[dsn_klr650] i did it!

[Arne]

From: Stuart Mumford [mailto:s2mumford@...] Subject: [DSN_klr650] New 2nd generation Big Gun exhaust installed Hey folks, I just installed a 2nd generation Big Gun on my KLR last night. Here are my observations so far. Didn't know you were making the switch. Did they give you a discount as a return customer? =) Tell me again what the problem was with the original, and yes - pictures, pictures, pictures... Arne

[Toby Lampson]

Stu, Got some questions for ya Stu..... Why the new one? Think it'll compare in longevity? As it does its job, does it have continuous flow, or some 90deg. stops...like the supertrapp? Can you use the silencer-spark arrestor independently? Is the FS Approval stamped in it yet? Thanks Bro Tob Stuart Mumford wrote:

> Hey folks, I just installed a 2nd generation Big Gun on my KLR last night. > Here are my observations so far. > 1)It is 6 lbs lighter than the stocker, head pipe and can weigh 8 pounds. > 2) The new edition silencers are a bit quieter than the early ones.. The > older style had just a screen for the spark arrestor, the new one has some > kind of metal contraption in the can, looks like an impeller blade. > 3) The ceramic coated headpipe looks cool; it will never blue like my old > pipe, but it isn't as shiny out of the box. I know that is real important. > 4) It really is a clean looking setup. If anyone would like, I will post > some pics. > > CA Stu > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Wish you had something rad to add to your email? > We do at www.supersig.com. > http://click.egroups.com/1/6807/6/_/911801/_/963517356/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... > Let's keep this list SPAM free! > > Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Jim Cunningham]

I hope for your sake that you are not desperate enough to pay $800 for a little tush! And yes, she is as gratifying in more ways than I can count: both the KLR and my wife! -----Original Message----- From: LawsonCL@... [mailto:LawsonCL@...] Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:19 PM To: DSN_klr650@egroups.com Subject: [DSN_klr650] FW: I did it! jimc@... writes:

> The KLR is kind of like my wife, I did not appreciate her fully > until I had ridden her a while!

Say, uh, Jim, if your wife is, well, as gratifying as your KLR...and we're talkin' great rides for $800, I could probably find the checkbook.... Chris ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit Law.com for exclusive national and regional content, online CLE Seminars, Practice Centers, Career Listings and Expert Witness Directory. http://click.egroups.com/1/6875/6/_/911801/_/963515532/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit the KLR650 archives at http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 Support Dual Sport News... dsneditor@... Let's keep this list SPAM free! Visit our site at http://www.egroups.com/group/DSN_klr650 To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@egroups.com

[Stuart Mumford]

Stu, Got some questions for ya Stu.....

>Why the new one?

I have a Dremel and a polishing kit, and I like beer. Therefore my old one got polished and looked really cool until I started it up and it blued in a real mottled, crappy looking sort of way. I sent the headpipe in to Big Gun to have it ceramic coated to cover up the blems I put in it, and also showed them my canister, which was semi-beat up. Big Gun explained that I had the "old-style", and made me a super smokin' deal...

>Think it'll compare in longevity?

I think this will be even better. All the pipe is the same, clean welds and very sturdy. The can has Allen head fasteners instead of the hex head sheet metal screws holding the end caps on, also the end cap looks to be a sturdy one-piece arrangement, instead of the original design. The Spark arrestor tailpipe I.D. is smaller on this model than the original, race core looks the same size as the old one, I think it is 2 1/8".

>As it does its job, does it have continuous flow, >or some 90deg. stops...like the supertrapp?

Smooooth. Looks like it flows really clean, no harsh bends.

>Can you use the silencer-spark arrestor independently?

I am not sure, but I think so .. I will eyeball it tonight and get back to ya on that one..

>Is the FS Approval stamped in it yet?

Same answer as above.

>Thanks Bro Tob

De nada mi amigo. CA Stu.