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Old Apr 16, 2020 | 06:49 PM
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I was riding home and noticed my bike kept getting louder. That I was imagining things but I wasn’t. The baffle broke off the end cap and all the wrap shot out. All that was left was a baffle rattling around inside. I took the damaged baffle out and as you can imagine the bike is loud as hell without it.

I hit up Fuel Moto and as expected they are sending a whole new muffler out...






 
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New one for me
 
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New one for me
yeah me too
 
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Old Apr 16, 2020 | 09:05 PM
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WOW!!!! Never seen that happen before...
 
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get it re welded and you'll have a spare ..
 
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get it re welded and you'll have a spare ..
Gotta ship it back to Fuel Moto when I get my new one.
 
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You can tig weld the baffle to the back plate, get some stainless steel wool and wrap the baffle, take some safety wire to tie down the steel wool and put it all back together. Yoshimira makes a kit to repack mufflers.
 
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Originally Posted by Slingshot383
You can tig weld the baffle to the back plate, get some stainless steel wool and wrap the baffle, take some safety wire to tie down the steel wool and put it all back together. Yoshimira makes a kit to repack mufflers.
Fuel Moto is sending me a new muffler under warranty and I’m sending the used one back.
 
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Old Apr 19, 2020 | 07:44 PM
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As usual Fuel Moto delivers... New Muffler arrived today and is on the bike, super quick turnaround!

Pulling hard on the low end again, the blown baffle was not in agreement with my tune at all.
 
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Man , that was fast . Glad to hear it all got taken care of , keep on rollin !!
 
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