Muffler Swap

[Rookie Rider]

Hey guys, i know this is an old thread but im gonna try to ask anyway. lol, i dont have a micrometer or caliper so does anyone know the exact size of the outside diameter of the pipes that come out of the motor on the gz? And can i just put or slide a new muffler on to the original pipe after cutting off the ugly original muffler? And whats a reducer and what does it do ?
sorry, i dont know much about cars or motorcycles. Please help. DAVE.

[blaine]

Originally Posted by Rookie Rider

Hey guys, i know this is an old thread but im gonna try to ask anyway. lol, i dont have a micrometer or caliper so does anyone know the exact size of the outside diameter of the pipes that come out of the motor on the gz? And can i just put or slide a new muffler on to the original pipe after cutting off the ugly original muffler? And whats a reducer and what does it do ?
sorry, i dont know much about cars or motorcycles. Please help. DAVE.

I don't know the exact size for sure,1 1/4 I believe.you can slide a new muffler on the original pipe. just cut it so you can put the heat shield back on to hide the seam.When you buy a aftermarket muffler,it will fit many different bikes,and will be larger than the pipe on your bike.The reducers slide on the pipe to take up any space before you slide on the new muffler.
:cool:

[geezer]

i just put on a muffler and i had to cut past the rear bolt hole for the beauty plate. its no biggie the front bolt holds it on fine. i used the super long emgo reverse cone muffler

[Rookie Rider]

Thanks alot guys, i really wanna try to stay away from the cone/megaphone look. lol

[Black Warrior]

Ok, .... I installed EMGO muffler about a week ago - it did sound louder than I expected, but now it sounds too extreme for my taste. I'm planning to make a baffle out of the peace of a pipe which is left uncut on a bike and see what happens. I like the look of a simple turn out muffler too much to give up immediately I'm wondering if someone has done anything similar on their current or previous bikes and if that actually makes a muffler sound reasonably quieter. (im thinking about something like http://images.motorcycle-superstore.com ... baffle.jpg , the right one)

[geezer]

the megaphone look is not in my taste either. so why did i replace the stock one with an emgo megaphone? :itsokay:

[Black Warrior]

Originally Posted by geezer

the megaphone look is not in my taste either. so why did i replace the stock one with an emgo megaphone? :itsokay:

Cause it sounds MUCH NICER :rawk: and looks better compare to the stock one... :whistle:

[geezer]

sure it does but a regular aftermarket muffler (non megaphone ) would look even better still :poorbaby:

[Rookie Rider]

Good question Geezer, why did you do that? :whistle:

[geezer]

i thought to myself, wow i could make it look stock but not be stock. mistake