removing the baffles?

[Gummiente]

hehe you never seen me

A mouth with legs. It shouldn't be too hard to pick you out in a crowd.

[huh]

hehe you never seen me

A mouth with legs. It shouldn't be too hard to pick you out in a crowd.

you really need to get a life big man behind the keyboard

how old are you? 5? is this forum your life? your a cigarette. its funny really

your all so bad with your loud pipes.

i dont have to act tough. my opinion and none of you are gonna change that.
loud is for poser's just like all of you who cant take it.

just like trailer trash. no matter what anybody says you will always think your right

at least i have a life. i just like to talk about bikes and i would never consider any one i never met my friend. i have more important things to do then act tough on a forum. you guys are really sad. gumm/mentally challenged you just gotta get the last word in. dont you, you must be a woman

[Gummiente]

your a cigarette.

I know you're so desperately hoping that's true, but I have to break your heart little boy - I'm heterosexual. But hey, keep reaching for that rainbow because your special man is out there somewhere. Heck, I'd help you out if I could... my girlfriend knows a couple of gay actors in her theatre group but I don't think you'd hit it off with them. They're looking for someone who has much more of a positive outlook on life and isn't such an ana retentive little bully. Maybe if you tried the S&M crowd, I hear they're looking for easy marks like you.

i have more important things to do then act tough on a forum.

Then why do you spend so much time doing it? What a goof. What a poor, uneducated, tragic little goof.

[BuzZz]

Opinions are like..... we all know the rest. And we are all welcome to share them. But this has degenerated into a kindergarden name-calling session and no one wants to read this chit here. If you guys want to continue this B.S. with each other, do it in PM's or with e-mail. Spare the rest of us this pre-school shlock....

[goodcruisin]

i also thought about loosing my baffles, like one of the others who responded, not everyone likes the same thing, do it!
I heard both, yes you should rejet, no dont worry about it?
from my understanding, if you dont rejet, you do change your back pressure, and it could effect performance, but it'll propably blue youre pipes at the manifold. most bikes are there or going to get there anyways.
if you got removeable baffels that are aesy to reinstall, then you have nothing to worry about.
DO IT!!
THEN LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK!

[Renegade]

But...

Loud pipes save lives!

[dr_bar]

But...

Loud pipes save lives!

Loud pipes cause deaf bikers...

That's why I went out and bought



http://www.protectear.com/brochurefinal/index.htm

[eugeart]

OK this is something I know about since I just sold my 99 Marauder.

I put Vance & Hines pipes on the bike when I was living in Vegas. Yes they sounded louder and tougher. Alot Louder. Almost annoyingly loud. These pipes also looked better.

There really was no change in performance, except maybe a tiny almost imperceptible loss of horsepower. So insignificant that I'm not even sure about it. Hell there could have been an increase.

When I moved back to Texas, and all the disgusting humidity I noticed a slight lag or flat spot when accelerating in first gear when the bike hadn't been ridden for the day IE- warmed up but not run up through the gears yet.

This led me to rejet as I had been warned that I might have to. Ordered kit from Dynojet. Pretty easy to install, never done anything like that before. However, not a task for the faint of heart and took hours not a professional 20min. By the way, the Mikuni carbs are made of the cheapest pot-metal aluminum so be careful you don't destroy anything critical if you take on a task like that.

Once put back together, the bike idled beautifully, yet bogged down at the first oportunity. S**t! That lead to foam filter pods and the hottest plug for that model since I figured I had gone too rich. Had to syncronize the carbs. Again a onerous task for someone that had never done it before.

Bike runs great! Gets way better mileage than stock! Still a little too rich since of the odd backfire every now and then when decelerating but accelerates like a bat out of hell!

I did all of the work myself without help except from a shop manual from suzuki.

What I learned from this was that changing vital S**t on your bike can be a real can of worms and can lead to unexpected and unwanted results as you can see from my testimony. I was just lucky it worked out. The bike since sold, really should have a professional or someone with the right knowlege to go over anyway to iron out the wrinkles.

Can you believe I'm contemplating doing it all over to my current bike? What an idiot- can't leave anything alone... gotta make it mine. Except this time I'll get the help from a pro.

By the way- I still have that shop manual for the VZ800 and I am considering selling it... to a good home, (hint, hint)...

This is how the pipes looked.