klr 650 tweet, chirp, whistle, etc.
Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2001 2:23 pm
consider me a lurker with something to add to the discussion on
exhaust tweets....
mine developed about 5k miles or so, and got loud enough to really
bother me after a while. while the solution i used was reported on
this list at one point, i figured i'd add my experience as another
data point in case someone else goes fishing for information in the
archives as i did.
first off, i gotta say that when it comes to tweety, the internet
once again refused to let me down. i found the two detailed cut-it-
apart-and-reweld-the-muffler pages. i especially loved the
handwritten pages. reminded me of somthing out of riven--and i mean
that in the best of ways.
not really wanting to learn how to weld, i was intrigued by the
slather-the-bottom-of-the-interior-exit-pipe-with-epoxy solution i
found by trolling this list's archives. it appealed to me because it
was a) easy; b) cheap; and c) i happened to have some jb weld around
that wasn't doing anything--as all good (and especially bad)
mechanics should.
i looked at the seam at 6 o'clock inside the exhaust exit pipe. it
did appar to be de-welded, but didn't appear to be separated. what
the heck, i figured, and slathered it up with jb weld that i mixed
and let sit for maybe 10 minutes to firm up a bit so it'd have the
right consistency. of course, in the process, i ham-fingered up a few
of the holes on either side of the seam, maybe from about 6:15
o'clock to 6:45 o'clock.
end result? tweety disappeared, much to my surprise. can feel no
power difference, fwiw.
i'm thrilled. thanks to the list for the suggestion. consider this
one more data point on the subject.
-grant