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Thanks for the video. SImple, short and has all the info we need. Well done. Too often guys spend 5 minutes talking about random stuff before they get to the mod. NIce to see one that got right to it.
Thank you. Need to try the jack handle trick. I have python slip ons. I started to think they wouldn’t come out. I used needle nose plyers and a number of other things with no luck. I bet there is so much corrosion and carbon that they are just seized up. Will give this a try though.
Wow. Older video but I have the exact same pipes on my 02 Yami vstar 1100. Don’t know what brand they are but they’re exact same. Trying to get some more quiet baffles in there. Just too loud. lol. Will be trying this this week. See how it goes. Cheers from central Canada! 🎉🎉
I have same pipes never knew I had baffles so I looked inside sure enough baffles in my cobra drag street longs whatever the name you prefer seems the set up is just like yours so thank you for video I do beleive mine has bolt too so nice no cutting with hole saw like I dis on 07 honda shadow spirit with factory pipes but with hole saw came out real nice and changed sound drasticly
Do you have the same brand and model pipes? All I had to do is take out the screw that holds on the end cap and then the screw that holds the baffle in. If you have the same brand and model pipes and you took those two screws out then you might have some carbon buildup that's holding your baffles in. That jack handle should be able to pull it out. If you have a different brand or model pipe there might be something else holding it in. I would have no knowledge of any other brand / model then the ones I have in the video.
I have same pipes and end caps with bolt to take end caps off and looks like another one like half foot away I'm hoping that one is too baffles what do u think
No I didn't have to mess with the fuel settings. At times I found there was some popping/backfire but not enough to need a fuel controller. I did notice when the popping came more often that the nuts were loose where the pipes connect to the block. There is one nut that is hard to get a wrench on so air may be seeping in causing the backfire. Overall, it happened only now and then. As far as the sound....I think it had too much of a tin sound and it was only a bit louder. Personally I like the lower tones so I put the baffles back in. I would still like to get the tones lower and remove the higher pitch tones that exist even with the baffles. Final word, these road burner pipes are plenty loud with baffles in and will scare the b-jesus out of someone standing near by when you juice the throttle. Maybe other brand pipes need the baffles removed but these road burners (hardKrome) are plenty loud and good sounding. The road burners the last time I looked can be found on e-bay. The hardKrome brand are twice the price and are the same pipes (made under the same patent). HardKrome and RoadBurner are the same company (different divisions from what my research tells me)
Wow stripped out a hex bolt. I have never seen that happen. You might try to use an "easy out" to get the bolts out. Heating the surrounding metal may help. The easy out looks like a drill bit but in reverse direction. you drill a small pilot hole and insert the "easy out". The "easy out" design then grabs the existing bolt metal allowing you to remove the bolt. Good luck!
I didn't notice any increase or decrease in performance at all. That said I don't have any equipment to test it. The bike will on occasion will have some exhaust pop upon deceleration but I personally like it. The popping can be reduced/eliminated with a fuel control module which will adjust the fuel/air mixture now that there is less back pressure in the exhaust. I think Cobra and a few others make them.
The bolt that held the baffle in can stay out as there is no longer a thread for it to screw back into. The other screw must go back in because it is what holds the exhaust end cap securely in place.
+3 ki o kou kou I am not sure. That is a question that is best asked to a bike mechanic or the manufacturer of the pipes. I cant see that it would make a big difference. I have not had any problems so far. ...but check with an expert to be sure.
I ended doing my own baffle mod to these to quiet them down and get rid of the ear-piercing twang they make ($20 in parts). If you still have your bike, give this a try: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-R5bFqV_nxpU.html
