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Old 05-09-2020, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by reidy View Post
Another old mod is to take 100mm or so off the silencer or to buy yourself a shorty for the bike. Shorter silencer will give you better throttle response and bottom end snap but with the sacrifice of some top end. But given the type of slow technical riding that most of us do sacrificing top end for better bottom is a small price to pay.
Bollocks. Just makes it noisier and loses land access as a result. People equate noise to power. I've added extra muffler section to a high performance 2 stroke racebike where noise restriction was quite stringent and back to back dyno made zero difference.
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