Nice lookin pipe!I like the chrome too.Adds that personal upscale look 8)

Sounds like Paul will get ya taken care of, although I'd like to see some parts of Arkansas sometime.  Only part I've ever been in is West Memphis, and I darn sure didn't spend long there!  

Will do, Rob.  May take me a bit as I don't have a microphone but I'll pick one up cheap at WallyWorld and get it to you asap.

Yup- That's exactly what I want. REALLY nice job!

georgekathe wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:


My adapter I had flared female at one end, male at the other end.  I considered doing a double female, and it would've worked just fine doing it that way, but elected to go this route instead.

Maybe the Sportster mufflers are a tad shorter than the Dyna mufflers, but a 7" adapter was way too long and I whacked about an inch or so off of it once I got it home.  Even then, the muffler is mounted about an inch rearward of the original muffler mounting holes on the bracket.

I had the Dyna muffler flared ever so slightly to accept the 1 3/4" adapter.  The local Midas muffler guy was an absolute pro at throwing this together for me.

Get this -- I went to another independent muffler shop before going to Midas.  The guy acted like he really didn't want to do it, and wanted to charge me $22 for the adapter, plus I had to buy the remainder of the pipe he cut the adapter from.  Midas charged me for the adapter only, no worry about any left over pipe.

BTW, thanks for the compliment on my bike.  It gets a lot of looks around these parts, and a lot of people get blown away when I tell them its a big thumper!  Ran into an old-timer at the gas station the other night next to my work.  I had just finished filling up with gas and he pulled up next to me and said "Is that a thumper?"  I told him that it was, and he replied "I haven't seen one of those in years, what year is it?"  When I told him it was an '02, he was blown away.  He thought it was something out of the '60's or '70's.  Then he proceeded to tell me about his old Norton he had at home.  

I put a Dyna muffler on my Savage a few months back.  I really like the way it mounts - very secure.

Did you use the gasket from the stock muffler?

BTW, a HD dealer will probably have a band clamp specifically for that muffler. It's pretty expensive, liek $12, but it is very strong. I used a 1.75" Cobra t-bolt clamp (p/n 95-2953P) clamp on the adpater to head pipe end.  It's a pretty good clamp, too.

Besides sound/tone, are there any changes in performance or  mileage that you can share?  Also, could you please clarify what carb jet settings and air/other mods you are running with the Dyna?

Just picked up two Dyna's off eBay to place on a  stock 2001 Savage so am curious what else I need to do to give it a little boost.