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One of my standard cans sounded like it was blowing, for want of a better word. On inspection, I found a phillips screw head in the end of each one, as you might find on aftermarkets with removable baffles. When I took out the screws, it released a metal disc ( Donut ) covering these holes, identical in each silencer. The small hole at the top accomodated the fixing screw, the lower, larger holes ??? Wondered if anyone's come across this before??
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Sounds like they've had a bafflectomy, then someone's put blanking discs over the hole to quieten them.
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That helps; now it LOOKS like they've had a bafflectomy, then someone's put blanking discs over the hole to quieten them.
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Yes I have seen that before only normally they drill the bigger holes all the way around unlike yours. Then when they find that's not loud enough they use a bigger drill bit :lol: A full bafflectomy as (Tony mentions) is where the complete rear baffle is removed leaving just one big hole 8O. Have a look here:- http://www.burniemorgan.com/motorcycles ... afflectomy

Your can doesn't look exactly like a standard one in the photo, perhaps it's just the way the photo is taken :?:

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Standard cans fully de-baffled. Sounds much better than normal IMO.

Have spare set as now running Harris cans. :D


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sirch345 wrote:Yes I have seen that before only normally they drill the bigger holes all the way around unlike yours. Then when they find that's not loud enough they use a bigger drill bit :lol: A full bafflectomy as (Tony mentions) is where the complete rear baffle is removed leaving just one big hole 8O. Have a look here:- http://www.burniemorgan.com/motorcycles ... afflectomy

Your can doesn't look exactly like a standard one in the photo, perhaps it's just the way the photo is taken :?:

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Yes deffo standard can matey, must be my lack of photography skills
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