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- From: bobr@gold.gvg.tek.com (Bob Rhodes)
- Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
- Subject: Re: KDX200 Exhaust hop up - Poor mans Aftermarket silencer
- Message-ID: <5621@gold.gvg.tek.com>
- Date: 19 Nov 92 20:56:42 GMT
- References: <1992Nov12.135544.8748@newshost.lanl.gov> <2937@monarch.array.com>
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Grass Valley Group, Grass Valley, CA
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- In article <2937@monarch.array.com> kenm@array.com (Ken Murphy) writes:
- >Thomas Rick Ramsey (ramz@beta.lanl.gov) wrote:
- >: cooper@kdx200.enet.dec.com writes:
-
- WRT packing in the silencer of KDX200: I have a '90. It has packing. It
- looks like a large wool donut that slides over the perforated tube on
- the spark arrestor/silencer section (middle element) of the silencer
- assembly.
-
- I have the Kawasaki shop manual for the '89 KDX200, & the supplement for
- the '90 model. The manual & supplement have exploded views of the
- silencer, & both contain the packing I described.
-
- I have bought fiberglass insulation for wrapping pipes, & use this when
- I clean the silencer, held in place with a small piece of masking tape.
- I was given this suggestion by a friend who races enduro & hare
- scrambles, & repacks his silencer frequently.
-
- My KDX200 has 3000 miles on it. I use it for trail riding, enduros, &
- the past 2 years in the Colorado 500, where I ride it at elevations over
- 14k feet. The bike performs well, so I'm comfortable with how I'm servicing
- the silencer.
-
- YOU NEED TO CLEAN & REPACK YOUR SILENCER! Buy the packing from Kawasaki,
- an after-market supplier, or do what I did. If you don't clean the
- silencer, oil & carbon will build up, & your performance will decrease
- through increased back-pressure. To make power, you want as little
- restriction going in, & going out as is practical. The bike can be
- kept quiet, & still make good power.
-
- Bob
-