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Direct fit exhaust options

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#1 ·
Hey everyone, I have a stock 2005 standard Bonneville. With Christmas around the corner, I'm looking to get exhaust pipes that will make my Triumph sound like it rolled out of 1970. I tried the complete bafflectomy, but that doesn't make much of a difference in sound. :(

Who makes an aftermarket loud exhaust that I can slap on the bike without having to cut, rig up brackets or hangers, or mess around with trying to make it fit?

From the research I already did I found BC predators and possibly TORS makes a muffler then can fit without changing stuff around. Anyone know anything about installing Burgess, or Emgo?

Other aftermarket direct fit brands would be appreciated. :D
 
#30 ·
I ended up getting the commando specialties for my birthday. My wife found a pair in New Jersey on Craigslist and had the guy ship them to PA. They were almost new, and were about half the price of a new pair directly from C.S.

I love the way they sound, look, and they were easy to install. However, I think they stick out to the sides more so then the stock pipes. I have the bike parked for the winter now, I'll have to see if I can twist them in closer to the bike when I get it back out.
 
#36 ·
The Togas look very close to stock but more like an older Triumph. The new exhaust doesn't taper at the end as much. There are many manufacturers that make this shape of exhaust. I think the Togas look more like the original Bonneville exhaust. Although, If I owned a Thruxton, I would probably get the reverse cone shaped exhaust that Norman Hyde makes, or possibly some Predators. The Predators are louder than the Togas and do sound nice, but I like the way the older bikes sound. I think I duplicated that sound as close as I could with the Togas. The world would be boring if every bike sounded the same. :D
 
#34 ·
Commando Specialties makes some loud ones that look like the stock pipes. Some of the others do to. There are a lot of those megaphone style pipes these days which I'm not a fan of. Looks like the 80's.

I'm pretty sure Norman Hyde makes stock looking pipes as well.

As for the others mentioned on this forum I forget. I did all the research when I started the thread but once I heard and saw the price of the commando specialties I went with them.
 
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