some questions about sportster mufflers

well for my bike, what size mufflers should i get? is there only a 1200 sportster muffler? will i have to rejet? and as far as mounting goes... should i cut off the mounts? or, weld some bols to a flat piece of metal so it will fit in the 2 holes...

 

i have a flat pieice of stainless 1" x3" to run from the bolt hols to the mufflers

 

There's an 883 and a 1200. Same pipes though. From what I understand, no need to rejet.

 

ya, lol dont need to weld bolts on.... too much work.. alrite, ya, ill try to snag some for 20-30 bucks, alrite... tired of my honda pipes.. not that they're bad, sound good, but just annoys me that they're not stock... and idk i like loud pipes. everyone who lives in my county likes loud pipes, cuz we're "hicks" you're gay if you dont like loud pipes.

 

The harley pipes arn't much louder than stock from what I have heard. They are a little deeper than the stock ones.

 

mm, well i do like the looks too, and my honda's are rusty... cant see it, but then i can sell those on ebay or experiment with them

 

You DO realize that the Sportster mufflers aren't stock either right? lol Sorry... had to.

 

I have a set of stock sportster mufflers if anyone is interested I send a picture of them.they are the baloney type off a 98 sportster.

 

i know, but i said i like loud pipes, and imo they're better

 

they arent really that loud, they get a good deep rap going above 6k, but thats to be expected. very decent sound in the lower half of the rpms. same decible level as stock i would say, just deeper and more of a rolling note rather than the high pitched pop pop pop. i liked them.

i got mufflers that had crossover ports on them, i used an engine freeze plug to plug the ports, and threw a tack weld on to make sure they stayed in.

 

400 maxim with Harley flh mufflers. runs great no jetting . A friend bet me that it will cause my valves to FLOAT and end up bent lol .

 

Your friend isn't very bright is he... The springs control the valves, not the mufflers...

I have full size H-D mufflers on my 650 and love them. They do have that nice deep Harley sound to them and are comfortably loud IMO. I've never heard a stock XJ exhaust since my was rusted out, but I am definately loving the HD mufflers. I took off the factory exhaust, cut the mufflers right about where they start to get bigger and welded on the new mufflers (I tacked them on with the exhaust installed for fitment). The chrome welds fine so don't worry about it. I cut off the muffler hangers and kick stand stops and tacked these back on with the mufflers tacked onto the exhaust. Be sure the disconnect your battery and ground the bike very well. I then removed the exhaust and welded everything up. Again, I should really take some pictures.

 

He was talking like the backpressure would cause them to float lol

The sound from my mufflers is great , they are just 10" longer than stock taking the end of the pipe near the back edge of the rear wheel.

I got some great clamps that make them look like they belong on the bike.

 

FLASH, YOU GOT SOME PICS OF THE CLAMPS, WHERE U GOT THEM, ETC? oops caps, i would like to see incase i need some

 

Yes got them from carquest for about 12 dollars each these are the 4" clamps

found a picture on JEGS website but like I said got them from carquest.

http://www.jegs.com/p/Dynomax/744706/10002/-1

actually they are stainless steel.

 

lol those things are gnarley, .... 10 inches longer than stock is alot.

 

NARLY? haven't heard that one in decades lol

narly they are. , I was at first looking for sportster mufflers on ebay then found these for 26 dollars lol

 

ya.. im winning on one without baffles...... mite as well try and resell, and its at .99.. and well ill wait to the last day cuz thers some for 5.50... see what they get to. oh i jsut bought a LED light kit.