xs special mufflers

[greatwhiteshark]

I'm just wondering if any one has installed aftermarket turnout mufflers on their special and if so how is the sound, is it really loud also these pipes are usually not very restrictive did you have to change the jetting...thanks...mark

[Evert]

Turnout mufflers

Hi There!

I installed a MAC 4 into 2 exhaust with turn-out mufflers on my xs 1100 sf, sounds great to me and "Barks'' nice, my wife can hear me a long ways down the road.
I bought the pipes from www.accwhse.com, cost was about $263.- plus shipping.

[Jdwags]

mufflers

the Mongrel came with slip on turn outs (unk brand) on it, its a bit throatier than the stock ones on Rusty, but seem to work jsut great..

I have so many issues im not sure if i need to rejet for them or just for age.. and my weight..

[Geezer]

Re: mufflers

Originally posted by Jdwags
the Mongrel came with slip on turn outs (unk brand) on it, its a bit throatier than the stock ones on Rusty, but seem to work jsut great..

I have so many issues im not sure if i need to rejet for them or just for age.. and my weight..

You call your bike Mongrel too, interesting. Mine is an 80 Special with a 79 standard front end, gauges rear fender and seat. The headlight is from a 650 Turbo with dirt bike headlight mounts.

Anyway I used a set of standard headers and put Harley Sportster mufflers on them. I lost the cross over but I don't think that's a big deal. It has a nice sound without being too loud. I also have pair of Harley bagger mufflers that look nearly unused that I may install later if I decide I want it a little quieter.

Geezer

[Jdwags]

mongrel

Mine I found out after buying it for $600 at a church auction,

it is a 79sf with a 78 standard frame, and some who knows upper forks, (the lowers are a 79sf)...

all sorts of goofy things here...

even went thru the pickup wire thing last summer while returning form Deuce in Canada... that last 100 miles on 1 or 2 cylinders.. in the dark rain.. not the funnest thing in town..

[Geezer]

Re: mongrel

Originally posted by Jdwags
Mine I found out after buying it for $600 at a church auction,

it is a 79sf with a 78 standard frame, and some who knows upper forks, (the lowers are a 79sf)...

all sorts of goofy things here...

even went thru the pickup wire thing last summer while returning form Deuce in Canada... that last 100 miles on 1 or 2 cylinders.. in the dark rain.. not the funnest thing in town..

Mine was a trade in when I sold the XS11 standard that I wish I'd kept. It started out as pretty much free. I needed the front end off the Mongrel to replace the rusty tubes on the Special I wanted to sell. I had a good standard front end and guages so there they went. I had a trashed wiring harnes that I cut the connectors off of that I needed for the Standard guages. I've done a lot of wire splicing but so far it all works.

Geezer