Quiet Stallion car Exhaust
Fortsand,<br /><br /><br />
Thanks a bunch for those pictures.<br /><br /><br />
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<font color="Red"><font size="4">I went to Meineke and they used a Maremont Muffler number 19826</font></font><br /><br /><br />
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The guys at the muffler shop had a heck of a time working on my bike. I felt sorry for them. Here is the story:<br /><br /><br />
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The first shop I went to a guy walked out and said "What do you want?" I said I was looking for a car muffler, and he said I ain't working on that! Then he said it looks cool but he don't know how to get it up in the air. I said everyone else just puts it on the car lift, and he said he would be afraid it would fall off once he got it up there. He then walked over to the garage door and slammed it down in my face. I think that was a Midas shop in Charlotte. Wow.... <br /><br /><br />
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I then drove across town and found a Minikiee shop.<br /><br />
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I asked them for a 15" oval muffler like you said.<br />
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They said they were not sure if they can get it up in the air, they measured their lift and said it needed 5.5" but I only had about 4.75".
I pumped my suspension up to 100+psi and only got it to 5" Then a guy with a can do attitude pulled up up to their car ramp lift. It had a center trolley that he pulled up to the front. He then took a wooden 2x12 that was about 3 feet long and lined it up with the front wheel. He pulled the front wheel up and put two other 2x12's under the rear wheels to give the bike extra clearance to clear the steep ramps up to the level part of the lift. Once on the lift he held the breaks slightly and the front wheel slid the center trolley forward and they were in business!<br /><br /><br />
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Once we got it up in the air I asked for a 15" oval car muffler but they said it would not fit. They said they can take a long cherry bomb resonator that was about 18" long, install it backward in front of the muffler and that would do the trick. They ended up cutting out the rear catalytic converter to make it work. They worked on it for over 4 1/2 hours!<br /><br />
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When they were finished it sounded exactly like it did before they started!!!!!!! But they only charged me $150.<br />
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I rode it home and I was not happy. I called the shop the next morning and they said to bring it back and they would take care of it.
I sent them the web address for this link. They said they can do it, and if it was not for the pictures I am sure they would never had been able to do it. They worked on it for another 6 hours! When they were done they only charged me for an 1 hour of shop labor. I thought it was reasonable for the amount of work they did to get it right. It looks almost exactly like yours, but they were able to use my stock duel tail tips, but they stick out another 2".<br /><br />
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I think if anyone does this again they can use a shorter muffler and tuck it below that bar. <br /><br /><br />
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The one thing I know for sure it it is Quiet!!!!!!!! I have a hearing issue, and loud noises hurt my ears.<br />
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Even with hearing protection my Stallion would resonate at a certain RPM and hurt my ears. I am so happy with this modification. I use to hear my radio over the exhaust, now I can hear the sound of my bike in the background!
It is quiet, but I can still hear it at a reasonable volume. I will upload a picture soon. The only down side is the reduced ground clearance, but like you said Fortsand, it is well worth it! I cannot wait to get this out on the Highway and just hear the sound of the wind.