[burkbuilds]

I eventually had mixed feelings about my exhaust mod. I did like the louder sound, for a while, then I started wishing it wasn't so loud when I cranked it up in my neighborhood at 6 AM. My neighbor's houses are all close together and I know I'd be ticked off if someone was waking me up with a loud bike at 6 in the morning. I also decided that my mileage increase was simply due to a different driving scenario for about two weeks after I installed the new exhaust as WW pointed out. Once I went back to my old routine, the mileage pretty much went back to how it was before. I did notice an increase in power when climbing hills at about 55 mph. I was able to hold my speed on some hills that previously I lost about 5 mph going over. I was glad that the new pipes kept the exhaust away from my saddle bags, which was my original goal anyway, but I had already resolved the problem with some checker plate aluminum I riveted to the bag above the exhaust pipe so it wasn't really necessary.