Another BD debaffle done

[mncruiser]

Well today the temp’s and humidity dropped off so it became debaffle/silencer day. Went to Home Depot and bought the Rigid brand hole saw and all the other stuff needed. I had the wooden dowel but decided to try doing the mod without it and it worked out fine. I used a Milwaukee half inch hole shooter. Lots of torque and slow rpms. The saw popped through the first pipe in a couple minutes but the baffle wouldn’t budge, twist or move at all. I was pulling so hard on the baffle, it was mutilating it. I was worried it wouldn’t come out but decided to have my son sit on the bike and support it while I used 2 needle-nosed vice grips, planted my foot firmly on the back tire and pulled with all I had and it finally came screaming out. The 2nd pipe was completely different. I drilled through and was trying not to drill too far but the saw popped through and the baffle pushed in about an inch or so. Panic time, so I grabbed the vice grips again and the baffle was finger loose and slid right out. I think pushing it in a little must’ve loosened it up?

The sound? Man what a great mod! There are hole saw mods on tons of bikes and many of them sound terrible. The pipes sound great. Maybe a tad louder, hard to tell but the deeper tone you get makes this mod so great! Just love driving and hearing it now.

If you are on the fence on this mod as I was, go for it, I can’t see how anyone would be disappointed with the outcome.

Here are a couple finished pics:
http://picasaweb.google.com/Onmylastnerve/Debaffle