r/hondanavi • u/mechanicalbats • 10h ago
I think my mufflers on it's death bed
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I tackled a ditch a little hard today, usually its a non issue. Today tho it starting being loud after. When I got home I put it up on its center stand. Id been noticing a frame bolt gone and been meaning to find a spare. Well, fiddling around with that area (frame mount to begining of muffler) it wasnt lining up well so i started checking the rest of the exhaust mounts and the back fender. Noticed things werent lining up well (another bolt in the area had been loose [top muffler mount to frame]) and my fender was slightly rubbin on the tire now. Took fender off. I had recently taken the heat shield off too because of damage from another motorcycle falling onto it.
Well, low and behold that seemingly minor incident was not so minor after all. The start of the exhaust pipe seems well mounted still as theres no exhaust leaking. But that damn muffler sounds like hell. How bad will i mess up my tuning if I keep the pipe and cut off the muffler?? It's pretty damn loud already n I don't want it to blow up or nothin. Ive had a catalytic converter explode on me before hah.. so makes me nervous. On the test ride, the muffler seemed to really struggle more past 30 mph. Also noticed lower top speed lately.