07-08-2013, 10:52 AM | #11 |
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Sardis, BC, Canada
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Made a little more progress on the weekend. I wanted a free-flowing muffler that the USFS guys would approve of, and I wanted a cleanable spark arrestor. I found a 2001 XR250R muffler for a fair price on eBay, so I bent some tube and welded it together. The muffler came with a quiet core insert, but I also have a wide open insert on my '96 XR250R, so we'll see which one sounds better.
I also cut the heat shield mounting bungs off of the head pipe and re-welded them to accept a different heat shield that I had laying around. The original heat shield is really large, and I wanted something smaller. If I get motivated enough, I might build a custom shield out of stainless. After I was satisfied with the fit, I painted the exhaust system with semi-gloss black heat paint. I also made some progress in fabricating a headlight mount. No pics for that yet.
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