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Anyone want a BIG Kerker baffle ?

exdirtbiker

exdirtbiker

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The Beast came with a Comp baffle...
I need something "quieter" or my neighbors will kill me.
anyone have a spare they want to trade?
 
Bark

Bark

I bet it barks. After I removed all the baffles from my Z1's 4-into-1, I would roll it out into the street, then start it and idle away in first gear. Coming back, I'd get it up to speed, then kill the engine an eighth of a mile down the block and coast home.
 
I'm not saying I wont put a few miles on it tomorrow...
( 45 and sunny ??? woo hoo !!!! )
I only put 1 mile on it since I got it .... before Thanksgiving.
nearest neighbor is super-cool retiree... he had loud Harleys....
But it's silly-loud.
I'm hoping a GSR member comes to the rescue.
 
Just to be clear, I'm hoping someone has a "medium" baffle they want to trade...
not the smallest/quietest one.
Thanks.
 
Last call before I ebay it....
I pulled the baffle out, and it's in really good condition.
Looking to trade for anything quieter than what I have.
Or I might make one from scratch... If we still have the perforated tube at work I can "borrow" :)
 
I've got a kerker that's in very nice shape. I haven't looked at the baffle really so I'm not sure what's in there. I'll try and remember to have a look tomorrow. I would want to hear a sound bite of yours first though.
 
Curiosity got to me. It looks like someone had the same idea as you, 'I think'. It looks like someone has welded up their own baffler. The hole measure 1 1/4 inches across. I've never heard this run so I have no idea on the loudness. The metal is all solid, the bolt thread is perfect, just needs paint.

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Sorry for the blurry pictures, it was dark. You cannot tell there has been any inner welding from the outside of the baffle.
 
Yeah, when you roll into town with an old Kerker and downshift....people look. Lol
I have the same pipe.....The baffle size I am not sure about, all I know is I wouldn't want it any louder than it is now.
After I built my 1100 I rode it a number of months and its obvious how loud it is. I eventually pulled the baffle. It was bare, so I wrapped it tight with #3 or 4 course steel wool.....It didn't change, so then I added a couple wraps of yellow fiberglass insulation.
A tad quieter, not much. It did give it a smoother more mellow sound. Not so High pitch/ tinny/ barky anymore. It mellowed it down some.
This pipe is a real grumbler. Love its deep sound.
No trade from me....Mine is plenty the racket. If I get a break in my insane life I will post a video of mine running.
 
I think mine is the smallest baffle, measures 1.5" diameter. Anyone have measurements for the different ones?
 
azr, I think yours might be a little too small for me. Thanks anyway !

And I forgot to get a video before I started taking it apart. :(
 
Yes I'm thinking it'll be too small for me too. Hey if you wind up wanting to sell your baffle let me know. Thanks for the link, cool stuff.
 
This is the 1.5" baffle that I bought for the Kerker on my ELR. I think Rob and Trevor will back me up when I say that it is plenty loud enough! When the revs start to increase the Kerker really comes into its own. My Kerker came with 2" baffle when it was new. I installed it and the noise that came out of it was unbearable and a little embarrassing. I rode around with my head spinning like the exorcist kid, always on the lookout for the cops, it was truly TOO LOUD. I put the 1.5" back on and both myself and the bike are happier. I still have the 2 incher, if you hate your neighbours I'll sell it to you!:p

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How much $?
and it looks like you have the newer version... or maybe just the angle from the picture makes it look different.
I don't think they interchange, do they ?

And that there is one purdy green machine... and clean !!!
 
eddie21 said:
This is the 1.5" baffle that I bought for the Kerker on my ELR. I think Rob and Trevor will back me up when I say that it is plenty loud enough! When the revs start to increase the Kerker really comes into its own. My Kerker came with 2" baffle when it was new. I installed it and the noise that came out of it was unbearable and a little embarrassing. I rode around with my head spinning like the exorcist kid, always on the lookout for the cops, it was truly TOO LOUD. I put the 1.5" back on and both myself and the bike are happier. I still have the 2 incher, if you hate your neighbours I'll sell it to you!:p

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Damn that is a gorgeous bike!

One day while redlining my '73 Z1 the baffle shot out the back. I never re-installed it, and became one of those ultra-loud guys I once frowned on.
 
Excessively loud street bikes are obnoxious, annoying, and **** off the neighbors. I despise them. A nice "growl" is cool, but plain out LOUD sucks on the street.
 
Ya, I'm a bike person but I hate those ultra loud crotch rockets. I have one that goes to work every morning at around 6:30am. I can hear him come down the road a couple blocks away pulling 10k+ RPMS. Pi$$es me off big time.
 
I am trying not to be one of those guys... that's why I'm looking for a smaller baffle.
But I did have a convertible next to me under an overpass last week... I couldn't resist. I just "barked" it... a quick snap of the rt wrist...
and by the time we came out of the overpass, the convertible was 100 feet behind me.:-\\\
 
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