Is Riding Without a Muffler Bad For Your Bike?

Today’s stock exhausts are far too quiet for most riders’ preferences, and word on the street (or forums, to be more specific) is that you don’t need to spend $500 on a slip on to make your bike louder. That’s because your motorcycle will sound sick if just yank off the stock muffler and run an open pipe. But is riding without a muffler bad for the engine, or is it just bad for humanity? We’ll get to the bottom of things in this video from the MC Garage.