Well, at least im gonna give it a shot. I have a week to do it, and really nothing better to do. I do have a couple of questions tho, and help would be much appreciated.
1. What size pipe can be used. I beleive stock is 40mm, and i know arcfab uses 50mm. How much difference will it make, and is it worth it?
2. Should i go 2 in 1 ? I do like the look of the single pipe going up by the swingarm rather than 2. Also if i go 2 in 1, what size pipe should the single one be?
3. I probably will have to raise the back end, and im not sure exactly what ill do. If i do a drastic frame raise, ill need dif seat and cowl, what can i use? and where do i find it?
Don't try and remake the wheel, copy someone's else's work that works. Less aggravation and you will have a set of pipes that will look good and have the satisfaction of making them with your own hands. A two into one pipe (50mm/60mm full system) with a 50mm header, and a 60mm exhaust. you can make the header and find a used 60mm exhaust on ebay. good luck and post up a couple of pictures of the finished product. [thumbsup]
I disagree. I think you should try to make something unique. That's what personalizing your Monster is all about. If you've got a week. Spend a lot of that time designing it to look just how you want, then start building it.
well i doubt it will be unique, i am sure there a few with undertail, or any other style i can think of. besides most of the ideas i have are from other bikes ive seen, so really nothing that unique, just the satisfaction that i would have built it myself...well mos of it at least
Cyclopes i missed that bit about you own a 620, i thought you had a 900. speeddog is right about the size of pipe to use for the header 40mm, then add some head work and HC pistons ( do they make HCP for the 620 ). Can you tig weld Cyclopes or would you use mig?
Ooops, i guess i left out the part where I own a S2R1K.... :. And i will be putting my mig welding skills to task (havent done any welding since who knows when). I will first have my exhaust guy try and see if he can fab it up for me, but nothing like getting your hands dirty. So we'll see how it goes.
I have no urge to do anything to the motor, its plenty of power for me. The exhaust is mostly for looks and a bit of uniqueness might i say :.
If you use .065" wall thickness, you can start with 1 3/4" tubing & then progress to 1 7/8" & 2" as the pipe progresses. Each tube will slip into the previous one. Use any cans you want, they are all straight thru & won't make much difference in performance.
Thnks for the suggestions on tube sizes, thats very helpful. The cans were more for sound rather than performance, i just dont want this system to be superloud.
I had a lil ssetback. I was gonna have my exhaust guy bend me some tubes, but his equipment wasnt able to do some of the sharp bending required. So i kinda spent the whole day looking around for mandrel bent tubing. I finally found a local shop, awesome owner who loves talkin about headers (Quite interesting fellow), who had some U bends, and megaphones. So i picked those up, and i think im now ready for tomorrow (fingers crossed)...
Well its coming along very well. I wish i could take credit for all of it but ..noo... My russian do-it-all coworker decided that he would have more fun with it while i worked on painting his daughter's eclipse. :-\ . All and all im glad he worked on my exhaust, i wish i could have worked on it all, but he did such a nice job taht i dont regret it so much.
He also "decided" to make me some mufflers. i wasnt so sure about it, since the whole purpose of this system was more flow, and better sound. But I just didnt have the heart to tell him NO. He was enjoying way more than i thought, so i just let him do what he wanted. They look nice, and helld against the pipes, and it snd very nice and deep.
Oh man... can you post pics of her all buttoned up? I think you might have sparked an idea!
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