Silencing my ZX6r exhaust

[metalslug]

This might be a weird question but I am looking for some way to make my Zx6r exhaust more quiet.

The bike came with the Micron exhaust. Yes it sounds really really sweet- but the trouble is because of my work I often have to ride it out during night time. and my neighours are such nice oldies that I don't want to shake them up at 2am.

Just wondering if there is an easy way to do it? Don't really want to shell out few hundred bux just to get a more silenced pipe...

btw I cant turn off the engine and push it along because my garage is on a very steep hill....

Thanks

[p.dath]

I was going to say "turn the ignition key off".

But I know someone who has baffles for his exhaust. When riding on the street he fits them over this exhaust pipes to make the bike quieter. When on the track he takes them back off.

[JimO]

if they are old they are probably deaf so wont hear you

[steve_t]

You might be able to find someone with a quieter exhaust that will swap with you ??

[325rocket]

get a baffle made. shouldnt be hard.

can you post a pic of the pipe?

[AllanB]

Do a Google for 'DB Killer"

You have a 50mm or so outlet - you want a bit of smaller pipe to insert into the outlet and core and bolt in (there will be a hole there already probably). The smaller pipe will be about 25-30 mm. The pipe reduction and the need for the gasses to do a turn to get out the inserted pipe will shut it up.

Any muffler shop will make one up.

[YellowDog]

You need one of these:

http://www.toolparts.co.uk/acatalog/4_Stroke_Exhaust_Baffles.html

What size is you pipe? I think I have a spare.

[vifferman]

Any muffler shop will make one up.
Or not. Depends how prescriptive you are.
I had a very fruitless time with my VTR1000 trying to get some for it; car muffler shops just said "No, we don't do work on bikes!", and Custom Chambers wanted my bike for a week so they could cut the mufflers open, see what was inside (despite me telling him!) to see what they could do. In the end, I just drew up a sketch, took it to Woolf mufflers, and said, "Can you make this?" Cost me $60 for two restrictors.

[centercore]

Custom Chambers can make a removable baffle for $60 bucks. Give him a call and arrange it and you can probably drop the slipon off then pick it up the next day.

He made one for my leo vince gp pipe. I lost the original baffle and the new one is way quieter(almost 1/4 of the no baffle sound) in the low revs but a nice crisp and loud sound up top. Perfect really.

[chrispy121]

i am looking to get some one to do this for my stock r6 exhaust
I have removed the cat and it is loud

[Winston001]

Or not. Depends how prescriptive you are.
I had a very fruitless time with my VTR1000 trying to get some for it; car muffler shops just said "No, we don't do work on bikes!", and Custom Chambers wanted my bike for a week so they could cut the mufflers open, see what was inside (despite me telling him!) to see what they could do. In the end, I just drew up a sketch, took it to Woolf mufflers, and said, "Can you make this?" Cost me $60 for two restrictors.

Plenty of results on Google especially on bike forums. There are clever restrictors which just slip in and choke the sound down. As VM and others have said, its a cheap and simple mod but you might have to tell the engineer specifically what you want.