04-30-2014, 02:02 PM
I had a 2000 Moto Guzzi Quota; when I bought it it had a Super Trapp can, a popular mod for that bike. For reasons I can't recall I had it dyno'd at about 55hp. 55hp for a 1100 bike!
Naturally I thought something was amiss which lead to some fun stuff. In the mean time a fellow Quota owner that is a marine engineer said he never understood why the Super Trapp was popular as it did not have the volume to handle the big motor. This is a smart guy with lots of experience so I bought a used factory stock can, dyno'd it again, finding I had gained almost twelve horse power. By going back to the stock muffler. Sounded better too.
Naturally I thought something was amiss which lead to some fun stuff. In the mean time a fellow Quota owner that is a marine engineer said he never understood why the Super Trapp was popular as it did not have the volume to handle the big motor. This is a smart guy with lots of experience so I bought a used factory stock can, dyno'd it again, finding I had gained almost twelve horse power. By going back to the stock muffler. Sounded better too.
