Exhaust mod inquiry

[Mpenner]

Hey guys! So I just got my 81 GS650Eback together from extensive work over. So I get the tags for it last week and ride the **** out of it and love it except....

The exhaust is to timid.... I know guys that guys with other type of bikes have drilled holes in there mufflers to give it a lil more character. Anyone drilled there mufflers and if you did where the f! did you drill? Just the end plate or what??? Any suggestions or recommendations are greatly appreciated!!!

[AF_Bill]

Now I haven't done anything to my stock exhaust yet BUT I was told that if you drill out holes in the exhaust plate, at the back end, you'll get a little bit louder. You won't have to rejet the carbs either. Do this one hole at a time per side to get the desired sound.

[coolksprt]

I can say from experience that it will make it a little bit louder. I just got a 1/2 drill bit and made two holes in each plate. You being the rider will tell a difference, but truthfully anyone else probably wont be able to tell. Make sure you shim the needles if you do this because drilling will make it slightly even more lean. I ended up switching the stock exhaust after about a year for some HD takeaways and love the new bark coming from my GS.

Kev

[se7en_modes]

hmm

what do you other gs guys think about this?.. sounds... interesting..
i want to make my exhaust louder too..

[donimo]

me personally? I would leave your impossible to find stock exhaust on a shelf and try to find an aftermarket pipe or something, or at least a rattier example of stock at a junkers or something and butcher that one.

I found a MAC pipe and put a supertrapp can on it sounds awesome and was only a few hundred all in...