so I jumped at the opportunity to get this thing once I heard about it. Big thanks to Toyotafj40s for showing it to me-





5000 miles, has a few do-dads. I shortened the silencer about 7.5", looks much better. Homemade fender eliminator/half undertail when I get a chance.

5/23/2007 8:02:29 PM

looks good, love naked bikes

5/23/2007 8:15:40 PM

yeah you got a great deal on it... call us up to ride... V Twin FTW!!!

5/23/2007 8:18:58 PM

vanity tag idea: VTWNFTW

5/23/2007 9:42:23 PM

looks like a girls bike

5/23/2007 9:52:38 PM

thanks, I ride it with pleasure.

5/23/2007 10:04:41 PM

naked is the way to go 4 an sv

5/23/2007 10:09:14 PM

svrider.com SV of the month april 07 and oct 06

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 10:27 PM. Reason : beh]

5/23/2007 10:15:50 PM

nice red xx

5/23/2007 10:20:58 PM

how'd you shorten the silencer? Just drill out the rivets holding on the endcap, take a bandsaw/hacksaw/sawzall to the can and inner pipe, then rivet/bolt/weld/braze the endcap back on?

5/23/2007 10:30:31 PM

It looks like a devil pipe wanna be

5/23/2007 10:42:31 PM

Indeed, riveted the inlet back to the can. here's some pics to show what I did-

stock can:


the innards (minus the packing):


this one shows the small section of tubing I removed from inside the perforated part:


blurry pic of the final length, prior to my decsion to remove the small inner tube:


I used the tapered part to seat and center the core to the inlet piece:


and the inlet part:



things got a little hairy when i welded the core back up after removing the small inner tube, and by then i had stopped taking pics. somewhere along the line I did a little cleanup on the can with some really fine sandpaper and polish... finally I wrapped that shit with packing and put it back together.. it's not the best job in the world, but im pleased.


(the actual idea came from a yellow CBR I saw on campus a few years ago, it had a short can with inverted tip)

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 10:55 PM. Reason : -]

5/23/2007 10:53:41 PM

yeah that was my old cbr.....looks like you took your time and it came out really well.

5/24/2007 7:31:52 AM