I have to head to work at 3:30 in the morning. Anybody have any thoughts about how to make my bike quieter on start up and fast idle? It’s a KLR 650 with an aftermarket muffler. It’s not straight pipe loud, but a thumper is going to thump.

I’m currently looking to see if I can find an additional baffle for the exhaus. That I can just slip in real quick on startup.

I’ve talked to my neighbors (the ones I care about) and so far they haven’t said it’s a problem, but they did say it woke them up once or twice. So I figure it wouldn’t be bad to try to do a little something.

Any thoughts are welcome

  • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    Put the factory muffler back on.

    There are no aftermarket mufflers for the KLR (or pretty much any bike) that are as quiet as factory. Most people equate noise to power, but especially in the case of the KLR that’s not true unless you have done significant other tuning work to the engine. Like, a big bore kit and porting and polishing the head, and/or high lift cams.

    Now, what is true about the KLR’s factory muffler is that it weighs a goddamn ton. So there’s that.

    Failing that, you’re on the right track to get one of those insert baffles you can stick in there and anchor in place with some setscrews. There really isn’t any other realistic option. I guess if you have a welder and are a dab hand with some sheet metal you could make your own.

    • Everythingispenguins@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      4 months ago

      That is kinda what I thought. I don’t have the factory muffler. I bought it with the most Chineseinum aftermarket muffler I had ever seen. Which promptly fell apart on me. So I had to buy a real aftermarket muffler.

      I will keep looking for that baffle or maybe make myself one.