Swapping mufflers? You need these!

Old Bear · 03-29-2020, 06:44 PM

Changing my Vaquero mufflers back from Cobra rustbuckets. IF your bike is pretty new, you may get away with sliding the gasket off of the muffler, or from inside the exhaust flange, whichever stuck the best. I lucked out when had the Cobra Tru-Flo installed. I soon (less than a year!) learned that, at least the ones they sold me, have bad chrome plating, are rusting like crazy, and even have chrome bubbling on the end caps. Just look nasty! So I finally got the stock mufflers totally debaffled, ready to install. I take off the Cobra rustbuckets, and watch the gaskets shred apart. NOT GOOD! It only has 24k on it, WTH?

So you can go with Kawasaki GASKET, MUFFLER CONNECTING 11061-0240 for $28.18 or close. You need a pair. Ouch. OR jump on eBay and get a pair of Caltric GU5029MG171HF for $10.09 each when ordering a pair. Free shipping as well. Even with the tax, I'm still less than one OEM gasket. If you prefer Amazon, it's less than a buck more, no Prime though.

redjay · 03-29-2020, 07:42 PM

Wont the Harley gaskets work on a 1700 ?

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20309

Peg · 03-30-2020, 03:17 AM

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Originally Posted by redjay

Wont the Harley gaskets work on a 1700 ?

http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20309

For the header pipes they do... but this is for the other end of those header pipes, where they connect to the mufflers.

redjay · 03-30-2020, 03:58 AM

Oops, my mistake.

**MVA-Voyager** · 04-03-2020, 12:56 PM

PartZilla has these too for a fair price. (part number 11061-0240). I got my last ones from Polaris though and they worked fine and were less expensive than PartZilla

03-29-2020, 06:44 PM	#1
Old Bear Sr. Member Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Clarksville, TN Posts: 1,434	Swapping mufflers? You need these! Changing my Vaquero mufflers back from Cobra rustbuckets. IF your bike is pretty new, you may get away with sliding the gasket off of the muffler, or from inside the exhaust flange, whichever stuck the best. I lucked out when had the Cobra Tru-Flo installed. I soon (less than a year!) learned that, at least the ones they sold me, have bad chrome plating, are rusting like crazy, and even have chrome bubbling on the end caps. Just look nasty! So I finally got the stock mufflers totally debaffled, ready to install. I take off the Cobra rustbuckets, and watch the gaskets shred apart. NOT GOOD! It only has 24k on it, WTH? So you can go with Kawasaki GASKET, MUFFLER CONNECTING 11061-0240 for $28.18 or close. You need a pair. Ouch. OR jump on eBay and get a pair of Caltric GU5029MG171HF for $10.09 each when ordering a pair. Free shipping as well. Even with the tax, I'm still less than one OEM gasket. If you prefer Amazon, it's less than a buck more, no Prime though. __________________ Jerry "Old Bear" Barker Clarksville, TN Americas Guardians PS MC President, Tennessee 16-A VBA #02203 "Blaze" 2017 Vaquero "Black Magic" 2011 Vaquero, 69k miles, handed down to my son for hopefully many more miles! Login or Register to Remove Ads
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03-29-2020, 07:42 PM	#2
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,945	Wont the Harley gaskets work on a 1700 ? http://www.vulcanbagger.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=20309 Last edited by redjay; 03-29-2020 at 07:47 PM.
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04-03-2020, 12:56 PM	#5
MVA-Voyager Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Mechanicsville, VA Posts: 83	PartZilla has these too for a fair price. (part number 11061-0240). I got my last ones from Polaris though and they worked fine and were less expensive than PartZilla __________________ Randy A. Mechanicsville VA 2011 Voyager - Blue/Silver - "Addie" Login or Register to Remove Ads
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03-30-2020, 03:58 AM	#4
redjay Top Contributor Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ontario Posts: 6,945	Oops, my mistake.
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