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

[Andy Webster]

Cheers guys,
Good to know. 
Have ordered an 18" glass pack, louvred but not baffled. We'll see how it sounds soon enough.

Andy

> On 11 Aug 2018, at 12:23 am, Peter Caldwell <peter at nosimport.com> wrote:
> 
> Use a Harley dealer delivered then taken off muffler. Fits, almost free at the dealerships. Harleys want to be loud.  Pisses me off, but there it is.
> 
>   Peter C
> 
>> On 8/9/2018 11:30 PM, Andy Webster via Spridgets 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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