cutting stock exhaust?
11-26-2007, 11:02 AM
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cutting stock exhaust?
has anyone cut a stock gixxer exhaust before...if so how much and is it too loud or is it ok?? picture would help alot too...just want it enough to where it doesnt sound like **** but wont scrape when doin right hand circles
11-26-2007, 12:07 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
are you serious? you're seriously asking if anyone has cut down a gixxer exhaust? like 12 milllion people since 2001 have cut exhaust down on that bike.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
11-26-2007, 12:30 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
aluminum welder? ****, sounds tough.
I just chopped my can and riveted the end cap back on, just like factory.
pic: http://a338.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...54882560c9.jpg
I just chopped my can and riveted the end cap back on, just like factory.
pic: http://a338.ac-images.myspacecdn.com...54882560c9.jpg
11-26-2007, 12:49 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
hm...you guys are mechanics i take it?
wait, no...because you both have bikes that have riveted end caps...that which suzuki bikes DO NOT HAVE.
hmm..maybe the fact that i work on bikes and have done this should say that i know what i'm talking about. just like on the f4i, it's a welded exhaust so you have to cut it and have to re-weld the end cap back on because there are no rivets.
thanks for the advice though
wait, no...because you both have bikes that have riveted end caps...that which suzuki bikes DO NOT HAVE.
hmm..maybe the fact that i work on bikes and have done this should say that i know what i'm talking about. just like on the f4i, it's a welded exhaust so you have to cut it and have to re-weld the end cap back on because there are no rivets.
thanks for the advice though
11-26-2007, 12:55 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
So in all your infinite bike mechanic wisdom, you can't pre-drill a hole and pop off 4 rivets in some metal?
And don't be such a dick
makes you seem like a ****** ******
And don't be such a dick
makes you seem like a ****** ****** Last edited by y2kmk; 11-26-2007 at 01:47 PM.
11-26-2007, 02:31 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
Would it even be worth it to cut a stock F4i exhaust, when your scraping straight subframe??
We need to quiet our lot bike down, got a chopped D&D on it... buuuut I think the stock exhaust will be too long, and if we cut it down to about 6 inches, its just gonna be loud right?
btw heres what im workin with.. The exhaust on there now nearly hits the ground lol
We need to quiet our lot bike down, got a chopped D&D on it... buuuut I think the stock exhaust will be too long, and if we cut it down to about 6 inches, its just gonna be loud right?
btw heres what im workin with.. The exhaust on there now nearly hits the ground lol
11-26-2007, 02:42 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
D&D is ******* abnormally loud. Toss that can and put a stock shorty with new packing in it.
I had a D&D on my 99 kawi.. gave that ****** to one guy, who gave it to another.. and i thought i was done with it.
now like 3 people later, my buddy i ride lot with has the ************ on his bike. I thought i had that thing out of my life, seeing as i hadn't seen it in about a year.
He hates it now too, and i think it's sittin in his garage.
anyone want a polished D&D?
I had a D&D on my 99 kawi.. gave that ****** to one guy, who gave it to another.. and i thought i was done with it.
now like 3 people later, my buddy i ride lot with has the ************ on his bike. I thought i had that thing out of my life, seeing as i hadn't seen it in about a year.
He hates it now too, and i think it's sittin in his garage.
anyone want a polished D&D?
11-26-2007, 03:06 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
are you serious? you're seriously asking if anyone has cut down a gixxer exhaust? like 12 milllion people since 2001 have cut exhaust down on that bike.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
11-26-2007, 03:06 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
D&D is ******* abnormally loud. Toss that can and put a stock shorty with new packing in it.
I had a D&D on my 99 kawi.. gave that ****** to one guy, who gave it to another.. and i thought i was done with it.
now like 3 people later, my buddy i ride lot with has the ************ on his bike. I thought i had that thing out of my life, seeing as i hadn't seen it in about a year.
He hates it now too, and i think it's sittin in his garage.
anyone want a polished D&D?
I had a D&D on my 99 kawi.. gave that ****** to one guy, who gave it to another.. and i thought i was done with it.
now like 3 people later, my buddy i ride lot with has the ************ on his bike. I thought i had that thing out of my life, seeing as i hadn't seen it in about a year.
He hates it now too, and i think it's sittin in his garage.
anyone want a polished D&D?
Everyone always says D&D is sooo loud.. Yet when this D&D was full length, it was one of the QUEITEST pipes i've heard on a f4i!
I think something was wrong with my pipe though.. LIke too much packing or something.. Casue seriously it was VERY quiet for a D&D!
But as soon as I cut it, its pretty much like open header lol
11-26-2007, 03:40 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
if anyone can tell me the length of a stock 2000 ninja zx6r can, i can tell ya how much i took off of it :YEAH
11-26-2007, 05:52 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
are you serious? you're seriously asking if anyone has cut down a gixxer exhaust? like 12 milllion people since 2001 have cut exhaust down on that bike.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
you have to have an aluminum welder, cut it, re-weld the endcap back on, done. don't cut it super short and it won't be too loud. i only cut a couple inches off my exhausts because i'm smart like that and i've never hit it either way and my bar is up against my seat, so well past 12. microsized exhausts are stupid looking and really loud, so don't get all retarded stunter and cut it so it's like 4" long. just cut about 3" off the can and you'll be ok.
im sure your pretty awesome yourself
11-26-2007, 08:26 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
this thread is pissing me off...gixxer cans suck becuz they are not welded or riveted...they have like a rolled lip on them...no biggie...still do the same thing.....u have a 04 can on that assuming...thats the one with the little extra shiny ring on top? u need to cut all those nuts off get whatever off the can u can, then chop it...get the first part rewedged into the original, rivet that in, the go back to the trim chrome ring thing and rivet that back on (so basically u have rivets underneath the trim ring that u wont see now)...theres a couple chambers in the exhaust, dont worry about lining it up, just make sure u cut the champer pipe down at the base of its section so air can move through it...PM if u have any questions
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11-26-2007, 08:36 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
hm...you guys are mechanics i take it?
wait, no...because you both have bikes that have riveted end caps...that which suzuki bikes DO NOT HAVE.
hmm..maybe the fact that i work on bikes and have done this should say that i know what i'm talking about. just like on the f4i, it's a welded exhaust so you have to cut it and have to re-weld the end cap back on because there are no rivets.
thanks for the advice though
wait, no...because you both have bikes that have riveted end caps...that which suzuki bikes DO NOT HAVE.
hmm..maybe the fact that i work on bikes and have done this should say that i know what i'm talking about. just like on the f4i, it's a welded exhaust so you have to cut it and have to re-weld the end cap back on because there are no rivets.
thanks for the advice though
11-26-2007, 08:54 PM
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Re: cutting stock exhaust?
I've got full length carbon looking d&d that is loud as **** full length, if i cut say 1/4 off of it, and stuff the **** out of it with packing or something, do you think that will help? ha ha- btw, is there something hiljack i can use for packing, or do i have to go somewhere and buy something special?
