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Posted by pcarrell
- September 02, 2016, 04:55:27 AMQuote from: mittico68 on September 01, 2016, 06:05:32 AMCar exhausts do this all the time. The local auto parts store ought to be able to fix you up. Just give the part a decent polish to make it look nice, then start bolting things up!That's what I was thinkin' about... but do ya know where I can find it?
A quick google search had lots of hits: https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=1.25%20to%201.75%20exhaust%20adapter
Posted by mittico68
- September 01, 2016, 06:10:14 AMQuote from: kw-retrorider on September 01, 2016, 04:35:37 AM1. This muffler has no bracket, so that has to be fabricated, because you can't just hang it from the down pipes without support.
2. The stock down pipes are not 2 into 1....so they have to be modified as well
Well, for the bracket I was thinkin' to readapt the OEM one...
I forgot to mention it, but I'd like to install 2 of those muffler (one for each pipe)...
Posted by mittico68
- September 01, 2016, 06:05:32 AMQuote from: Pilgrim on August 31, 2016, 13:55:17 PMmaybe a 1.25 to 1.75 exhaust adapter would work.
That's what I was thinkin' about... but do ya know where I can find it?
Posted by kw-retrorider
- September 01, 2016, 04:35:37 AMmittico68: There is more to trying to use this muffler....you really need a shop to help you out if you are not a fabricator. The muffler price alone is good, and is a HD style vintage muffler available from lots of places (JP Cycles HD restoration catalog is another source, for instance). On to your project....
1. This muffler has no bracket, so that has to be fabricated, because you can't just hang it from the down pipes without support.
2. The stock down pipes are not 2 into 1....so they have to be modified as well
This is why the set up from Japan costs what it does ..it is plug and play, because the mods have been made.
So, if you find a shop that does custom exhausts, you can get what you need. That said, if you have to pay someone to make all those mods, you'll be money ahead to buy a complete system designed to bolt right up. Good luck
Posted by Pilgrim
- August 31, 2016, 13:55:17 PMmaybe a 1.25 to 1.75 exhaust adapter would work.
Posted by chief
- August 31, 2016, 12:54:07 PMIf you can weld, you can do it. Almost anything is "doable"... the question is the cost, effort and price of making it so.
Posted by mittico68
- August 31, 2016, 12:20:56 PMHi ya all, smart fellas.
It's almost a year since I started to think about swappin' out the oem exhaust with a new (and louder...) one, at a cheap cost.
I'd really like to get that cool exhaust seen at the Webike site (2-1 Gordon fishtail), but it's really expensive...
Now, I came across this muffler (http://www.ebay.com/itm/361447051068?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT) and I'd like to adapt it for ma-deuce.
This said, the matter is that the inlet is way big for the pipe from the cylinder (as far as I know, its dia. is about 1.26", against 1.75")...
Anybody knows if there's a way to solve the problem?
Thanx in advance.