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Old 10-28-2009 | 10:31 PM
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Why buy exhaust mounts when you can make your own?

So I recently lost a exhaust mount on the freeway, ask nuhawk, I showed up at his door, and have been using a zip-tie as a temp-fix.

Well today I got the brilliant idea to go to Home Depot and get a thin strip of metal and bend it into shape.
I'd say it's pretty good for 1.26.
Old 10-28-2009 | 10:54 PM
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Are you gonna trim it or leave it like that? And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...

Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?

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Old 10-28-2009 | 11:05 PM
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I'm cheap, but even I would only do that as a veeeery short term fix.
Old 10-28-2009 | 11:12 PM
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Originally Posted by captainchaos
Are you gonna trim it or leave it like that? And what did you put inside it between the metal and the carbon can? Hopefully not nothing-it'll chew up the carbon. I asked in your other post-why not just get a new one from two brothers so it matches? How much could one possibly cost? I mean I'm all for being cheap but...

Anyway I guess if you trim it on top and wet sand and polish it it'll probably match the other side ok. Again doesn't seem worth the time compared to just buying a new one?
I'm going to get some rubber and glue it on so it protects the exhausts.
I shall also be painting it black so it doesn't look so ugly.
Old 10-28-2009 | 11:55 PM
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That looks Mexcellent.....just joking looks ok man........
Old 10-29-2009 | 12:28 PM
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When I have time I'm going to take it off, thin it up, and cut out the center so it looks better. Then paint it black so it looks nice.
Old 10-29-2009 | 03:17 PM
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Painted it:

When I have time, I shall round out the tops so it looks good, slim the mount down, and cut the center out(not all the way) so it looks better.
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I also made my own mounts. A bit different to yours though. Mine took about a week to make by hand, and are now integral with the sub-frame.

When I had my custom pipes made up the exhaust guy told me the biggest job would be making the mounts. I told him I had them done already. I dropped the bike off to him and went to pick it up a few days later when he had the pipes done.

He commented on the quality of the mounts and asked who made them for me. When I told him I made them myself he asked if I had used a milling machine. He was quite surprised when I told him I had made them by hand, using a piece of a Toyota Hilux drag link for the tube, and pieces of flat steel for the rest.

The idea was to make them as neat and as unobtrusive as possible, so that they didn't stand out. Lots of work, but worth the effort I think.

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