supertrapp ids2 repack! stainless steel wool!

[jimmcclusk@aol.com]

Hello all! I have a 2000 KLR 650 and love it! I live in Alaska though so our riding season is rather short. I am in a riding club that meets every Thursday during the summer and rides. Our club is open to all bikes which is cool because it is hard to find a dual sport specific club to ride with, we have Harleys, cafe bikes, b'mers etc...I found this site by surfing. Nice to be here and looking forward to reading all your posts. Jim in Alaska

[Tobin S. Lampson]

Welcome aboard the starship KLR! We used to be Borg......but now we are a rather complex inter-galactic mix...! Something like an Alice's Restaurant on wheels....... You'll dig it. Slide out jimmcclusk@... wrote:

> Hello all! I have a 2000 KLR 650 and love it! I live in Alaska though > so our riding season is rather short. I am in a riding club that > meets every Thursday during the summer and rides. Our club is open to > all bikes which is cool because it is hard to find a dual sport > specific club to ride with, we have Harleys, cafe bikes, b'mers > etc...I found this site by surfing. Nice to be here and looking > forward to reading all your posts. Jim in Alaska > > Checkout Dual Sport News at > http://www.dualsportnews.com > Be part of the Adventure! > > Visit the KLR650 archives at > http://www.listquest.com/lq/search.html?ln=klr650 > > Post message: DSN_klr650@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: DSN_klr650-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > Unsubscribe: DSN_klr650-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: DSN_klr650-owner@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

[Frank Sikorski]

--- In DSN_klr650@y..., heeltoetoe@a... wrote:

> I recently repacked my Supertrapp IDS2 with stainless steel

wool. The

> original packing had about 2 thousand miles on it, and I "believe"

the system

> was getting louder. Anyway, I wanted to repack with a different

material in

> the hopes of never having to repack again. I did some research, and > discovered that some muffler manufacturers are using stainless steel

wool. I

> found a manufacturer of this material in Texas with a supplier in > Philadelphia, which is just up the road from Newark, DE where I

live.

> According to the manufacturer, their stainless steel wool is used

by Toyota

> and Honda automobiles in their mufflers. They make three grades of

stainless

> steel wool - fine, medium, and course. The person I spoke to

recommended

> medium. I ordered a one pound roll at $14.50 per roll. However, I

used only

> about a half pound, more or less, to repack my muffler. Once the

stainless

> steel wool was wrapped around the attenuator pipe, I also applied a > fiberglass wrap around the stainless steel wool to act as an

insulator

> between the stainless steel wool and the aluminum muffler. How does

it

> "sound," you may ask. Well, it doesn't sound any different from the

original

> packing to me. Is it louder or quieter? The intensity of the sound

is

> similar to the orginal, but I could be off a few decibels. My hope

is that

> it lasts longer. > I also found a really interesting material developed at Georgia

Tech for

> sound attenuation. It is ceramic spheres of different sizes with

small holes

> in them which act like Helmholz resonators. Georgia Tech sent me a

sample.

> I tried to convince them to send me enough to repack my entire

muffler. But

> without success. This material could be the perfect solution for

muffler

> repacking if it can withstand the vibration of motorcycle use.

Maybe I'll

> try again to get a larger sample. > Nick > A6 > Newark, De

Nick, Be careful with this stuff, steel wool has a nasty habit of igniting and blowing out hot glowing bits from the pipe when subjected to heat in this manner. Take a little quarter size piece of it and hold a match to it and you'll see what I mean. You mentioned there were several sizes to choose from and perhaps the larger gauge wont be a susceptible to igniting. Some also has a coating on it that makes it want to burn easier. Maybe the stuff you have is better, but surely test it out. Frank Sikorski

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