How to make money dissapear (part VII)

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Thu May 12, 2005 10:54 pm

Fine!!!

The jets have seemed to do the trick. A little fine tuning of the carbs and we can plan our ride again.

And my exhaust still sounds fine.

BTW, EXAUST HAS A "H" IN IT.

Post by **bio** » Fri May 13, 2005 8:30 am

I'm sure that your drilling out the baffles lowered the back-pressure, causing you to lean out. I figured the jets would fix it.

BTW, EXAUST HAS A "H" IN IT.

Not on planet Bio, it doesn't.

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Fri May 13, 2005 6:26 pm

bio wrote:I'm sure that your drilling out the baffles lowered the back-pressure, causing you to lean out. I figured the jets would fix it.

It wasn't the drilling of the baffles that did it, it was removing the itty-bitty stock air filters that caused it

BTW- wasn't it you that said and I quote "Man, I don't know a damn about
Carburettor's. Good luck!"

When do you get your new pipes put on?

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:24 am

bio wrote:MOTORCYCLE EXAUST... that is the topic

Have we gone full circle if I post that I consider the MOTHER of my children's vocal output to be pretty much nothing more to me than MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST???????

(Also is there a "H" in exhaust or not)? Friggin MS Word Spell Check seems to be happy either way....

Edit: After I posted my piece of enlightnement, I see the H thing has been mentioned. I say BIO is right, cause:

1. He owns the board

2. He could edit out the "H" in anyone's post by sheer whim!

Rocketdork · Post by **Rocketdork** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:47 am

Pigman wrote: the MOTHER of my children's vocal output to be pretty much nothing more to me than MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST???????

Yes, Your wife talks VERY loud...its pretty irratating to me, and I don't live with her. On a number of occasions, I have heard her greeting people in the cafeteria when I walk through the front doors.

Have you ever had her hearing checked? I guess you speak loud enough to hear your self at a certain volume, if your hearing isn't good, you speak louder to compensate.

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:49 am

Rocketdork wrote:
Pigman wrote: the MOTHER of my children's vocal output to be pretty much nothing more to me than MOTORCYCLE EXHAUST???????
Yes, Your wife talks VERY loud...its pretty irratating to me, and I don't live with her. On a number of occasions, I have heard her greeting people in the cafeteria when I walk through the front doors.

Have you ever had her hearing checked? I guess you speak loud enough to hear your self at a certain volume, if your hearing isn't good, you speak louder to compensate.

HEY is this a personal attack?

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Sun May 15, 2005 8:56 am

Oh .. and I know you well enough RD to realize your true intentions about the old Mexican Gal's vocal cords...

Yup... you are correct in her capability to broadcast well beyond her personal bubble.

Her ears are perfect, I blame it on her growing up environment. In her family, louder was better and my guess is that over the years her DB levels have become the norm for her.

At least, she is normally only guilty of transmitting pleasant greetings (while at work)

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Sun May 15, 2005 9:20 am

As Bio would say:
MOTORCYCLE EXAUST... that is the topic

Pigman · Post by **Pigman** » Sun May 15, 2005 2:46 pm

ya .. like I said .. "My wife sounds like Motorcycle Exhaust" to me!

Post by **bio** » Thu May 19, 2005 1:14 pm

The pipes came today!

As I worked the graveyard shift, I was able to pick them up and just spent the last 2 hours in my garage, lying on the cement, putting them on, adjusting them, then taking them back off, wrapping them back up, and putting them back in the damn box they came in.

The pipes are fine... but I didn't realize until I got to the last one that there aren't any gaskets in the new pipes (and they won't come out of the old ones).

I called every dealer in the area... the best I could find was 2 of them (and I need 4). So I placed an order and get to wait another week to 10 days.

They're pretty proud of those babys... $17.99 each plus tax.

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Fri May 20, 2005 5:50 pm

Sound like one of my projects.

Post by **bio** » Fri May 27, 2005 1:50 pm

Some of my gaskets were in this morning... the rest will *hopefully* be here by the end of the day.

Problem: two of them got crushed in shipping. They had 2 in stock before they ordered the 4 for me... so hopefully I'll have 4 good ones. If so... I'll install the new pipes tonight.

Sexy!

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 7:11 pm

My sewer was connected today. Hows your exhaust?

Post by **bio** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 8:56 pm

My gaskets came yesterday. I was so happy, but I had company, so I couldn't do anything with them until today.

So... I removed the old pipes, looked at the new ones and noticed that they didn't have anything that would stop me from shoving the gasket right down the middle, and opted to put them on the pipes first instead.

Oh fuck me... bad move.

Turns out... the gaskets (both the stock ones and the genuine Yamaha replacements I just got) are larger in diamater than the new pipes. Insult to injury... I can't get the fuckers off my header pipes without cutting them (and thereby ruining them).

See the images below for a better idea of wtf is going on:

The new Cobra pipe (foreground) and stock Yamaha pipe (background)

The Cobra pipe and a gasket

The Cobra on the left and Yamaha on the right.

I emailed Cobra on this to see if they have some magic solution... but I have the feeling that I'm going to be pulling out a razor knife, hacking up two of the gaskets that I waited 12 days for (and spent money on), reinstalling my old pipes, and having a lovely set of rather expensive slash cut pipes that won't fit my bike.

Fuck.

ZIPPER · Post by **ZIPPER** » Wed Jun 01, 2005 10:14 pm

bio wrote:My gaskets came yesterday. I was so happy

Fuck.

I really wan't to razz you on this but somehow, deep in my heart I just can't do it.

GOOD LUCK BIO!!!