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| Posted: Sat Feb 21st, 2009 03:23 am | 41st Post |
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Victour78 wrote: Did He say sounds like a VW Okay... a Porsche with two less cylinders (unless you're talking about a 914).
____________________ Marco, Albuquerque, NM '77 GL1000 (sold) '08 Suzuki V-Strom DL650 '99 Ducati 900ss '97 Honda XR650L |
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I was thinking Porsche !! 
| Posted: Tue Feb 24th, 2009 12:27 am | 42nd Post |
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BRowan wrote: Does anyone know if this would work with the GL1200? they should work fine you just need to have a muffler shop bend a couple of pipes when i get to doing mine i'll take some pics and post them
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| Posted: Tue Mar 17th, 2009 03:47 am | 43rd Post |
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I've run with both the Harley Sporsters & Road King mufflers on my 77. I have incoporated a cross over pipe into the exhaust. Recently I was doing some searching for exhaust info and ended up on a couple of Harley sites because they know more about Harleys than I do. Too make a long story short all of these later Harley factory mufflers run with a cross over pipe in the system. In the case of the Road Kings if you look down the rear portion you can see that both mufflers are different on the inside. The way it works with a Harley is the right exhaust exhausts most of the exhaust at idle and then as it speeds up more exhaust starts coming out of the left side. This is what gives them there unique sound. The right side muffler scavenges more exhaust. I know on my wing at idle you can feel & hear a totally different exhaust sound out of the right muffler verses the left. There is hardly any exhaust coming out of the left side. As the revs go up the exhausts flow about the same. The sound also changes as the revs go up from the Harley potato,potato, potato sound to more like the higher note of a superbike. I have no idea how they work or flow without the cross over pipe. Just thought I'd add this little bit of research.
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| Posted: Tue May 26th, 2009 04:54 am | 44th Post |
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Here is a set of Harley Sportster mufflers on a '80 GL1100 Vetter Bagger. They sweep up and look almost original.  Here are the mufflers I bought on ebay for $35 for the pair.  To install them on a '80-83 GL1100, you have to cut your old mufflers off to reuse your headers. First, (after removing them from the bike and splitting them at the crossover - I cut them off on the bike) cut the mufflers off just behind the crossover. I used a sawzall with a long metal cutting blade.  Then, using a die grinder, I carefully cut off the chrome outer shell right behind the header/muffler weld. Careful not to cut through the inner pipe. This is how it looked after I was done:  Then, after figuring getting my mufflers, and measuring them, and figuring out the crossover location, and the center stand clearances, I trimmed of the pipe and welded on a 1 7/8" ID x 1 3/4" OD exhaust adapter from the the Autozone autopart store:  Then, I fitted a crossover pipe that cleared the center stand and the rear tire. I am using newer HD Sportster pipes that have a crossover. I needed to cut/bend the crossover to the right angle, and this was trial and error until it finally fitt. Here is how it looks:  Here is a side view of it after all fitting:  And from the rear with the bags on:  Now- the truth is, after this step, I got a bug to strip the bike to restore it as best I can and this is where I stopped on the exhaust install. I have the bike about ready to reassemble and will post the completed bike in about 2 more weeks, but I thought this might be helpful. Mark
____________________ Life is too short - Live like today is your last day on earth!!! If I go to my maker with a few bumps and bruises, it just means I took the scenic route! |
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| Posted: Mon Jun 8th, 2009 01:07 am | 45th Post |
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Painting the custom extension flat black and making it a little fatter might make it look a little more like the original, not that it looks bad as is.
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| Posted: Wed Aug 19th, 2009 01:45 am | 46th Post |
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AWESOME!!
