Staintune Exhaust

[Ulvetanna_imp]

Waiting for the sun.

I read through the last several pages and failed to find anything showing a resolution to Jim's issue.

Capo suggested it had been mounted on the inside, rather than the outside, of the muffler mount. That was a very good guess, but there was no followup or images of successful installations.

Jim thought his swingarm was flexible enough to "relax" and move outward with the axle nut missing. No. That swingarm will not flex. It is super-strong. Maybe a bicycle might do that. My SYM would not do that. And leaving the axle nut off the axle whilst mounting the pipe; that is asking to go for a test-ride without reinstalling it. And the pipe mounting point is not attached to the swingarm anyway.

6-7 HP gain? No, probably next to nothing. Just a change in tone. The Aussie bikes have the exhaust backpressure variable valve which affects the tone as well, if I recall.

I think drilling holes in the stock muffler will get you about the same results for free. If you don't like the sound, it would be very easy to use some [url=http://www.jbweld.com/products/j-b-extremeheat]high-temp JB Weld and seal them back off again using some suitable sheet metal stock.

To me that is the stoichiometric physics and economics involved. But it's a nice-looking piece and a guy ought to be able to install and enjoy it without all kind of problems. So where are some images of a successful installation, detail of the mounting point above the axle nut where the bloke was having a problem?

I'll never buy any kind of pipe again, used to install them all the time, and get meself drenched in gasoline rejetting those inline four cylinder engines. No thanks, they don't save lives (had earsplitting Screamin' Eagles on my Harleys as well as Erion Racing and Dale Walker, Supertrapp, Kerker), they just tick off the neighbors and lighten the wallet, from my POV.

But again if something don't fit and cost $800 what was the outcome? I would like to see some images of the mount point for anyone's bike who thinks they have a great fit.

Not for me, but for anyone else visiting this forum who may want one of these pipes. Because "This Thread Is Useless Without Images!"