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This looks so rad. My only gripe is I hope its muffler is decent because I hear a few guys on dirt bikes throughout the day with my windows closed, even while I'm sleeping.
It really kind of isn't. It does have packing, but it's otherwise pretty straight through. I had to take it apart (this required some cutting) to put a spark arrestor in it to make it legal for use in the state forests around here. While I was at it I put a gimcrack homebrew baffle in it which made it a little better, but it's still not exactly silent.
The problem is, finding an aftermarket one that's quieter is a case of trial and error because all of the aftermarket options seem to be equally obnoxious, aimed at the MaD pErFoRmAnCe GaInZ, Yo!!!!1!! crowd. I'm thinking at some point I will stumble across a stock silencer from a similar displacement bike and chop it off, then do some adapting work. It's low on the list of priorities.
Relatedly, if anyone has a pair of stock pipes for a Shadow ACE 750 (2000-2002, I think) I'll buy or happily trade you the pair of loud as shit Vance & Hines pipes that came with my bike.
Hell yeah, OP. Respect.