A few days ago I was hoping to manage a couple of hundred mile journey to Wheels Day, a "season starter" type event where many rodders shake down their new builds for the first time, and even more blow the cobwebs off of their cars, dip the oil and cruise on down.
It dawned on me that, should I make such a journey with open headers, I'd be near deaf by the time I got to the first gas stop, the joyous charm of headaches and the chime of tinnitus would be with me for hours. After a little consideration I left the headers in their box. It turns out that I never went to the show but the headers remain boxed regardless.
Back when I was riding motorcycles 24/7 I had a number of bikes with straight through exhausts, but due to UK law I always wore a helmet, which certainly muffled the rumble of open pipes. While I was reminiscing I recalled a type of baffle that I'd fitted to a number of customers bikes, that helped keep their neighbours a little happier.
I scoured the internet for some of these baffles and I managed to find a store in Germany that stocks the little beauties, they haven't changed a bit since I used them last. At two inches in diameter and four in length, they should help me to have the look I want without the headaches, tinnitus and police attention. All you have to do to fit them is drill a hole for the retaining bolt, de-burr it, slide them in and fit the retaining bolt, this also lends them to being removed pretty quickly for any RWBY, run what you brung, events that I may attend in the future.
I'm still waiting for them to be delivered, but seeing as it's Easter it could take some time. Once they're here, and fitted, those headers will be going straight on, and with any luck should sound just as good as they look.
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