Exhaust muffler change

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Exhaust muffler change

27 Jul 2016 13:37 - 27 Jul 2016 13:39
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Hey fellas, I'm looking to do a swap-out of my mufflers. I know changing stock to 4-into-1 exhaust requires fiddling with the carburetor, but would just changing from the pair of stock mufflers to a pair of aftermarket (I'm going with a pretty simple 3" sideswept, 30" length) cause engine issues?

I'm doing this just to change things up a bit while protecting and cleaning out the original mufflers.
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Re: Exhaust muffler change

27 Jul 2016 14:04
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If you keep the stock airbox system intact installing some different mufflers shouldn't cause much issues with the jetting.

The Dunstall replica mufflers have received some decent reviews.

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Re: Exhaust muffler change

27 Jul 2016 16:53
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I asked a guy at work on his thoughts, (he owned a motorcycle shop once upon a time) and he told me that jetting might be necessary :dry: . I'd imagine it'd depend on the bike/specs. I jokingly suggested that I should install a butterfly valve so I could adjust the back pressure....and he said they used to do that for tuning and that it wasn't a bad idea at all. So IF I run into problems I guess I have a backup plan :laugh: . Anybody ever do this? Seems simple enough to do.
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Re: Exhaust muffler change

27 Jul 2016 17:32
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Not worth it. Tunable exhaust like a Super Trap system is good. If you buy a 4/1 with the stock baffle, all you might have to do is go up one step on the pilots. Maybe on the mains too.
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