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Zakalwe
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Bafflectomy

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Ok....was messing with my new (to me!) 'Storm and decided that it needed to sound a bit meaner...... 10 minutes later, 3x 8mm holes and 1 x 12mm hole in each baffle and hey-presto I now own something that sounds like a mini-Lancaster bomber!! 8O

I took it for a run in the Lake district on Sunday.....it sounded pretty nice (mind you had ear plugs in). On the way home I stopped for a brew at Bullbeck (on the way back from Devil's Bridge) and decided to run home without the earplugs. Fugging hell....it sounds loud (sure it wasn't that loud when I first drilled em....do they get louder when hot?).

OK....its a ghetto mod, but damn it....it sounds like a V-Twin now! :D :D :D
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VTR1000KAZ wrote:u close to the Lakes hun?
Yeah...I live in Morecambe.....Might be up for that meet at the end of the month!
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bafflectomy holes drilling

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where do you drill the holes and would it pass an mot
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At the can end, there is a "snorkel"....drill in the space between the snorkel and the outer pipe.

Re the MOT...I am going to get a plate made (like a large washer) that fills the space in again (to be held in with 2 self-tapping screws). This will return it to stock
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Post by Walenut »

Zakalwe wrote:At the can end, there is a "snorkel"....drill in the space between the snorkel and the outer pipe.

Re the MOT...I am going to get a plate made (like a large washer) that fills the space in again (to be held in with 2 self-tapping screws). This will return it to stock
That's a good idea m8.
Due to cutbacks the light at the end of the tunnel has been switched off!
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