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Posted by CDNRatMan
- September 22, 2012, 15:23:00 PMshould have been longer and more pictures of a nice ride ....thanks
Posted by Troll
- September 22, 2012, 10:42:02 AMMy new (to me) stock exhaust system, according to UPS, should arrive on Monday by 6 o'clock...I did up a little slide show with a sound file that I recorded yesterday with an MP3 player. I was quite surprised how loud this exhaust really is. The first time I recorded the sound, I had it in the trunk, and all I got was distortion, so I tried again, with the recorder inside my jacket...much better result. I processed the audio with Audacity, and decreased the volume by 3 db. I used Windows Live Movie maker for the basic setup and then Pazera Video Converter to make it an mpg file.
Posted by chief
- September 18, 2012, 20:01:07 PMI have the stock system sitting under my deck... shipping it costs more than its worth so it continues to sit... I think that likely has happened to a lot of folks.
Posted by Troll
- September 18, 2012, 18:57:10 PMI can't understand, since it seems that every 1500 out there has an aftermarket exhaust, why it's so difficult to find a stock one. Every one of the Drifters had one from the factory, so there must be some out there...they couldn't have all evaporated. After 3 years of hunting, I found a complete system with less than 1,000 miles on it. It's in Texas, and I bought it for $150...I have a Cobra pipe, which I modified with rubber mountings and an extra heat shield, but now, after 32,000 miles, it's getting quite loud. I wanted a stocker from the beginning. When I bought the bike it had the V&H pipes with no baffles, and I was embarrassed to ride it. The Cobra pipe was the only thing I could find, and it was pretty quiet at first. I modified the intake system to let in MUCH more air, and now the Cobra pipe is quite loud, and has a "crack" sound about 4,000 rpm and up. It sounds pretty good in the short run, but the noise gets wearing after a whole day's riding. When I get the system installed, I'll post some pics and maybe a sound file of both systems...kinda a before and after....