Can you mod stock pipes on a Heritage Softail?

[gator508]

I guess I'll be the first and maybe the only to disagree with all the other posters. I drilled a 1 1/4 hole (if my memory is right) threw the center plate in my stock mufflers and they sound great. Others have said my bike sounds good and I've done this mod for a couple of friends rides and they're real happy with the sound. They look the same as the inside of Reinhart mufflers now. The bike is louder now but not obnoxious. It will bark if I twist the throttle though. Anybody want a set of poor sounding Cobra's?

They say that's what makes the world go 'round, different strokes for different folks!!

 

[geezer]

Maybe the reason I got away with modifying the stock mufflers is because I only opened them slightly. Some have almost completely gutted them and that ruins the sound.