Brad The Bike Boy: Danmoto SS-00001 Harley Davidson mufflers fitted to the Monster

Friday, April 29, 2016

Danmoto SS-00001 Harley Davidson mufflers fitted to the Monster

I finally made a real effort to get these fitted. I'd had a few looks at brackets, but then decided to do what I'm usually very reluctant to do, and go the cut. I should do it more often, it was a rather liberating feeling. I cut off the rear mounts, leaving the front ones for a cleaner look. Then, using the steel pieces that come with the mufflers, I cut and drilled as required to make them work as brackets. Followed by a quick bead blast, etch prime and paint, they were ready to go. You can hardly see them in the photos, which is a good thing I guess.

You can see the offset mounts in the bottom two photos, one of the reasons it took me so long to make them work. Like Hunnybunny, I have a thing for symmetry. And, obviously, it's not Minnie. This 900 was on the bench for other work, and I had tried previously fitting the Danmoto Jisu muffler set I have to it, ending in dismal failure. The aluminium swingarm this M900S (98 I think) has is 15mm wider overall than the M600 steel swingarm, and I just couldn't get the Jisu mufflers to go anywhere near clearing.

There's a video at the end. They're louder in real life (or is my laptop just too quiet, maybe it's a conceptual thing). After riding and standing next to it, I'd put them at the higher end of the open muffler range I would think.

It's good to see them fitted. It was a fair bit of agro to get this far, especially getting the muffler pipes made up. Maybe only a bend and two flares, but getting people to understand what you want can be hard some times.

And then, of course, I started thinking about maybe using some much shorter muffler pipes and mounting the mufflers further forward. Next time.

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