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Originally Posted by dix17
 im liking the tail chop and the termis shortend
whats involved the cutting them down and what does it do to the sound ? im interested big time
any ways well done bike looks ace!
dix |
Sound wise, they are marginally louder, but they are loud anyway so it doesn't make much difference. Mine are the "for race use only" Termis rahter than the road legal ones. They have not lost any of the Termi rumble as far as I can tell.
To cut them down I cut about 4" off the end. I had to cut them from the tail end because that way you get to keep the mounts where they are, and that would be a pain to change. I wrapped masking tape around the cans at the point I wished to cut, making sure that it was at 90 degrees to keep the cut square. Note that even though the cans sweep upwards, the end piece is angled to maintain the correct angle for the exit, and it fits square on the pipe. Next came the bum clenching bit. I cut them using an industrial bandsaw at work. It's normally used for cutting wood but will tackle the occasional bit of metal such as a nail or bullet (yes we sometimes get them stuck ifn the middle of a piece of timber from the Baltics, gotta love them Estonian hill-billies). I cut through the carbon like a hot knife through butter. When it got to the metal tube at the core the saw hardly semed to notice. It must be quite soft metal.
Make sure you cut both cans by an equal amount.
So, now I had a shortened can and an end piece. This is the clever bit. I handed the whole lot over to Rich at Louigi Moto.
He drilled out the old rivets and re-fixed the end piece back onto the cans. He also put new Termi stickers on as the cut goes straight through the middle of the old ones, and they can't be removed and reused easily.
You really cannot tell that they have been cut, he has done such a good job on them. The reason that I gave them to someone else to finish is that I did not trust myself doing a good job with the rivets at the end stage.
You really cannot tell that the job has been done, they look like they came out of the factory like that. Obvioulsy it's all a matter of taste, but I like them, and they were certainly too long with the tail chop.
I have heard that there are other after market cans on the market which are not quite as long as the Termis but it is worth checking. I think the Sil Motor ones and Arrows are slightly shorter. Also the standard cans are shorter too.
Each to their own
- it's a shame Jen's away - I bet I can't get a kit now 
01 Oct 07, 08:46 PM
