I'm don't have the bike here with me at the moment, but I was just thinking, I don't believe there are any rivets at the end of the pipes on the 550. The baffles are literally welded in, so unless I'm mistaken, which is quite possible:) there is no need to have rivets.
If I'm right, and there aren't rivets, can I just drill holes into the back of the baffling cover? If so, does anyone have an idea if doing that would somehow mess up the backpressure/air mixture, etc. and have and effect on how the bike runs? On Friday, March 11, 2016 at 11:47:29 AM UTC-5, Vince wrote: > I have an 83 550. I love everything about the bike with one exception. I > wish it wasn't so darn quiet. I don't need it to be as loud as a Harley, > but I honestly can't hear the engine above the wind noise in my full face > helmet once I get above 50 mph. I can see that the baffles are welded in. > Other than changing the system to a 4 into 1 header or something like that, > is there any way to modify the stock exhaust? I only paid $900 for the > bike, so I'm not going to spend hundreds on another exhaust. Thanks > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
