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[dsn_klr650] big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2000 9:34 am
by Kurt Simpson
> Has anybody heard of this exhaust system for the KLR , and if tryed , > how loud , and what kind of preformance was gained ? > thanks, Gary...
Arne did a complete review in an issue of Dual Sport News. The answer is good performance and very loud. Fireball is totally dismayed with the fit and quality on his and is giving up. When riding with him on the White Rim I could shut my bike down and hear his for a mile or so (it is very quiet out there)...it sounded just like a Huey.... Kurt

[dsn_klr650] big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2000 10:04 am
by k650dsn@aol.com
In a message dated Tue, 13 Jun 2000 10:34:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, "Kurt Simpson" writes: >>
Big Gun equipped KLR's made very effective alarm clocks at the Canyonlands Campground too. Gino

[dsn_klr650] big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Tue Jun 13, 2000 3:20 pm
by k650dsn@aol.com
In a message dated Tue, 13 Jun 2000 3:51:13 PM Eastern Daylight Time, "Stuart Mumford" writes: >>
Actually, my statement about the Big Gun as an alarm clock was completely in jest. I slept with earplugs in everynight. My natural alarm clock(my bladder) woke me every morning at 6:00 am. Gino, even my camel couldn't wake me up!

[dsn_klr650] big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2000 8:32 pm
by Kurt Simpson
> Hey Fireball ( or Kurt if Fireball is tied up ), what problems are you > having specifically? I am real curious to hear, mine was perfect and I
can't
> picture those guys at Big Gun putting out junk... What gives? > > CA Stu
Stu, Fireball is on the road, as I recall he was having trouble with the fit between the mid-pipe and the header pipe...does that make sense? Kurt

big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2000 8:57 pm
by Stuart Mumford
> Hey Fireball ( or Kurt if Fireball is tied up ), what problems are you > having specifically? I am real curious to hear, mine was perfect and I
can't
> picture those guys at Big Gun putting out junk... What gives? > > CA Stu >Stu, Fireball is on the road, as I recall he was having trouble with the
fit
>between the mid-pipe and the header pipe...does that make sense? >Kurt
I'll give that an unqualified maybe. My setup only had 2 pipes. The header and the can. I just took mine back to Big Gun today to get the header pipe ceramic coate, and Paul said had " an old one" so maybe the design has changed. Mine fit great, I even used the stock bracket at mid-pipe to join the two and with copious amounts of high temp RTV, it sealed perfectly. The first time I put the 2 pieces together, I did have a heck of a time... but I am of the beleif that there is no problem that can withstand the power of sustained thinking, and by golly they finally went together like a hand and glove... CA Stu

[dsn_klr650] big gun - quiet core for klr

Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2000 9:04 pm
by Kurt Simpson
> > >Stu, Fireball is on the road, as I recall he was having trouble with the > fit between the mid-pipe and the header pipe...does that make sense? > > >Kurt > > I'll give that an unqualified maybe. My setup only had 2 pipes. The header > and the can. I just took mine back to Big Gun today to get the header pipe > ceramic coate, and Paul said had " an old one" so maybe the design has > changed. Mine fit great, I even used the stock bracket at mid-pipe to join > the two and with copious amounts of high temp RTV, it sealed perfectly.
The
> first time I put the 2 pieces together, I did have a heck of a time... but
I
> am of the beleif that there is no problem that can withstand the power of > sustained thinking, and by golly they finally went together like a hand
and
> glove...
Sorry, I confused it with a SuperCrapp...it must have been the joint between the silencer and the header pipe. He also was having trouble with the fit between the Big'un and the Jesse Bags but that is not a fault of Big'un... Kurt