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Just spent 10 hours making up a new exhaust set up for my bike. This is for my race bike. What i have now is a 620ieSS. It is being set up to run in a restricted v-twin class. There isnt a hell of a lot of things that we are able to do to the bike before they get upset. One of the few things we are allowed to do is change the mufflers.
Well, i got about to weighing up my old mufflers and found out they were about 10kg (give or take) So i thought that instead of replacing both with light weight carbon jobs, i would swap them over for just a single side can. I found a photo on the "post your supersport" photos section that i liked and though, hey, why not.
Shopping all over town and everyone that i went to see said.. Not interested, or yeah sure, $1200 + 4 weeks minimum! That kind of put a damper on it. It looked like i was going to have to just suck it up and pay the $1200... until the last guy i went to said... try this mob, he will sell you the parts to do it yourself!
$90 in parts and i went out and bought myself a mig welder. And im still $500 better off and now i have a mig welder as well! Well, thats how i sold the idea to my wife anyway!...
Having not fabricated anything in quite a long time (7 years working in a casino will do that for your fabrication skills...) It was turning out to be a nightmare... But i managed to get the hang of the mig welder again and off i went...
Anyway, long story short, 10 hours later i dont have a cross over piece any more and im now all happy single sided. Lost over 10kg of weight off the bike and only have to pay for one exhaust!
Next time i think i will buy a tig welder, as the mig was a nightmare to weld up exhaust tubing
Well, i got about to weighing up my old mufflers and found out they were about 10kg (give or take) So i thought that instead of replacing both with light weight carbon jobs, i would swap them over for just a single side can. I found a photo on the "post your supersport" photos section that i liked and though, hey, why not.
Shopping all over town and everyone that i went to see said.. Not interested, or yeah sure, $1200 + 4 weeks minimum! That kind of put a damper on it. It looked like i was going to have to just suck it up and pay the $1200... until the last guy i went to said... try this mob, he will sell you the parts to do it yourself!
$90 in parts and i went out and bought myself a mig welder. And im still $500 better off and now i have a mig welder as well! Well, thats how i sold the idea to my wife anyway!...
Having not fabricated anything in quite a long time (7 years working in a casino will do that for your fabrication skills...) It was turning out to be a nightmare... But i managed to get the hang of the mig welder again and off i went...
Anyway, long story short, 10 hours later i dont have a cross over piece any more and im now all happy single sided. Lost over 10kg of weight off the bike and only have to pay for one exhaust!
Next time i think i will buy a tig welder, as the mig was a nightmare to weld up exhaust tubing
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