Triumphrat

Ski_rat · 05-05-2007

anyone ever think about running open headers?

Squintz · 05-05-2007

If you do, Post a sound bite

Brad

sweatmachine · 05-05-2007

Here's my bike with open headers:

It is so loud it totally overdrove the mic, btw open headers sound like hammered sh!t on these bikes, and they run equally bad.

rodburner · 05-05-2007

We have ALL done it before installing our new cans.The sound is loud, unpleasantly shrill and guts the low end of the powerband due,I`m guessing,to the lack of back pressure. I`m experimenting with some different ideas to get back the backpressure and get a decent tone.

Ski_rat · 05-05-2007

that washer might work but for now ill just leave the predators on it

rodburner · 05-05-2007

Don`t worry Ski,these are only experimental. I hear Preds sound pretty good,but my "stock" Thrux cans drown them out. :-D

Squintz · 05-06-2007

Thats a nice lookin Ride Rod!

Brad

Ski_rat · 05-06-2007

yeah my preds are great, i was just wraping my headeers and well you know the thought crossed my mind like it does for all of us

cmorton1 · 05-06-2007

Yeah open headers, very embarrassing with all the back fire. You won't even impress Rednecks! Gas mileage 90 to a tank not a good idea. It is just loud with no tone or guts. I'm a poor lil white girl on a budget. I'm a firm believer in loud pipes save lives.
I purchased Emgo 12'' shorty pipes thinkin' those should be the loudest on the market and leaving the baffles in should give it tone & fix the pop. NO they are not that loud? Weird! They pop less, which is muffled through the baffles so it is not that noticable.

Opinions welcome on the Emgo. I don't like them yet, don't know if I will. Thanks

SlowPocono · 05-06-2007

Quote:

On 2007-05-06 09:52, cmorton1 wrote:
I'm a firm believer in loud pipes save lives.

Please provide some evidence that they do.

Thank you.