I took the muffler and rear wheel off today to have a closer look and remove the muffler clamp bolt's ridiculous excess protruding length. The rear brake caliper stays put, completely untouched. The 5 small lug bolts go off/on easy with 44 ft-lbs torque. The shallow depth and cone shape of the wheel hub means the wheel will never stick in place like the OilHead setup frequently did. That rear wheel is nearly weightless! The best part was starting the engine with the muffler removed inside my garage. It was incredibly loud because the catalyst honeycomb is inside the muffler that was now on the floor resting on a piece of cardboard. There is no catbox. Just the sleek header pipes and the big satin finish SS muffler. Naturally, I had to whack the throttle good a few times, and I'm sure they heard it for a 5 mile radius. With how rapidly it accelerated to 4,000 and immediately returned to a smooth idle, less than a second, it told all the Harley riders to run and hide. The RPM's exactly followed the twistgrip as fast and as far as I could work it. Amazing response. Incredible sound!! Trust me, it's worth taking the 2 bolts off just to hear that sound. I bet some of my neighbors thought so too.
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Wow, what an incredible sound !
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Wow, what an incredible sound !
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Re: Wow, what an incredible sound !
I think Rob's in love.
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Re: Wow, what an incredible sound !
Has any other F800 owner tried this yet? It's worth the time and effort to remove the muffler!! You have to shorten the clamp bolt anyway.
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Re: Wow, what an incredible sound !
Rob-
Looks good.
Will do the bolt shortening when we put install aftermarket can on Mrs. Sweatmark's F800S.
She's in search of the perfect exhaust note.
Looks good.
Will do the bolt shortening when we put install aftermarket can on Mrs. Sweatmark's F800S.
She's in search of the perfect exhaust note.
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Re: Wow, what an incredible sound !
Robbie......you need to find yourself another hobby, too much free time and not enough honey do's.
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Re: Wow, what an incredible sound !
...jealous... like the rest of us!boxermania wrote:Robbie......you need to find yourself another hobby, too much free time and not enough honey do's.
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