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Title: Cutting down cans Post by: Tedonlin150 on April 30, 2010, 09:37:31 AM I have Termignoni carbon fiber slip-ons on my bike. I think it would look a lot better if they were about 4 inches shorter. Now, i'd hate to cut these really nice expensive mufflers up but I also really want to. What are your opinions on this? Also, if I do decide I want to cut them, whats the best way to do it. I was thinking I would drill the rivets of the end caps and pull it apart. Then cut it down. What kind of blade/saw would work best so its a nice and clean cut? Thanks for your input.
Title: Re: Cutting down cans Post by: Bones on April 30, 2010, 09:50:51 AM ah, you can always tell the newbies....let the search box be your friend.
http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=35836.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=35836.0) http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=11541.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=11541.0) http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34449.0 (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=34449.0) I just chopped 3 inches off my high-mount termis this week. most folks use an electric chopsaw, but I didn't have one, so used an electric mitresaw. It was a smaller one, so I had to be real careful and make 2 cuts. anyway, tape up where you will be making the cuts, measure and mark it carefully. and wear gloves and a mask b/c carbon fibre dust and splinters are nothing to fark with. you definitely want to use some sort of electric saw. metal blade would be good b/c you have thin steel core in the pipes. after taking off the rivets, the cap won't want to come off on its own, so use a rubber mallet to kind of coax it off a little bit at a time. read the other threads and you will know what to do. just double check what you are doing and work slowly and carefully and you will be golden. Title: Re: Cutting down cans Post by: Tedonlin150 on April 30, 2010, 01:46:09 PM Ok sounds good thanks!
Title: Re: Cutting down cans Post by: mattyvas on April 30, 2010, 07:29:08 PM Just cut 70mm or so off my Akro CF can a few weeks back.
Love the deeper sound, I too was worried about messing it up and costing myself $$$ to get a new one. I used a dremel to slice mine, it was a little easier as my pipe is not round. End result is fantastic, fits in nicely with the tail chop. Title: Re: Cutting down cans Post by: Tedonlin150 on May 01, 2010, 09:05:02 AM Good idea with the Dremel. I'd be much more comfortable doing it that way than with a sawzall or something.
Title: Re: Cutting down cans Post by: Rufus120 on May 01, 2010, 04:06:48 PM I took mine down by 6" this weekend. I used a chop saw and it went through them like butter. The hardest part for me was getting the end caps back on. I was scared of breaking them, but ended up have to use a rubber mallet to get them back on. Sounds even better now.
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