F3L Exhaust Baffle

[Dray]

I had a complete cat bypass exhaust system installed and therein lies a
problem. It is way to loud for my bosses ears. So, is there a recommended
baffle that I could install in the pipe leading to the muffler that would
cut down on the bark of the exhaust and quite everything down some?
All thoughts/experience greatly appreciated.

Dray:yes::yes::yes::yes:

 

[rays hell]

Bypass

I'm with you Dray. I installed the bypass and thinking it was too loud I installed the can opener baffle. Someone called it a db killer. If it quieted it down any at all it was minimal.
Not that it's too loud for me, and the boss don't ride.
To me it sounds too much like a beer can muffler on the small cars.
I'm almost considering putting the cat back on.
Can'wait to see what others have to say.

 

[Pirate looks at --]

I was gonna say, I live the sound right out of the box! No changes necessary! Sort of sounds like a swarm of angry hornets, and just hums along on long long rydes of 600 to a thousand miles in a day! Just love it stock!:yes:

 

[ABQSpyder]

Cat Bypass and Baffle then I used a older RT muffler!

 

[AY4B]

I also went to the can opener baffle. It is still almost too loud but has a good note and more torque. These baffles go on the front end of the cat delete, You just have to tap them in with a hammer using a socket as a spacer to seat it. I am happy with the stock muffler and have a k&N air filter on the way to give it a little more boost.

 

[SpyderAnn01]

Lamont sells the Big City Thunder Baffle have you tried that?

 

[kamprider]

What are the pros to installing the bypass pipe? Horsepower? Performance increase? If its for sound it's ironic to install the pipe to make it louder then install a baffle to quiet it down.

 

[Marker]

I have on order from lamonster garage a baffle that Lamont designed to quiet the muffler down.
The big city thunder baffle is more for back pressure than sound .

 

[GaryinWI]

Muffler

I've had 5 different exhausts on the last 3 (2-wheeled) bikes I've owned and I vowed to leave the Spyder stock. You can spend a lot of money and it'll never be quite right for everyone and every occasion. Just my humble opinion.

 

[Hypurone]

What are the pros to installing the bypass pipe? Horsepower? Performance increase? If its for sound it's ironic to install the pipe to make it louder then install a baffle to quiet it down.

For me it was weight reduction, heat reduction, smell reduction (crap was just sitting on top of the shelf-like OE unit and burning!), more sound (for me that is a plus as long as I can get it just right ;-) ). You will gain a little on the top end as far as power goes, but lose on the bottom end. This varies a bit as mine was minor but a friend's was major.... The prob is, when doing a bypass it goes from one end of the extreme to the other! You go from a sewing machine to a race bike! So you end up tweaking it with various baffles to get what you like. Ask me how I know! :yes:

 

[robtdonna]

Ray,

I had the bypass on the RT. Didn't care for the sound and Donna didn't either, so put the cat back on when I sold it and then sold the pipe.

I'm happy with the stock set up soundwise on the F3, but I do feel some heat on that side and that stock cat is nothing but a huge heatsink IMO, so was thinking about the by-pass again. And then see this thread so....blah.

If the heat proves to be an issue this summer, then I'm thinking about a by-pass and some sort of custom muffler, maybe a Supertrapp set up that can be tuned. We shall see.

Bob

I'm with you Dray. I installed the bypass and thinking it was too loud I installed the can opener baffle. Someone called it a db killer. If it quieted it down any at all it was minimal.
Not that it's too loud for me, and the boss don't ride.
To me it sounds too much like a beer can muffler on the small cars.
I'm almost considering putting the cat back on.
Can'wait to see what others have to say.

 

[fencepost]

I put an RT muffler on my wife’s F3S Daytona with Lamonts pipe.

 

[Gcclubs]

How loud..?

Is the setup with the RT muffler.

I put an RT muffler on my wife’s F3S Daytona with Lamonts pipe.