How To Make Harley Davidson Exhaust Quieter

If it turns out you dont like the sound you can just replace the stock yourself.

How to make harley davidson exhaust quieter. Push the drill bit further into the exhaust to locate the second baffle. My 2007 sportster 1200 has pipes that are very loud. NOW do the same thing and exhale fast you notice the air will open up your nose to a degree.

Replace exhaust crush gaskets any time the exhaust pipes are removed. Be wild and unleash the low throaty rumble locked inside your Harley but then flip the switch to tone it down when needed. Wrap the new exhaust packing material around the inner core.

Aftermarket exhaust systems for Harley bagger can be grouped into two broad categories. The exhaust itself just doesnt hold enough air volume to accomplish a stock-like level of noise reduction. That allows the exhaust to go directly through the baffle without having to go through any of the packing.

I packed 12 inch of glass stuffing between the inner and outer tube to seal the end of the inner tube and force the exhaust through the packing. After much thinking I found 3 ways to make them quieter without choking the engine. Quieting an exhaust system requires alteration of the exhaust components or restriction of sound waves to the vehicle cab.

A slip-on replaces just the mufflers while the full system includes the head pipes crossovers and of course the mufflers and sometimes dramatically changes the look of the bike. Undoubtedly Harley-Davidson motorcycles are some of the loudest in the market. New crush gaskets keep your exhaust quiet.

I have the Pythons on my bike and they are very loud with the stock baffles. On the Springer I have pipes that I built along with the engine to do one thing. Not all exhaust systems are super loud in fact most pipes that perform well have reasonable mufflers in them.