soooo... ever seen this before?

ravagex said:
not the noise you would associate with a hole in your exhaust.... every one i had look at the bike, every one I described the sound to... not one suggested "hey maybe your pipe is rubbing a hole right through your swing arm".... it was all - swingarm bushings, shock....

this includes the guys and the owner at Z1.... not rookies or backyard mechanics


however, Z never saw the bike, but many, many people did.... It was not as obvious as you're making it out to be, but hey it's the Internet so I understand by posting a picture like this and telling my story I'm opening myself up to this kinda feedback.. whatever floats your boat, bro, guess I should have taken the bike to you... Gladly will pay you for your time and expertise

now, if anyone has some CONSTRUCTIVE advice about how to go about the exhaust can issue - that would be super

ie- a carbon fiber guy that can chop that full size can into a shorty, perform a patch, etc

I can't just get any old slipon can as I'm pretty sure that will NOT fit my akra full system midpipe without serious fabrication and customizing


I'm not completely opposed to replacing the slipon with a brand new akra can since I'm keeping the bike, I just would like to know if anyone had any other suggestions to salvage what's currently there.

I've already decided the swingarm is getting replaced since for 50 bucks it's a no brainer
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Lol ok, my constructive criticism to replace the swingarm with a cheap replacemnt isn't good. You can measure the OD of your link pipe (the one that attaches the muffler to the header) and see if you can get a replacement muffler or find a used pipe which shouldn't be a problem, there's a mass abundance of Gsxr parts everywhere.

If you start hearing a noise, look at where it could be coming from and anything associated in that area. If you wash your bike you should have seen rubbing marks, this didn't happen in a quick ride around the block. I'm not an expert but I would sure as heck notice this before it wore through my swingarm. Don't get your panties in such a knot, **** happens, now you'll be more aware of things hopefully.

Ps Zaid is the owner of Z1
 
dricked said:
You should stop giving advice, period.
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It's simply a hole in a muffler. OP, go ahead and spend $200 or whatever to replace it if you want.

I'm just old school: Repair, instead of needlessly replace.
 
Schneller said:
It's simply a hole in a muffler. OP, go ahead and spend $200 or whatever to replace it if you want.

I'm just old school: Repair, instead of needlessly replace.
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Sorry, I thought you were still trying to jb weld a structural part of the motorcycle.
 
Moto making squeaking noise... diagnosed as "swingarm or shock bearings"

Just leave it... keep riding.
 
I'm lost as to how that goes unnoticed. :dontknow:
Replace don't "fix" the swing arm. The pipe me but I'd still replace that too personally.
 
Replace the swing arm. The metal is there for a reason, and yes for a lateral load it is now structural much weaker.
 
YouTube has plenty of videos on how to shorten your exhaust. But it will get louder.


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Replace swingarm
Buy repair kit for Akra, repair kit comes with sleeve, revits & sticker.
 
RockerGuy said:
Replace swingarm
Buy repair kit for Akra, repair kit comes with sleeve, revits & sticker.
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And bobs your uncle! Nice find on the repair kit btw, did not know that was available.


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Iceman said:
And bobs your uncle! Nice find on the repair kit btw, did not know that was available.


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Don't know about Bob, but thanks

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dricked said:
You should stop giving advice, period.
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I was going to say licorice bubble gum.

The pipe is no big deal, but the swingarm is done. The issue is even if you patch it, the strain on the alloy has already occurred and this his how alloy bits fail.

CF can be fully repaired and made to look like new. The repair kit is pricey.
 
okaaaay... i was hoping i wouldnt have to update on this thread because that would mean everything went smoothly, but, alas....

so swingarms replaced, all is good with the bike, EXCEPT this:

instead of shelling out the 3-400 for a sleeve repair kit and repack (which was backordered 2 months from parts canada), I decided hey I will just get that lovely shorty carbon fiber can I always wanted but was WAY too expensive when I was pricing out my full system... going on a few people's advice, a slip-on will fit just fine, right?

WRONG.

I get my new beautiful slip on... the problem is - they are designed to go on a STOCK system, not my existing full Akra... I'm looking at the schematics of my system and the new shorty system. .headers are the same (obv), the collector set are the same, the problem happens on the next piece... by the looks of these pics, the full system can comes with a long pipe that joins from 1 to 2 (into the collector set)

the slip on, well it doesnt come with this piece.. and this piece doesnt appear to have a part number?

I am asking for a lot here, but can anyone help me out? I will try calling Parts Canada to explain this but I have serious doubts as to their ability to help me, and short of cutting and welding to make this work... I might be up ****'s creek. And no, I'm not installing my old stock stainless system to make this work (I KNOW someone is going to suggest that.)

Attached are schematics for the slip on, my existing full evo system (with big can) and the full evo system with shorty can so you can get an idea of what I'm talking about. I hope I'm just missing some thing really obvious, which as you know from the beginning of the thread, certainly is possible, lawl.



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to be a bit clearer... this is what i'm looking for, or rather what I'm missing to make this pipe fit right without cutting and welding

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if anyone could help me find a solution to this issue that didn't involve me blowing 600 bucks on a can I can't use... I'd be forever in your debt and would like to attempt to show my gratitude in beer.

my existing system has a clearly apparent LINK PIPE that connects from connector to can... the shorty system, doesn't? that link pipe for the shorty system APPEARS to be what I need to make this slip on fit, if I'm not mistaken? That means the shorty can full system comes with the link pipe already attached? I find that difficult to believe, that it isn't a separate piece with a separate part number but none of the schematics I could pull up had this link pipe labelled?
 
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Why don't you return it & ship the right can?

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RockerGuy said:
Why don't you return it & ship the right can?

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In all my searches I have not seen a can that comes with that link pipe attached. All the full system cans come with the headers back, which I obv don't need. Therein lies my problem
 
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