Bit the bullet and got a Delkovic

[Grimly]

Or most of it...
Delko downpipes, £169


But, they wanted another £135 quid for a muffler, so I went the way I've gone previously and got this to go on it...



A Hardly unused take-off from a Fat Bloke or something.
For a mere £25 and the cost of making a link pipe.
It will respond to my diy decibel killer if it has to.

[JS750]

I have a Delkovic on my 81 750E. Ive had it about 2 years now and it's pretty decent. The fitment for the muffler took a little tweaking and piping seems a little thin compared to V&H pipes. But it's a hell of alot lighter than the stock exhaust and overall I'm happy with it. Turns a goldish hue after it gets hot and polishes up easy.

[LAB3]

I have a Delkovic on my 81 750E. Ive had it about 2 years now and it's pretty decent. The fitment for the muffler took a little tweaking and piping seems a little thin compared to V&H pipes. But it's a hell of alot lighter than the stock exhaust and overall I'm happy with it. Turns a goldish hue after it gets hot and polishes up easy.

If you hit the inside of the pipes with some high heat paint it helps lower the amount of discoloration.

[Charlie G]

Be sure to give us feedback as time goes buy...

[mvalenti]

Which bike is it going on?

[GS1150Pilot]

I'm ordering a Delkevic slip-on for my Bandit to replace the trashed D&D that is on it currently.

[Grimly]

Which bike is it going on?

The 1980 850.
Just having a closer look at the Harley muffler that arrived today. It's different in structure to the Dyna mufflers I have on the XJ, so some tweaking might be needed, but a few rivets drilled out to remove the internals for inspection and modding is easily done.
I'll fit it as-is, to see what the noise level and gas restriction is like as standard. It will probably be fine.

[bobtail84]

Grimly, a mate of mine has the same system on his GS1000S with a cheeky 2nd hand flee bay aftermarket can and the system works very well and is definitely value for money.

[Grimly]

Grimly, a mate of mine has the same system on his GS1000S with a cheeky 2nd hand flee bay aftermarket can and the system works very well and is definitely value for money.

I was looking at the Chinese shorty mufflers on the bay of fleas and thought they'd probably be a bit too loud, but the price is very tempting.
The alternative would be to simply make a stainless tube and length of baffle tube wrapped with glassfibre mat inside it, with a baffle plate somewhere in the length, but with Harley take-offs being so cheap, it makes more sense to re-employ them.
What I'd like to get is a flange to allow me to use the 3-point bolt-on mufflers - there are plenty of decent quality ones on the bay for not much money.

[Deuce]

I've had the Delkevic header on my 1100 for about 3 years now. It did turn gold pretty much right away, but lately, I started seeing some really bad splotchy stains on the down pipes. The rest of it looked nice. I don't ride in the rain, nor do I touch it with greasy fingers (smearing shabby clothes, lol) so I don't know where they came from. I was a bit reluctant to take anything really coarse to it. However, whatever I did couldn't make it any worse than it already looked, so I took some expensive metal polish and a scotch brite to it. Lots of elbow grease, but it did clean up rather nicely.

[Buffalo Bill]

Or most of it...
Delko downpipes, £169


But, they wanted another £135 quid for a muffler, so I went the way I've gone previously and got this to go on it...



A Hardly unused take-off from a Fat Bloke or something.
For a mere £25 and the cost of making a link pipe.
It will respond to my diy decibel killer if it has to.

You can take the gloss off that muffler with some 600 grit paper, so it looks closer to the pipes.

[trevor]

My V&H exhaust is 7 years old and with 36,000 kms (22,000 miles)....great quality!

[Grimly]

You can take the gloss off that muffler with some 600 grit paper, so it looks closer to the pipes.

Heh; time and tide will take the gloss off it soon enough.
The PO had a go at that already with a bit of road rash.

[canuckxxx]

The 1980 850.
Just having a closer look at the Harley muffler that arrived today. It's different in structure to the Dyna mufflers I have on the XJ, so some tweaking might be needed, but a few rivets drilled out to remove the internals for inspection and modding is easily done.
I'll fit it as-is, to see what the noise level and gas restriction is like as standard. It will probably be fine.

I put Harley Sporster mufflers on my GL1100 last winter. Got a pair of new ones still in the box for $20. They look and sound great IMO
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[Grimly]

Spent this afternoon attacking the muffler with a slitting disc and pliers, making a nice floral arrangement.






Then offered it up to the Delko collector to see what the line of fit would be.