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...So long story short Santa is not bringing me a full exhaust system and since I finally get a free weekend...I wanted to chop and core my cans...now I been reading the How-To's and what not but wanted to ask you guys what I needed to look out for (I remember one of you guys saying you had done it before...) ...This is the best How-To I've seen... http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=2312.0 ...so If you know/seen a better one let me know... This is what I'm going for (Length wise)  |
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DRKWNG
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 10:03:03 PM » |
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Dude!! I was wondering where you had been. Welcome back.  That is sort of what we did with my old S2R, but the internals were a touch different. The main thing you need is a dremel and LOTS of beer. When are you looking at doing this? |
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teddy037.2
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2008, 10:20:15 PM » |
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Dude!! I was wondering where you had been. Welcome back. That is sort of what we did with my old S2R, but the internals were a touch different. The main thing you need is a dremel and not let me try and cut a straight line. When are you looking at doing this? fixed |
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DRKWNG
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« Reply #3 on: December 03, 2008, 10:22:12 PM » |
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lol I blame the beer, even if we hadn't started drinking at that point. Actually, I blame it on Justin's dull ass hacksaw blade!  pregnant dog! |
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teddy037.2
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« Reply #4 on: December 03, 2008, 10:23:20 PM » |
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Xerxes1769
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« Reply #5 on: December 03, 2008, 10:38:43 PM » |
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I've been around but between work (working 12's and being TDY for 2 months) and moving (from Maili to Kunia) I haven't had much free time...I'm probably looking at doing it this weekend (seeing how I finally how one free)...A dremel and beer (awesome!) will definitely have to buy both...Yeah I figure I can't f@#$ this up too bad...And since the bike is down for maintenance (let's just say it involves tipping over and a bent handlebar) I figure now that it finally has been battlescared (not really but you get the point) it's time to start modding....
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teddy037.2
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« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2008, 10:48:18 PM » |
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even w/ben's help it's an easy mod  you'll be fine. but yes, the dremel makes things alot easier |
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Xerxes1769
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« Reply #7 on: December 05, 2008, 05:43:49 PM » |
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OK....so I took the muffler off (just one...in case I f@%! it up I only need to buy one) and got the sleeve down and the exhaust tip off (what a PITA!!) and have the actual muffler by itself...   now the question is how do I cut it? I know you guys said a dremel (but that's kind of tiny and it would take til Jesus came back to get through it...) Did you guys mean a sawzall? I could try a hacksaw but my hacksawing skill are not up to snuff.... sorry about the crappy pix they're from my cell... |
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DRKWNG
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« Reply #8 on: December 05, 2008, 06:38:51 PM » |
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Sawzall good!
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Xerxes1769
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« Reply #9 on: December 05, 2008, 07:16:58 PM » |
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So I just noticed sawzalls are like $100 and my wife will not be happy if I buy another tool I'm going to use just once so I'm going to go buy a different cutting disc for the dremel and let you guys now how it goes...
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teddy037.2
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« Reply #10 on: December 05, 2008, 07:45:03 PM » |
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larger dia. cutting whee will do the trick. those tiny brittle ones won't last a minute on it.
you'll want the one that looks like it has fiber reinforcement running through it
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« Reply #11 on: December 05, 2008, 08:18:57 PM » |
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Awesome...That's what I got a dremel adaptor with bigger cutting wheels....Hopefully I can finish this one tonight and the left one tomorrow....
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« Reply #12 on: December 06, 2008, 09:46:06 AM » |
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larger dia. cutting whee will do the trick. those tiny brittle ones won't last a minute on it.
Very true, but you might want to get a few spares. We went through what, six of those fibre-reinforced wheels on my exhaust? |
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teddy037.2
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« Reply #13 on: December 06, 2008, 01:10:26 PM » |
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dang, was it really 6?
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« Reply #14 on: December 06, 2008, 01:18:14 PM » |
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well here's the left...  and the finished right...  hopefully I can finish the left tonight....and yes I went through a crapload of cutting wheels... |
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