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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #25 on: December 17, 2011, 03:04:13 AM »
umm?terry,,the spiral wrap on that solid tube irks me man!im cool,,its just a sales gimikck?i wish also that i could spell.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #26 on: December 17, 2011, 03:18:41 AM »
Fair enough mate, but just take a deep breath, I understand that the concept of the auger style "baffle" insults your above average (for a Queenslander) intelligence, but there's no need to express your opinion in such a volatile way Dave, a little bit of decorum goes a long way........... ;D
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #27 on: December 17, 2011, 03:30:37 AM »
ok,,so all the blast goes through the tube,,as shown,,what does the spiral do?its a solid tube?are you having a lend of me mate?i refer to reply #14 terry,,that piece of #$%* baffle is no baffle at all!but a straight pipe.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #28 on: December 17, 2011, 03:45:13 AM »
Dave, Dave, Dave! I'm not advocating the pro's or con's of the auger baffle mate, you've expressed your opinion, now take a Bex and have a little lay down, OK? Whats really up mate, your cat pissed on your Christmas tree? ;D
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So I said, "Hey mate, you haven't got any bike boots you don't need, do you?"

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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #29 on: December 17, 2011, 03:47:41 AM »
hey terry,,the exhaust flow is not following that spiral,,it goes through the tube,,whats up with you man???look at donrs picture at reply #14,,put it together,,the blast is straight through the tube!!!
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #30 on: December 17, 2011, 04:03:35 AM »
poor try terry,and a bit too personal all of a sudden i feel,.its no rant,and im not going off either,,i just wanted to point out how that spiral looking pipe thing isnt what some may think it is,thats all,this has nothing to do with my wife thanks.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #31 on: December 17, 2011, 04:08:19 AM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 17, 2011, 04:03:35 AM
poor try terry,and a bit too personal all of a sudden i feel,.its no rant,and im not going off either,,i just wanted to point out how that spiral looking pipe thing isnt what some may think it is,thats all,this has nothing to do with my wife thanks.

Sorry mate, didn't mean to upset you further, obviously humour isn't working for you tonight, so I'll wander off while you carry on with your anti-auger campaign............   :P
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #32 on: December 17, 2011, 04:24:01 AM »
that wasnt humour terry,,that was a direct hit,,an un called for insult,,and for that i will always think less of you.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #33 on: December 17, 2011, 05:17:06 AM »
nice F......again..where is the pipe from ?

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When I bought my bike it didn't come with the original muffler so I desided to do this. ;D




I don't mind the noise at all, I have cars that are louder.  ;)

Everything else is stock but the mulffler, the local Honda dealer said I should be fine jetting wise with maybe a different choice in plugs.

What do you guys suggest?
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #34 on: December 17, 2011, 08:34:12 AM »
Dave500, you are probably right...it was very unlikely that I would remove my straight through glass pack for that auger thing anyway...I just got excited by the psychadelic swirl and you got your panties in a bunch... :)
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #35 on: December 17, 2011, 08:50:10 AM »
My factory can on the 2011 BMW S1000RR is straight through, with the perforated pipe and wadding, as are just about every bike these days, as seen in Dave500's photo. I installed a Laser GP slip-on with removable baffles and removed the baffles. Sounded cool, but I had a fueling issue at around 3K that the Fuel injection could not compensate for. So, I removed the fibreglass wadding and re-installed the baffles. It is a little quieter, but still sounds good and fuels correctly without me going the PowerCommander route.
 If you are running straight pipes on a carb'ed bike, and you are running factory jetting, then you are running lean. Especially if you are running the stock airbox. This leads to all kinds of problems, such as running hot, and burning plugs and piston tops, and cooking your oil to ash. Are your headers a real dark,deep blue at the head? That's one sign of running hot(but other conditions can cause that).
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #36 on: December 17, 2011, 09:36:58 AM »
O.K.... It's 3:30 AM Sunday Morning right now In QLD, AUS. so Dave is sleeping it off ... ::)
Looks like that 'auger' baffle is nothing more than a centering devise for the straight 'thru pipe in it's center.... haven't heard anyone say that the spirals actually have exhaust gas passing 'thru 'em.
Just for show IMO............... fair dinkum, Dave ;)
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #37 on: December 17, 2011, 09:45:38 AM »
Could the auger baffle be from Don's plumbing days?!  You could def clear some pipe with that thing!
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #38 on: December 17, 2011, 09:52:12 AM »
Use it when your take your bike out on the lake ice fishing to keep that hole clear when it starts to freeze over.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #39 on: December 17, 2011, 09:52:43 AM »
yeah, it looks like it might be more useful as a two stroke de-coke tool...
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #40 on: December 17, 2011, 09:54:38 AM »
Quote from: ekpent on December 17, 2011, 09:52:12 AM
Use it when your take your bike out on the lake ice fishing to keep that hole clear when it starts to freeze over.
don't forget your tire studs...no use sounding mean with your bike spinning around in circles on its side...
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #41 on: December 17, 2011, 11:22:29 AM »
Spanner I have seen those before and they were just to hold the pipe center as far as I could tell. I just took them out to see how it would sound with out them. This was not on a SOHC. Dave I found no use for them :) Back then the cops would stick something up your pipe :o to check for baffles and this was a way to get around inspection ;)

