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jeff parsley	Mufflers welded in place. What do I have??		Lead	[-]
Posts: 8 05/07/07 8:34 PM	Tags : None Just purchaced Hightowers T from Camden TN. Got it home and needed to replace the rear tire. Started tearing it down this afternoon after receiving my replacement. The first thing I noticed was the right side muffler would not come off. There were tack welds all up and down the exahust from the U joint back. Prior owner said the shield fell off on a ride once and he had it welded back on. Well all the shields have been welded now that I have had time to take a closer look. I had to grind the tack welds down and just pry the thing off breaking the welds. On closer inspecting it appears that possibly the mufflers (not original) were welded into the original shields?? The other thing is the right side muffler has holes around the exhaust opening and the left side does not. Also the right side puts out 75% of the total exhaust, and noise. The left side is less noise and much less exhaust. Can anybody shed any light on this? What am I going to do when I try to reinstall, weld it back on again??? Dont really like the thought of that. Is this a bad after market install, I mean really bad.
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bamaTrider		#1	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 3889 05/07/07 11:01 PM	Got any photos of what you have? The factory chrome muffler covers are welded onto the muffler casings from the factory. If someone put after market mufflers on it, they may have had to weld the covers onto the new muffler casings, but I don't know why they would have had to. You don't have to remove the mufflers to remove the rear wheel if you have a motorcycle jack. Just raise the bike as high as possible and unbolt the shocks. This will let the swing arm to fall low enough to pull the axle out below the mufflers. The right side muffler has been drilled apparently. I have heard some doing this to give it a slower beat effect like a HD has, but it only works on bikes with 2 separate exhausts. Stan "We are different - yet we are the same" 2004 GL1800 Goldwing (Titanium) 1999 Ace Tourer (Silver over Black)
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jeff parsley		#2	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8 05/08/07 8:51 AM	The only problem is with the right side. The shields from the header that overlap the exahust are welded together because there is no other bracket to the muffler to stabilize the rear shield. Posted one pic twice sorry.
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Skip MMShadowT		#3	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5679 05/08/07 5:30 PM	On closer inspecting it appears that possibly the mufflers (not original) were welded into the original shields?? I'd say you hit the nail on the head. These are not OEM mufflers but someone tried to make them look original. "We want to be free... Free to ride our machines without being hassled by the man!"
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bamaTrider		#4	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 3889 05/08/07 5:42 PM	The pics say it all. Someone was definitely trying to be creative here. It also looks like they were trying to make their own baffles for them. Maybe some one here can offer you a set of factory or after market mufflers to put it back to normal. Stan "We are different - yet we are the same" 2004 GL1800 Goldwing (Titanium) 1999 Ace Tourer (Silver over Black)
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jeff parsley		#5	[url]	[-]
Posts: 8 05/08/07 9:28 PM	Exactly what I thought. I put it all back together today and I dont know if the broken weld will be a problem or not, time will tell. Took it for a test run it did'nt fall off so I'm going to let them go for now and yes be looking for replacements for the future. They are wicked boogered up with the tack welds and lots of scratched chrome. Lucky they are below the bags so you can't see most of the ugly. Gas mileage was good I thought coming back from Tennesse. I hammered it 9.5 hours back to MO and got about 34 mph. Question do the V&H pipes hook up well on the T? Don't want to get into any welding. I like the sound of the pipes right now but could be a tad quieter. If I plug a couple of those holes, would that make any difference or not?? And next time I am going to ask you guys questions before I tear into something, or is it tear something up? Thanks for the input... Will be posting some pics in the near future.
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Skip MMShadowT		#6	[url]	[-]
Posts: 5679 05/08/07 10:04 PM	There is no welding needed with the V&H exhaust. The only issue I know of is a fitment problem if you have Cobra floorboards but there are several options to get around that. "We want to be free... Free to ride our machines without being hassled by the man!"
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dukey33		#7	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 733 05/09/07 8:21 AM	That is quite the hack job. It never ceases to amaze me what some folks will do to make a motorcycle loud. duke loud horns save lives
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tonythecarguy		#8	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 607 05/09/07 8:55 AM	Those mufflers look a lot like the Cobras i had on my 94 magna. Tony
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gr8scott51		#9	[url]	[-]
HSATF 1st Officer Posts: 766 05/09/07 10:20 AM	Or slash cut Jardines. The PO just wanted to keep the nice look of the stock heat shields and had a welder too close at hand. I didn't know about the trick of only drilling one side to get the "potato potato" sound of a Harley. It certainly won't work on a two-in-to-one-in-to-two exhaust like that on a T. If you want loud - buy V&H. If you want quiet - buy stock take offs. I like the drilled stock sound. Good luck! Scott "Silence is golden, duct tape is silver"
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