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| Posted: Sun Sep 20th, 2009 05:00 am | 47th Post |
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i did almost the same thing on an 82 wing but used the mufflers off of a 1340 ultra glide and cut just behind the weld after the taper on those and welded them in worked great.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 17th, 2009 04:09 am | 48th Post |
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thanks mdbauer, for info and pics It will be a great help for me when I do mine this winter,wish I had of taken a closer look at randakks rally....railrunner Last edited on Sat Oct 17th, 2009 04:10 am by railrunner |
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 01:25 am | 49th Post |
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Here's my version!! Attachment: 33460036.JPG (Downloaded 270 times)
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| Posted: Tue Oct 27th, 2009 02:32 am | 50th Post |
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Here is my 1500 ........... Scott say's they sound Goooooood.  Attachment: HD1.JPG (Downloaded 267 times)
____________________ Retired Paramedic - 35 years. If I"m riding - life is good ......Never had a bad" day riding...Just some better than others!! Double Darksider # 1138 - with Dynabeads 30,000 miles from my Formosa, '96 GL 1500 SE - 220,000 km.... (8,000 km 2011 year) - Goodyear Assurance '84 Shadow VT 750c - 32,000 km ( 14,000 km 2011 year) - BF Goodrich Radial TA '90 Suzuki Intruder 750 - 88,000 km .... (Gone) '85 GL 1200 Aspencade - 185,000 km (Gone) '83 Shadow 500 ( Gone) '70 Kawasaki KE-125 (Gone) '?? Suzuki 80 ( Gone) 2010 Alps tour pic's http://s752.photobucket.com/albums/xx164/96se/Alps_2010/ Spot Tracker "http://www.spotadventures.com/trip/view?trip_id=225807">Alps http://www.drivingskills.on.ca skype - bob.joynt |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 23rd, 2009 06:57 pm | 51st Post |
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Good job guys!
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22nd, 2010 09:25 pm | 52nd Post |
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can anyone send pics of how they mounted the road king pipes to wing? i'm about to put them on and want to get some ideas, thanks
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| Posted: Thu Nov 18th, 2010 03:01 am | 53rd Post |
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Day before yesterday, I was returning home on the GW, I was in the fast lane, a pickup was in the slow lane, we had just departed a signal light, I was right beside the truck, he decided to change lanes, almost pulled into me, I had to divert to the center median, was thinking, if I had been riding a Harley, he likely would have heard me if I happened to be in his blind spot. I'm one of those who believe there's something to be said about a little noise relative to safety. Using those Sportster mufflers, in my opinion, is a great idea! Last edited on Fri Nov 19th, 2010 06:30 pm by skyking435 ____________________ Ray The only time I open my mouth is to change feet. Previously owned: 1955 Harley KHK 1959 Harley 74 with suicide clutch, hand shift Honda 160 BMW 900 1977 Honda 750 1978 Yamaha XS11 1989 Goldwing Aspencade 1998 Goldwing Aspencade |
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| Posted: Wed Jun 22nd, 2011 05:50 pm | 54th Post |
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there are a few videos on youtube of goldwings with harley pipes
____________________ some of my past rides: 197? hd z90 sold 197? honda 500-4 traded this to get another engine for my first wing after the belt went within like 100 miles of buying it 1976 gl1000 dressed with all vetter sold 1985 gl1200 interstate sold 1986 gl1000 naked (traded this one to get the work done on my gl1200 sei 1983 magna vf750c (sold) 2010 vw trike (still trying to complete this one) randy coffee |
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| Posted: Tue Dec 27th, 2011 07:53 pm | 55th Post |
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Nice work, thanks for posting...
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| Posted: Wed Dec 28th, 2011 06:57 am | 56th Post |
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Motowalt wrote: Nice work, thanks for posting...Welcome to the forum bro! Be sure to make a post in the new member forum..K?!?
____________________ "A government big enough to give you everything you want, is big enough to take away everything you have" Thomas Jefferson |
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| Posted: Wed Jan 4th, 2012 08:48 pm | 57th Post |
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sctrucker wrote:there are a few videos on youtube of goldwings with harley pipes Yes, and they sound very nice too.
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