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Posted:  03 Jul 2007 20:59 [?]  
Hey guys,

My girlfriend just bought a 2005 Buell Blast.  It has a Vance & Hines exhaust and carb kit in it.  She thinks it's too loud and wants to switch back to the stock exhaust.

I read on a post here from somone in the same situation, and a suggestion of leaving it as is but pack the exhaust to make it quieter (only his exhaust is a Kerker).

I researched and discovered some people used steel wool for packing, but I can't find anything about HOW to pack the Vance & Hines exhaust.

Will packing the exhaust make it much quieter?  Anyone have a link to instructions, or can tell me how to pack this thing?
Posted:  04 Jul 2007 10:52 [?]  
I was the one with the other thread on the same subject. I ended up going back to the stock exhaust for several reasons.
A:  I already had the stock exhaust and therefore didn't have to spend any money!
2:  We are going to the Buell homecoming this weekend and time was of the essence.
C:  As per ezblast's recommendation there is no need to re-jet the carb

My wife couldn't be happier with how much quieter it is and it actually seams to run a little better. But if you must repack here is a link to another thread that has a link to a repack kit.

other thread with link to a repack kit

Although it has probably been done, I wouldn't recommend the steel wool, it does burn. I think a ceramic wool is what is called for in this situation. But that's just my opinion.
Posted:  04 Jul 2007 20:02 [?]  
Concur!
Posted:  05 Jul 2007 15:35 [?]  
Awesome!  Thanks for that!  I'll switch back to the other exhaust and see how it runs.  Doesn't seem to be too big of a job to switch over.
Posted:  28 Sep 2008 02:14   Last Edited By: LeFox[?]  
if loud is the problem  check out supertrapp although u have to weld the bracket tunable exhaust is the best 
the stock pipe sucks   it is heavey and it prevent easy oil change and trani change
it also has a lower clearence from stock to a diff pipe u have to rejet   v&h is ok but it is loud  repacking is easy remove exhaust undo the 4 bolts that hold the rear tip in slid perferated tube and rear tip out

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