tanman Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 i recently bought a 97 kawi vulcan 750 and i would like it to be louder... im new to bikes and i want to know everyones thoughts about drilling out or changing to strait-thru baffles do i just drill holes in the outer ring of the baffle that i can see looking into my pipe? and i cant seem to find the size of my pipes to order new baffles... how would i find my pipe size? its not in the manual and i cant find it online ..... help me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Duckslayer Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 If you just want more noise you can drill more holes in the stock pipes. If you want a nice deep throaty sound you will have to get some other type of muffler. I had a Kawi Vulcan 950 and had some Corba slash cut pipes on it and sounded real nice. I now have Vance and Hines Big Shots on the bike that I have now and they sound good as well. Be prepared though... they don't come cheap! The c list and that auction site have them quite frequently as well. If you open up the back end with new pipes you will want to re-jet it as well... It will run lots better after that!!! N Joy the Bike././Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tanman Posted August 16, 2010 Author Share Posted August 16, 2010 i dont want to spend that much for new pipes what about just putting in after market baffles ...some strait thru baffles are $80 does anyone know how they would sound? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Duckslayer Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 I guess I was not aware that anything like that was available out there. I know guys that have drilled baffles and got more noise but other than that I dunno... Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgfish00 Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I can second the Slash Cuts. Had them on a 98 and like the sound and performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoaru99 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 Try to look up inside the muffler pipe(s) to see if there is a disk tack welded in place that is maybe 4 to 6 inches up inside. If you can see something like that then maybe a hole saw on an extension could cut it out. That should allow more exhaust to come through rather than be forced through the muffler packing.I put Vance & Hines Powershots on my Vulcan 2000. Louder than stock for sure, but fairly mellow just cruising until you get on it then they make some noise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whoaru99 Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 i dont want to spend that much for new pipes what about just putting in after market baffles ...some strait thru baffles are $80 does anyone know how they would sound? If you don't want to spend $500 for new pipes maybe you can find some used ones. If not, you don't have much other choice than to drill/hole saw, or try the baffles. Mebbey you'd like it with no baffles? I would not recommend Cobra Shorts unless you want a REALLY loud bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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