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| Posted: Thu Oct 15th, 2009 08:24 pm | 1st Post |
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My 1980 Goldwing is starting to get a little loud. Anybody ever hear of refilling, repacking, or any way to service the insides of an exhaust system to return it to the quietness I like?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 15th, 2009 08:53 pm | 2nd Post |
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Plenty people try stuffing the muffler with steel wool, but it blows out real quick.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 07:56 pm | 3rd Post |
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That's kinda what I thought. There is a rivet at the very end of the pipe. I wonder if removing that and the "sleeve" it keeps in place and packing something around that and reinstalling it would be possible. Not sure what the inside looks like.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 11:14 pm | 4th Post |
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Here's a link to this forum's discussion of putting Harley mufflers on a wing. Hope it helps you out. http://tinyurl.com/yldeww7 Hobie
____________________ Mark Wineberry 1983 Interstate |
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| Posted: Sun Oct 18th, 2009 01:09 pm | 5th Post |
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rgray wrote: That's kinda what I thought. There is a rivet at the very end of the pipe. I wonder if removing that and the "sleeve" it keeps in place and packing something around that and reinstalling it would be possible. Not sure what the inside looks like.That is exactly what I did. I pulled out the stinger baffles and packed new muffler packing around them and reinstalled. It is noticeably quieter now. You can get new muffler packing at most bike shops. I bought moose brand and one roll was enough for both sides. Be careful when you pull out the baffles. They may be very tight.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28th, 2009 01:44 am | 6th Post |
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Thanks AndyB. It's good to hear that someone else gave it a shot and succeded.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28th, 2009 05:28 am | 7th Post |
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AndyB wrote: rgray wrote:That's kinda what I thought. There is a rivet at the very end of the pipe. I wonder if removing that and the "sleeve" it keeps in place and packing something around that and reinstalling it would be possible. Not sure what the inside looks like.That is exactly what I did. I pulled out the stinger baffles and packed new muffler packing around them and reinstalled. It is noticeably quieter now. You can get new muffler packing at most bike shops. I bought moose brand and one roll was enough for both sides. I wonder if that would work on my GL12?
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| Posted: Wed Oct 28th, 2009 11:55 pm | 8th Post |
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Dennis, does the 1200 have removable baffles? Look on the bottom of the tail pipe and see if it has a screw or rivet holding the baffle in. If so, you should be able to remove it and rewrap it.
____________________ AndyB 1983 Black, gray, red custom wing bagger |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 29th, 2009 12:27 am | 9th Post |
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AndyB wrote: Dennis, does the 1200 have removable baffles? Look on the bottom of the tail pipe and see if it has a screw or rivet holding the baffle in. If so, you should be able to remove it and rewrap it. It has rivets...cool. Thanks Andy.
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30th, 2009 04:13 am | 10th Post |
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I pulled one baffle out of a broken muffler and about destroyed the pipe doing it. How did you get your baffles out after you removed the rivet? Gerry <///><
____________________ 1982 GL1100 Standard Vetter Windjammer V and Hondaline quick release bags 1981 Suzuki GN400 Started on a friends Suzuki 125 enduro! Gerry http://www.ccmantua.com |
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| Posted: Fri Oct 30th, 2009 04:20 am | 11th Post |
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i put a set of the harley electra glides on my trike and it sounds good if you leave the plugs in it's pretty quite. but i have a muffler system i just pulled from my new 1200 trike project for sale they were pretty quite and i just pulled them off.
____________________ just do it and ask questions later. if you never start you'll never finish. PGR # 190570 cc permit gl 1988 1500 trike sold 2003 flhtuci gl 1986 1200 trike sold gl 1984 1200 trike sold first bike cb 160 honda to many to list in between |
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