[Spridgets] loud but legal exhaust for road use..
Andy Webster
a_d_webster at yahoo.com.au
Sat Aug 11 19:04:20 MDT 2018
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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