have mentioned about having trouble pulling the end plates after removing the stock rivets, I will offer this suggestion, after you remove the rivets, ream the holes out with a 1/8th inch drill to remove the lips on the edges of the holes created by the factory rivets. I have removed mine several times without having to beat them out , we even removed Willie's when we did the mod on his, with no problem.

PS save those parts some will eventually need them ..

[Justin]

When i moded the pipes on my bike aka. cut off the resonator, I re attached the end plates using #12x3/4" hex head zinc coated screws and they worked great, i can pull the end plates on and off at will no need to mess around with rivets. I also left them unpainted, the screws haven't discolored yet on me I've put about 2000 kilometers on it since doing the mod.

[TLRam1]

I re attached the end plates using #12x3/4" hex head zinc coated screws and they worked great, i can pull the end plates on and off at will no need to mess around with rivets.

What type of thread, machine, sheet metal, etc.?

[Greg Cothern]

Here is the write up on the main MOOT site under the Tips and Tricks page.  http://www.magnaownersoftexas.com/tips.htm#A1.3

I would also suggest a 3/16" drill bit and drilling out the rivets, then follow the rest.