How can I make stock exhaust a bit louder?

I don't want to piss off the neighbors, but would like a little more of that sweet sound to escape. I just got a new '02 with abs last month and am loving it. It is my first street bike since my '85 Interceptor that I sold 16 years ago.

 

There's a post on here about taking out some of the baffling but I would look for some staintunes if I heard them and they sound fantastic. They come with an extra baffle if you want to quiet them but without the baffle they are not that loud you won't piss off the neighbors if you keep the revs down. Nothing sounds quite as nice as a VFR with a nice aftermarket exhaust around 10k rpm. Too bad your VFR doesn't have the cam gears the added whine they make sounds sweet.

 

take the cans off. remove the beauty plates, then cut the ends of the pipes off entirely. then, either remove the entire baffling system inside which leaves the lining in place, or cut away enough of the small tubes to defeat the recirculation pattern inside the pipes. weld back together. enjoy.

 

What about just drilling some holes in discreet locations?

 

The Staintunes do seem nice. The site with the sound bites makes me want them but, $800.00 for one to two horse power and a little more sound is hard to justify.

 

Hey -

Try emailing Michael at mtradtke@msn.com.

He drilled holes to make his sound better and he loves it. His site name is mtradtke but when you look up members by letter, it doesn't work. Tell him that Tiffany told you to het ahold of him and he'll know who you're talking about. We live about 30 minutes from each other.

Hope this will help you find an easy and cheap (free) solution.

Good luck.

Tiffany

 

I drilled some holes like the guy on vfrdisscusion and the sound is nice but it killed the low end torque. I wish I hadn't done it. I guess I'll have to buy the staintunes now. I hope they don't reduce performance.