I tried. 
Got all the supplies together...read all the links...did all the prep and even concocted a cool fixture off the bike to mount the exhaust for drilling. Hole saw part went well...right through...then...it got tougher...a lot tougher. Broke the weld on the internal seam by rotating the baffle forward as hoped...and after almost two hours of trying to remove the short tube...for-ged-aboudit. (there is a f-ing in the middle of that btw) I tried everything really...got the little tube about 1/2 out but it hit a hard and I mean hard internal wall and couldn't even slide hammer it out using the weight of the exhaust with baffle tube chucked in the vice.
Disappointing but I will punt and do my civic duty and stimulate the economy
....TORS.
I know many on here prefer other exhausts but to me TORS sound the best...not in magnitude of sound but pitch throughout the rev range.
For '09, a slightly smaller hole saw is necessary. One thought is Triumph engineers may have had a laugh beefing the internal weld knowing a lot of owners are debaffling their pipes.
Will be interesting to hear how others fair and good luck to those with '09 bikes that attempt it.
Cheers,
George
PS: Rutger did the bafflectomy on his '08 bike and by all intents the pipe config. looks the same. I personally would not perform the jack hammer thing on the bike but to each his own. I believe the mesh left by pulling the short pipe out is what is restraining it why it takes some serious axial force to break free.
http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-technical-talk/95923-another-08-bafflectomy-with-pics.html
Got all the supplies together...read all the links...did all the prep and even concocted a cool fixture off the bike to mount the exhaust for drilling. Hole saw part went well...right through...then...it got tougher...a lot tougher. Broke the weld on the internal seam by rotating the baffle forward as hoped...and after almost two hours of trying to remove the short tube...for-ged-aboudit. (there is a f-ing in the middle of that btw) I tried everything really...got the little tube about 1/2 out but it hit a hard and I mean hard internal wall and couldn't even slide hammer it out using the weight of the exhaust with baffle tube chucked in the vice.
Disappointing but I will punt and do my civic duty and stimulate the economy
I know many on here prefer other exhausts but to me TORS sound the best...not in magnitude of sound but pitch throughout the rev range.
For '09, a slightly smaller hole saw is necessary. One thought is Triumph engineers may have had a laugh beefing the internal weld knowing a lot of owners are debaffling their pipes.
Will be interesting to hear how others fair and good luck to those with '09 bikes that attempt it.
Cheers,
George
PS: Rutger did the bafflectomy on his '08 bike and by all intents the pipe config. looks the same. I personally would not perform the jack hammer thing on the bike but to each his own. I believe the mesh left by pulling the short pipe out is what is restraining it why it takes some serious axial force to break free.
http://www.triumphrat.net/twins-technical-talk/95923-another-08-bafflectomy-with-pics.html