Funny thing is Dave

A new Hay Cutter cost more than the only New Bike I ever bought !  

But , I fixed the old one to keep for a spare .   Or ... now that I have a big cutter to go with the big tractor and a fixed small cutter to go with the small tractor , I can have a friend over to cut hay with !  

I could have bought a new RE-Twin for a lot less ...

come to think on it : Its more fun to ride motorcycles than tractors , just by a little !    

I did get a dealers price , but I have to put it together myself but saved near $3,000 on it.

Oh yea ,

They say "Thank You" all the time but they have trouble with the pronunciation so it sounds like Moooo  
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Getting back to gas millage :

I've  got a muffler with the 1.75 inlet/outlet w/3" OD. ordered .   I think it will be just fine with no obstruction to make back pressure .     The larger one is too big around to pass under the passenger foot peg.  I'm sure Marcia would be using it for a foot warmer .  

Anybody need a stainless steel 2" in/out x 3.5" dia x 18"  + ends muffler ?

 

twist rate may be what makes it quiet ?    That hole is more than an inch , might be 1.25 inch ?   It will be Sunday afternoon before I get a chance to hear it .

Hay Lancer

I had a few minutes this evening so , I slipped the  small (1.75") on to see what it sounded like .     The smaller one was louder !

The larger one has more rolls of cups , the smaller one only has the seven rolls , the larger one has thirteen !  

I'm thinking of playing with the exit hole size next or just fix a lower mounting fixture and use the larger diameter one ?  

Its nice to have a bike to ride while I experiment on another one.  

Hay without any back-pressure the LS650 pulls really STRONG !  

I got everything together this afternoon after cutting this hay field.

Here's a picture of both.

The polishing on the new muffler looked really good till the heat from a 30 mile lap around the country block got things "WARMED-UP" a bit.   Now its just the "RIGHT" shade of  "YELLOW STRAW" but still sanded smooth as glass.  

This picture was on the way out the driveway but facing the house.
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Another thing occurred to me !    I have installed the 25 tooth front pulley and am running a 16" rear tire .    So the odometer is not right  or the speedometer either.

I have ordered a GPS speedometer and should soon be comparing miles to miles ya might say.  
It should be here by next week at this time.   Maybe using know to be good data might make the MPG figures more "factual" , at least I'll be sure of where I'm at.    
The free flowing muffler and the higher gearing should return some high MPG numbers that are reliable.    Now if I can get the nut between the seat and the handle bars to loosen up on the twist grip on the right handle bar I should get better MPG ???