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Sid Squid · 10-03-09, 09:45 PM

Just because they're not identical it doesn't mean they're not the same sort of thing.

To clarify: Ordinarily a baffle is supplied as a removeable piece of an exhaust supplied as legal, removing the baffle will make it louder and illegal. A DB killer isn't supplied as part of an exhaust and is intended to quieten a non legal exhaust, they are less well fitting as they are intended to be a sort of universal fit, this will not make an illegal exhaust legal.

You have stated that you have exhaust you wish to quieten, from this can I estimate that it's a illegal and does not have a baffle? If so then a DB killer is your best option. However if it is an 'E' marked exhaust it my be possible to obtain a baffle if you know the maker.

Dave20046 · 10-03-09, 09:46 PM

agreed, I need to purchase one for my bikesafe course

appollo1 · 10-03-09, 09:47 PM

I have an ART race can on my bike that soes not have a baffle in it. To pass the MOT I bought a DB Killer which is the metal part in the Baffle pic and it just quietens down the noise. The DB should be screwed into the exhaust but mine just jams in and i use a camping tent peg remover to take it out. Works well enough to pass MOT.

10-03-09, 09:45 PM	#11
Sid Squid No, I don't lend tools. Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Skunk Works, Nth London Posts: 8,680	Re: DB killer or baffle? Just because they're not identical it doesn't mean they're not the same sort of thing. To clarify: Ordinarily a baffle is supplied as a removeable piece of an exhaust supplied as legal, removing the baffle will make it louder and illegal. A DB killer isn't supplied as part of an exhaust and is intended to quieten a non legal exhaust, they are less well fitting as they are intended to be a sort of universal fit, this will not make an illegal exhaust legal. You have stated that you have exhaust you wish to quieten, from this can I estimate that it's a illegal and does not have a baffle? If so then a DB killer is your best option. However if it is an 'E' marked exhaust it my be possible to obtain a baffle if you know the maker. __________________ If an SV650 has a flat tyre in the forest and no-one is there to blow it up, how long will it be 'til someone posts that the reg/rec is duff and the world will end unless a CBR unit is fitted? A little bit of knowledge = a dangerous thing. "a deathless anthem of nuclear-strength romantic angst"

10-03-09, 09:46 PM	#12
Dave20046 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sheffield Posts: 10,274	Re: DB killer or baffle? agreed, I need to purchase one for my bikesafe course __________________

10-03-09, 09:47 PM	#13
appollo1 Member Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Newport on Tay Posts: 1,017	Re: DB killer or baffle? I have an ART race can on my bike that soes not have a baffle in it. To pass the MOT I bought a DB Killer which is the metal part in the Baffle pic and it just quietens down the noise. The DB should be screwed into the exhaust but mine just jams in and i use a camping tent peg remover to take it out. Works well enough to pass MOT.

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