grasshoppers

[sapper9906]

Tired of the tweety sound 2004 Klr making I want to put new pipe on but want a quite one that will meet spark arrestor requirment for riding in the woods of wisconsin

[xt535]

That groan you hear is the collective moan from the stock muffler advocates. I'm running a Supertrapp IDS Quiet system with 9 plates, and it isn't much louder, if at all, than stock. I've not had to repack it, and its about 1/2 the weight of the stock muffler. My only carb mod was to tweek the pilot screw out. Eric Stevens Mechancisburg, Pa A7 --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "sapper9906" wrote:

> > Tired of the tweety sound 2004 Klr making I want to put new pipe

on

> but want a quite one that will meet spark arrestor requirment for > riding in the woods of wisconsin

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/7/2005 6:41:33 PM Pacific Standard Time, sapper9906@... writes: Tired of the tweety sound 2004 Klr making I want to put new pipe on but want a quite one that will meet spark arrestor requirment for riding in the woods of wisconsin I've just installed one of the new style FMF Q pipes and am pleased. It has your spark arrestor, its maybe a decibel or so quieter than the IDS it replaced - was running four plates on the IDS. Its a pricey pipe being it runs $325. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Alan L Henderson]

> > I've just installed one of the new style FMF Q pipes and am pleased. It has > your spark arrestor, its maybe a decibel or so quieter than the IDS it > replaced - was running four plates on the IDS. Its a pricey pipe being it runs > $325. > > Pat > G'ville, NV

Is this muffler one that needs to be repacked periodically? Alan Henderson A13 Iowa

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/7/2005 8:22:28 PM Pacific Standard Time, hortonhearsawho@... writes:

> > I've just installed one of the new style FMF Q pipes and am pleased. It

has

> your spark arrestor, its maybe a decibel or so quieter than the IDS it > replaced - was running four plates on the IDS. Its a pricey pipe being it

runs

> $325. > > Pat > G'ville, NV

Is this muffler one that needs to be repacked periodically? Like the IDS, the FMF needs periodic repacking. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Alan L Henderson]

> > > Like the IDS, the FMF needs periodic repacking. > > Pat > G'ville, NV >

Nuts! Well keep us posted on how often it has to be repacked and how easy or hard it is to repack. Looks nice. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa

[kdxkawboy@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/8/2005 5:57:13 AM Pacific Standard Time, roncriswell@... writes: When at the Supercross in Dallas a couple of years ago, I was impressed with the nonchalant way riders were pulling their tear - offs while in the air going over the triple jump that was directly in front of me. Sorta separates the wannabe's and the professionals. Its one of those things that practice make a lot easier than it looks and mid air in a jump is about the easiest spot to do it. If he is still on the circuit, most racers have Bevo Forte, from Scott Goggles, mount there tear offs (a little racing trivia). The goggles have a small knob at either end that the tear offs snap over. At one end there is a loop about a couple of inches across. You catch your finger inside the loop of the top tear off, yank and you have a clean surface. For street helmets there are clips that fit onto either side of the face shield that provides the posts to mount the tear offs. For trail riders and cross country racers Scott goggles came up with the idea of the Roll Off. Basically they mounted a couple of small film canisters on either end of the goggles, with a roll of clear film. As it gets muddy, you reach up, grab a little pull string and advance a fresh surface across your goggles. They didn't work that well. All sorts of trail hazards could catch the film and pull long lengths out. Get any water under the film and it tended to stay until you wiped it dry, same for any dust that got under the film. I tried living with it for a year or so before going back to tear offs. Pat G'ville, NV [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]