My effort at modifying the standard mt-09 exhaust system, incentive taken from Toastedblue's excellent effort on the Tracer Modified section.
First off I bought a very low mileage system off eBay, for two reasons first off I wanted to keep my standard system intact, and secondly I wanted also to be able to keep my bike on the road whilst carrying out the mod on a second system.
Just one point here, I feel anyone attempting this themselves will need at least some understanding of basic engineering and of course the necessary tools and equipment, I have a workshop with a vice which permitted me to carry out the operation on my own, otherwise a mate or someone to hold the system whilst working on it for safety reasons in my opinion would be required.
Even if you qualify and have all of the above it's quite a task just to open up and gut the silencer, Yamaha certainly didn't want anything becoming loose or rattling inside the silencer and therefore it's well engineered in it's construction, which makes it all the more difficult to remove the internals. One item of equipment I didn't have was a mig or tig welder, but found a mate of mine who runs a local garage to do the honors for for some beer tokens. Actually I do have a mig but didn't want to have to buy a reel of stainless wire and end up with loads left over which would probably never get used.!!!
Tools required.....
Mini disc cutter with 1mm thick steel cutting discs.
Reciprocating saw, I have a compressor so an air operated saw was perfect for this job.
Usual hand tools, files, tape measure, marker, masking tape & duct tape etc.
System purchased from eBay, I left most of the wrapping on and added a bit more around the headers to protect the chrome.
My method of releasing the welds on the top section.
The cut around the seam just above the original weld.
Top section removed.
More to follow......................................
First off I bought a very low mileage system off eBay, for two reasons first off I wanted to keep my standard system intact, and secondly I wanted also to be able to keep my bike on the road whilst carrying out the mod on a second system.
Just one point here, I feel anyone attempting this themselves will need at least some understanding of basic engineering and of course the necessary tools and equipment, I have a workshop with a vice which permitted me to carry out the operation on my own, otherwise a mate or someone to hold the system whilst working on it for safety reasons in my opinion would be required.
Even if you qualify and have all of the above it's quite a task just to open up and gut the silencer, Yamaha certainly didn't want anything becoming loose or rattling inside the silencer and therefore it's well engineered in it's construction, which makes it all the more difficult to remove the internals. One item of equipment I didn't have was a mig or tig welder, but found a mate of mine who runs a local garage to do the honors for for some beer tokens. Actually I do have a mig but didn't want to have to buy a reel of stainless wire and end up with loads left over which would probably never get used.!!!
Tools required.....
Mini disc cutter with 1mm thick steel cutting discs.
Reciprocating saw, I have a compressor so an air operated saw was perfect for this job.
Usual hand tools, files, tape measure, marker, masking tape & duct tape etc.
System purchased from eBay, I left most of the wrapping on and added a bit more around the headers to protect the chrome.
My method of releasing the welds on the top section.
The cut around the seam just above the original weld.
Top section removed.
More to follow......................................
