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So I had the SE II slip-ons installed on my '06 Night Train with the SE breather and computer download. I liked the sound but found it somewhat strangled compared to the more throaty sound of a traditional Harley. My father works at the local dealership and we took a couple of slip-ons identical to mine off the shelf and examined them. What we found was a 'tab' (piece of the inner baffle bent downward toward the engine end of the exhaust) designed to deflect the exhaust up into the outer baffle corridor and then out the back of the exhaust. This 'tab' obstructs about 75% of the opening of the exhaust.
This has got to be what is strangling the sound of my bike.
It has been suggested to me that I can take a large dowel (or pipe) and insert it into the exhaust and tap it in order to slowly force the 'tab' upward and away from the exhaust opening in an effort to open the exhaust up and thereby tune the sound of the bike to my liking. It has been further suggested that I may be able to do this with the pipes mounted on the bike so long as I leave the end cap screw in (to hold the baffle in place) and I am careful while tapping. This would be much easier as it would allow me to fine tune the bike without having to uninstall and re-install the slip-ons with each slight adjustment.
Has anyone ever done this?
And more importantly, won't moving this tab out of the way affect the back pressure enough so that I may need to do another computer adjustment to accommodate the larger opening of the pipe (Harley Dealership seems to think not).
Thank you for your help.
Euth
This has got to be what is strangling the sound of my bike.
It has been suggested to me that I can take a large dowel (or pipe) and insert it into the exhaust and tap it in order to slowly force the 'tab' upward and away from the exhaust opening in an effort to open the exhaust up and thereby tune the sound of the bike to my liking. It has been further suggested that I may be able to do this with the pipes mounted on the bike so long as I leave the end cap screw in (to hold the baffle in place) and I am careful while tapping. This would be much easier as it would allow me to fine tune the bike without having to uninstall and re-install the slip-ons with each slight adjustment.
Has anyone ever done this?
And more importantly, won't moving this tab out of the way affect the back pressure enough so that I may need to do another computer adjustment to accommodate the larger opening of the pipe (Harley Dealership seems to think not).
Thank you for your help.
Euth