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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #42 on: December 17, 2011, 02:03:05 PM »
Quote from: seanbarney41 on December 17, 2011, 08:34:12 AM
I just got excited by the psychadelic swirl ... :)
 

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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #43 on: December 17, 2011, 03:03:38 PM »
Quote from: dave500 on December 17, 2011, 04:24:01 AM
that wasnt humour terry,,that was a direct hit,,an un called for insult,,and for that i will always think less of you.

Sorry Dave, I didn't mean to insult you, the sad thing about posts on a forum is it's hard to guage someone's intent and therefore things said in jest can be misunderstood. Regardless, I've removed the offending post and I apologise unreservedly. Cheers, Terry.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #44 on: December 17, 2011, 03:16:24 PM »
thanks terry,ive got a good sense of humour but not when my wifes involved,all forgiven.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #45 on: December 17, 2011, 03:17:18 PM »
Never did see the reply on the pipes from Don R.  I liked that muffler, but getting the 4 into 2 piece is the hard part.

BTW, that auger would keep all of the corn kernels out of my exhaust.  Problematic in Indiana, you know.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #46 on: December 17, 2011, 03:34:28 PM »
The spiral type silencers have been around for a while....
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #47 on: December 17, 2011, 05:55:49 PM »
GEEZ, I don't check for a minute and everyone goes a little woo woo.   ;D  Seriously, I just got the auger to test. It defenitely cackles but DOES mute the sound some. A cop isn't going to shove a night stick through it, that was the test aaround here once.
 The glass pack, in my opinion is one of the sweetest sounding 750 mufflers I've heard. One of my buddies heard it idle from across the street and called me to ask what was. I've tried to video it but the sound doesn't record well. Maybe If I ride past a good camera and have someone else record it.

I rode my 76F with the glass pack 3,000 miles this summer and 1300 on one trip. At 5200 rpm it sounds fantastic.  It gets louder under a load, I find myself cranking the throttle just to hear it. The idle is awesome. I'm really enjoying mine. The one I sold hasn't been run yet. I'm looking foreward to someone else trying one. I think I can make one for a K with a hooker header too.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #48 on: December 17, 2011, 06:11:21 PM »
Just to explain a little more,
 I believe I did say auger baffle for the noise enthusiast.

  The through tube on the spiral is less than an inch in dia. It even could be capped for our use, it only exists to hold the augers in the pipe. Both of the baffles are dramaticaly oversize but I'm trying to use commercially available parts to keep costs down. I built the first one for my bike, but people were asking about them so I made more. The one I sold and the one for sale are $80 shipped, that covers my cost and shipping without labor. If I made a big batch and charged for shipping it might be worth while.  It's all an experiment.
 Just testing the water, thanks for any feedback too, I'm still learning. Maybe a 4 blade roto rooter head baffle  might work. What if it could rotate? hehe.
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Re: Straight Pipe, Good Or Bad?
« Reply #49 on: December 17, 2011, 07:48:57 PM »
hell yeah...I want tremolo exhaust :D
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