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Anyone running no muffler on the Duke 690?

5.3K views 8 replies 8 participants last post by  Pocket7  
#1 ·
Now I know that sounds crazy but bear with me. I have a Remus hypercone that I've had on the bike for two years. The muffler finally blew out the back end. Kinda crappy considering how much Remus charges for these. The bike was basically open header, it sounded terrible and was deafening.

I went and put the stock exhaust and I was shocked, I forgot how quiet it was. It's too quiet. I had a thought about just removing the stock muffler and keeping the cat on. It actually sounds pretty good. Quieter than the Remus ever was.
I'm thinking I'll cut up the stock muffler and just have a pipe dump right under the swingarm. Anyone else ever try anything similar?
 
Discussion starter · #4 ·
I will say I never realized how loud the Remus was after it being on for so long. And I agree I do always wear the ear plugs. It's not so much the exhaust but the wind noise that bothers me.

How loud does the decat pipe end up making the bike?