Emgo exhaust mount

[jsharpphoto]

I've read some horror stories about the mounting box on the sides of the emgo mufflers cracking (under extended vibration from an old bike). Is this a real problem? or just blown out of proportion? Maybe adding a rubber bushing between the mounting bar and the frame might reduce vibration?

 

[jsharpphoto]

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that must mean that it's not really a problem, and a few people blowing things out of proportion. I may still add a small rubber washer to act as a spacer so I don't have to bend the bracket.

 

[Scruffy]

It is more likely to rot out than it is to crack. Emgo uses very cheap steel and very soft (easy to damage) chrome that is put on far too thin to be of much use. I have a set of late 60s or early 70s Rocky shorty glass packs on my 63 CL72, ugly as sin but still can be cleaned up and used. Actually in better shape than the CB72/77 header pipes.

Check the weld lines on the mounting box, quality control is pretty poor. A lot of garbage gets boxed and sent. I've had an Emgo/Motoasia glass pack and fishtail extension pipe on the Savage since 2000 or so, no cracks, but the chrome flaked off within a year at any place that gets excessively warm (like around the baffle ends).

And the rubber bushing couldn't hurt anything.

 

[jsharpphoto]

thanks! i'm actually pretty eager for the chrome to flake off, then i can paint them. As of now, the pipes and the tank panels are the only chrome on the whole bike. I'm not a huge fan of chrome on bikes, especially in a harley-obsessed town like dallas.

I'll inspect them regularly for cracks so they don't fall off on the road, and maybe i can save up for some real pipes.

 

[ako]

I would add a rubber bushing. All my dirt bikes use rubber bushes.

Think about the thermal expansion as well as the vibration. Solid mounts make no sense to me.

 

[Scruffy]

You can scratch them up sufficiently pretty quickly, wire wheel in your drill motor. That chrome is almost as useless as the stuff you can peel off plastic car parts.