[Spridgets] loud but legal exhaust for road use..

[Kevin Valentine]

Andy,

I have a red "Cherry Bomb" on all three of my road Midgets.  They are just
loud enough ;)

They are red bullet shaped with a straight thru design.  I ordered then at
my local parts store.  About $20.

Kevin V.
Tuscarora, Pa




On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:30 AM, Andy Webster via Spridgets <
spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Greetings,
>
> I'm wondering if anyone uses a straight-through glass-pack muffler
> (hotdog) on their spridget?
>
> I know it will be loud, and I want it to be quite loud.. since you're hard
> to see in a sprite in traffic (without using a little orange flag like we
> used to have on the sissy bar of our Dragstar bicycles in the '70s)  I like
> to at least, be heard.
>
> I'm really just looking to take the edge off of the open exhaust and
> mellow it a little...  I cant remember the intricacies of exhaust back
> pressure, and whether it is desirable or not.. (a little , but not too much
> is good, iirc...and I"d also like to make an evacu-sump set-up soon, so
> definitely don't want much back pressure for that to work..).
>
> There seems to be baffled and unbaffled hotdogs available, some with
> louvred internal but otherwise a straight through path, and others with an
> off-centre chamber  to bounce the sound waves around a bit more.
>
> Is anyone using such a muffler ?  is it too loud?  does it sound good?
>
> Considering the noise levels that every 2nd Harley Davidson seems to get
> away with, I don't want to be that loud, or harsh on the ears.
>
> cheers for input..
>
> Andy
>
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