...So long story short Santa is not bringing me a full exhaust system and since I finally get a free weekend...I wanted to chop and core my cans...now I been reading the How-To's and what not but wanted to ask you guys what I needed to look out for (I remember one of you guys saying you had done it before...)

...This is the best How-To I've seen... http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=2312.0  ...so If you know/seen a better one let me know...

This is what I'm going for (Length wise)

Dude!!  I was wondering where you had been.  Welcome back. 

That is sort of what we did with my old S2R, but the internals were a touch different.  The main thing you need is a dremel and LOTS of beer.   

When are you looking at doing this?

Quote from: DRKWNG on December 03, 2008, 10:03:03 PM
Dude!!  I was wondering where you had been.  Welcome back. 

That is sort of what we did with my old S2R, but the internals were a touch different.  The main thing you need is a dremel and not let me try and cut a straight line.   

When are you looking at doing this?

fixed 

lol  I blame the beer, even if we hadn't started drinking at that point.  Actually, I blame it on Justin's dull ass hacksaw blade!   



pregnant dog!

 

I've been around but between work (working 12's and being TDY for 2 months) and moving (from Maili to Kunia) I haven't had much free time...I'm probably looking at doing it this weekend (seeing how I finally how one free)...A dremel and beer (awesome!) will definitely have to buy both...Yeah I figure I can't f@#$ this up too bad...And since the bike is down for maintenance (let's just say it involves tipping over and a bent handlebar) I figure now that it finally has been battlescared (not really but you get the point) it's time to start modding....

even w/ben's help it's an easy mod  you'll be fine.

but yes,  the dremel makes things alot easier

OK....so I took the muffler off (just one...in case I f@%! it up I only need to buy one) and got the sleeve down and the exhaust tip off (what a PITA!!) and have the actual muffler by itself...





now the question is how do I cut it?  I know you  guys said a dremel (but that's kind of tiny and it would take til Jesus came back to get through it...) Did you guys mean a sawzall? I could try a hacksaw but my hacksawing skill are not up to snuff....

sorry about the crappy pix they're from my cell...

Sawzall good!

So I just noticed sawzalls are like $100 and my wife will not be happy if I buy another tool I'm going to use just once so I'm going to go buy a different cutting disc for the dremel and let you guys now how it goes...

larger dia. cutting whee will do the trick. those tiny brittle ones won't last a minute on it.

you'll want the one that looks like it has fiber reinforcement running through it

Awesome...That's what I got a dremel adaptor with bigger cutting wheels....Hopefully I can finish this one tonight and the left one tomorrow....

Quote from: teddy037.2 on December 05, 2008, 07:45:03 PM
larger dia. cutting whee will do the trick. those tiny brittle ones won't last a minute on it.

Very true, but you might want to get a few spares.  We went through what, six of those fibre-reinforced wheels on my exhaust?

dang, was it really 6?

well here's the left...



and the finished right...



hopefully I can finish the left tonight....and yes I went through a crapload of cutting wheels...