Well, my sweet looking pipe guard didn't look sweet for very long.

[shang]

One ride. Bummer. Maybe I should remove the guard, then put it on after the ride. lol!

[iamovru]

Bummer! But it would have happened sooner of later.

[robicon]

looks better now, like you really ride the thing. I hate showing up for a ride and there is some guy with every add on and not a scratch. you know you will be turning around at some point.

[shang]

Hahah! True! My bike usually looks kinda beat up so I was just excited to have a few fresh looking parts. It even prompted me to wash the poor thing!

[liv2day]

Originally Posted by robicon

I hate showing up for a ride and there is some guy with every add on and not a scratch. you know you will be turning around at some point.

LOL - been fortunate to not have that happen with the maroons I head out with

shang - she looks like a proper dirt bike now I went through 2 pipe guards on my orange 300; first one had a nasty encounter with large rock in the side of the trail (my foot didn't fare too well either ).

Be sure to pull that guard and check the pipe if she takes a hard hit; the guard I referred to above didn't look too bad (cracked), but the force transmitted to the pipe was significant - had to get a new pipe. That's one of the drawbacks of using a C/F guard - force transmitted can really mess up the pipe - especially at the neck right out of the cylinder. I'd still run one - saved lots of small dents and dings along the way

[shang]

Yeah, I'll keep an eye on it. My stock pipe probably would have been okay if I had a guard, although the left side was folded against the frame the it was kinked at the head pipe.

[webmaster]

Pacific Crest Pipe Repair

https://www.piperepair.com/

jeff

[memphis2857]

Originally Posted by motorhead

I'm a firm believer that the dents make your bike run better.

And that a folded head pipe makes it run like diarrhea.

Somewhere at some point in time dirt rider actually did a test to confirm this. It was crazy they dinged the pipe pretty hard and the bike gained horsepower! They bent the pipe right at the neck and it lost H.P.!?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[liamthom]

Originally Posted by memphis2857

Somewhere at some point in time dirt rider actually did a test to confirm this. It was crazy they dinged the pipe pretty hard and the bike gained horsepower! They bent the pipe right at the neck and it lost H.P.!?


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

On fmf's faq the say that dents and dings close to the head have a larger (negative) impact on performance

[memphis2857]

Originally Posted by liamthom

On fmf's faq the say that dents and dings close to the head have a larger (negative) impact on performance

Here is the article I mentioned earlier

http://motocrossactionmag.com/news/t...-catastrophies

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk