Reply With Quotethats some real redneck engineering
I'll probably catch some crap from the pros for doing this but I don't have the money for the Hawk muffler yet and this is just a temporary, 'lets see what this does', kind of mod.
I remember someone on here saying Erik told him on facebook that the exhaust valve was more for EPA restrictions than a backpressure device so I figured it'd be worth a shot.
All I did was pull the end of the cable thats under the airbox off, pull the cable out (to open the exhaust valve) and put zipties on until there was no slack. completely reversable, cheap, quick, and sounds alot better at lower speeds so you dont have to wait for it at WOT:) After I did the 20 miles @3000 to 3500 RPM I went out and just had some fun with it, no check engine light, runs fine, and am diggin the new sound! oh yeah, and should a zip tie fail, its not going to fall into the intake, still outside the filter.
thats some real redneck engineering
But it works, and is reversable.thats some real redneck engineering
lol.. this belongs on the "there, I fixed it" website.
Dude... I'm partly scared and partly impressed. But it works and that's the point!
These are pretty much the responses I was expecting:) like I said, it's just a temp 'i wanna see what this will do' mod. I got the idea from doing the same thing to my 4wheeled vehicles, after 100 thousand whatever miles the throttle cable from the gas pedal streaches from normal wear. If you pull the pedal towards you a bit you'll see slack, add a couple zipties and you can feel a big difference when you floor it, as you are getting actual WOT again. Catch my drift? I've done this to multiple vehicles and never had any problems, always positive results. I know it's different from a cars gas pedal to a buells exhaust valve, this was just another suggestion, and an example of zipties holding slack out of a similar cable setup:)
A similar idea I used to keep tension on r/c gas car throttle linkages. Use silicone tubing cut to fit the gap length.
When I first saw your picture I thought those were sugar cubes. I thought maybe you were doing a Coffee-Station Mod.
Redneck engineering RULES!
What ever gets you going
Hell I wish I could just zipte my whole bike together right now just to go for a ride it is so damn nocer out
+1 for the creativity, -1 cause you used white zipties instead of black. LMAO!:D When I held my wire open I used a nut and bolt but your idea is better in that it doesn't kink the cable.
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