When do you know it's time to change the packing material in your exhaust?
I removed the tip since from my 2001 FE to replace it with the one from Sandskipper's 2002 FC. Reason being that the cone from mine is cracked and in bad shape and I cannot just replace the cone but the entire tip.
The FC tip (or "bit") is a lot less restrictive that the one from the FE. The spark arrestor will remain. Has anybody done this "mod" before?
Main question is: when do you know when to change the packing material? Mine is quite dark and looks pretty loaded. I do not think the bike will work a lot better with new packing material, so what would the advantages be?
Last question (Bobzilla you may answer) is: some type of red silicone gel was used to seal the tip and also the headers. What do you think it is and what would you suggest I use myself? It seems to be some high temp RTV, do you know which one it could be?
Thanks in advance!!!
I removed the tip since from my 2001 FE to replace it with the one from Sandskipper's 2002 FC. Reason being that the cone from mine is cracked and in bad shape and I cannot just replace the cone but the entire tip.
The FC tip (or "bit") is a lot less restrictive that the one from the FE. The spark arrestor will remain. Has anybody done this "mod" before?
Main question is: when do you know when to change the packing material? Mine is quite dark and looks pretty loaded. I do not think the bike will work a lot better with new packing material, so what would the advantages be?
Last question (Bobzilla you may answer) is: some type of red silicone gel was used to seal the tip and also the headers. What do you think it is and what would you suggest I use myself? It seems to be some high temp RTV, do you know which one it could be?
Thanks in advance!!!
