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03-11-2009, 3:59 PM
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| Delboy   Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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| Shortening an exhaust / race can im in the middle of doing mine, drilled out the rivets, and theyve siliconed the end cap in... how do i get it out?!?!? been trying to pull it out but it aint having none of it... 
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03-11-2009, 4:19 PM
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| Join Date: 10-03-2007 Location: nashville, tn
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? you'll need a plasma torch if you're trying to do the stock can.. i tried mine when i had the 954 and to no avail.. just replace it with an aftermarket can.. |
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03-11-2009, 5:12 PM
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| Delboy Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? nah its an aftermarket can...
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03-11-2009, 5:33 PM
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? i have a can that i cut down that iam selling if your interested sounds wicked Last edited by hfb : 03-11-2009 at 5:47 PM. |
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03-11-2009, 6:29 PM
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? Whats the point of doing this? The look? Or to be loud? |
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03-11-2009, 6:39 PM
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03-11-2009, 6:39 PM
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03-11-2009, 7:04 PM
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03-11-2009, 7:26 PM
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 & it looks cool, sounds great
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03-11-2009, 7:27 PM
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| Delboy Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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03-11-2009, 9:09 PM
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| Join Date: 06-08-2008 Location: cleveland OH
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? the main reason we use short pipes is for wheelies. The srock and aftermarket pipes are too long. Your pipe hits before you tail when scraping. The best way to cut one down is with a metal chop saw. iys a nice square cut. You can also usw a sawzall. I had a carbon fiber I cut down and it wasnt much louder. I love shortys. Cleaner look. |
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03-11-2009, 10:47 PM
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? Well thanks for making me think about it guys, I will be shortening my can very soon. |
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03-12-2009, 9:16 AM
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? yeah it's just a preference thing.. that's why we have these machines right ? to play with..? |
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03-12-2009, 11:12 AM
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03-12-2009, 12:43 PM
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| Delboy Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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| Shortening an exhaust / race can Ok so i shortened my pipe today! .... and here's how i did it.... This is what it looked like before the chop... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...8032009340.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t...ladewremus.jpg First of all obviously i drilled the rivets to get the exit spout off... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0003.jpg after drilling the rivets and removing the strap i found that it wasnt quite as simple as pulling it out, as the remus revolution can is in a sort of 'diamond' type shape, its not oval, which meant it was wedged in like a pencil in vanessa phelts bum crack!! on an oval you probably can just pull it out, but i had to chop the can an inch down to get it off... then remove the surplus once it was off the can... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0004.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0005.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0012.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0013.jpg next thing was to take off the badge, couple of rivets... i thought, easy, drilled them out, and its stuck on with super industrial strength double sided!! which is fine, but the badge itself is made of a wafer thin alloy, so i had to bend it to get it off... i used a very thin screwdriver to help me along my way.. but got it off in the end... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0014.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0015.jpg once that was off i then measured where i wanted the can to be cut to, and marked it by wrapping tape around the can, then i cut it with a hacksaw, but didnt chop straight through, i went around the can so that i would be chopping the internals seperately... i took 6 inches off mine... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0016.jpg I should really point out that i did this whole job with hand tools in my bedroom, so no big machinery is actually needed... once cut you can see you have the centre baffle which is wrapped with wirewool and the wadding surrounding that... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0009.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0010.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0011.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0017.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0018.jpg once i had cut the outside of the can to my desired length i then simply just hacked through the centre baffle (you can do this whilst the wire wool is still on) so that it was the same length as the outside of the can. http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0019.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0020.jpg Then with the wadding i just marked where it needed to be and simply hack sawed through that aswell... and you end up wit this! http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0021.jpg as far as putting it back together goes its just a reverse of the way you took it apart, but to make things easier, i used a permanent pen to mark where the rivet holes were on the exit spout for ease of drilling once i got the spout back in... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0022.jpg after about an hour of swearing and shouting, i got the exit spout back in the can... (it really isnt easy with a can this shape!) i literally had my entire weight balancing on it and it wouldnt go in, once i had warped the shape of the can with my hands and pushed the spout in with my head (not recomended) i then just used a soft peice of wood and a hammer to tap it in. Also when i put the badge back on i used the old hole that was originally for the right side of the badge, for the left side, when putting it back on, that way you only need to drill one more hole for the right side rivet of the badge... Then its a case of drilling and riveting it back up.. and you have a shorty can!!! im well chuffed with the finished product... http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0023.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0025.jpg http://i603.photobucket.com/albums/t.../Photo0026.jpg as you can see from this i have angled the exit spout slightly just as i wanted it to be a bit different and have an angled look (probably why it was so hard to get it in!!) but once on it sounds very nice and i think compliments the looks of the bike
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03-12-2009, 1:39 PM
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| Join Date: 07-22-2008 Location: Connecticut
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can Looks way better, good job. |
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03-12-2009, 1:41 PM
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| Join Date: 07-22-2008 Location: Connecticut
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? yep i did it to....looks and sounds way better. No difference in performance. |
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03-12-2009, 3:12 PM
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? Merged threads... |
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03-12-2009, 4:45 PM
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| Out Of Many, We Are One  Join Date: 06-30-2007 Location: SE London, United Kingdom
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? Looks lovely! Shorty's do look better, esp on Streetfighters!
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03-12-2009, 4:47 PM
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| Join Date: 10-03-2007 Location: nashville, tn
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? nice work,and a good thorough write up as well.. |
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03-12-2009, 5:37 PM
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| Join Date: 06-08-2008 Location: cleveland OH
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| Re: anyone ever shortened an exhaust? looks good. I cant see why they make them so long in the first place. You could shoot a rocket out of them. lol. Mine was even shorter than that. |
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03-13-2009, 5:17 AM
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| Delboy Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can Cheers guys glad you like it  i was gunna put the pics in the thread but they were too big file size...
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05-01-2009, 7:21 PM
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| Join Date: 04-19-2009 Location: Bangor, Northern Ireland,UK
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can didnt know u could do that, very informative, good pics too mate. as ive a nice carbon akpovric, i'll keep it that way, but i fancy a project bike in the future. |
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05-01-2009, 7:28 PM
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| How fast does your crotch rocket?  Join Date: 08-29-2008 Location: Laramie, WY
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 | Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can good write up and the new shorty looks good! |
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05-13-2009, 10:23 PM
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| Join Date: 05-12-2009 Location: Cornwall
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can Legendary, was just looking for ways to 'stubbify' my can. Just what I needed! |
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05-23-2009, 3:31 AM
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| Join Date: 08-16-2008 Location: MA.USA
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can she looks great! i'll have to show you mine sometime! |
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05-25-2009, 8:03 AM
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| Delboy Join Date: 01-10-2009 Location: England
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| Re: Shortening an exhaust / race can Cheers all!
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