I am about to change out my exhaust with a tyga system, What is the best way to seal the new exhaust gaskets?
Cheers, T
I am about to change out my exhaust with a tyga system, What is the best way to seal the new exhaust gaskets?
Cheers, T
I've got a tyga SS system on one of my bikes, and from memory I still used one of the original gaskets from the OEM setup with Loctite Copper Max silicone. Picked up a tube from the local SuperCheap auto stores and have use this stuff for most of my 2T engine exhaust work. I didn't use any silcone in the area of the headers where the oring gets compressed, but used it where the gaskets , headers and cylinder metals come into contact with each other if that makes sense.
Tyga's been on the bike now for about 6 months without any leaks or issues from the headers.
Hey thanks Rosso,
That's what I needed to know. Would you know if the bike would pass rwc with tygas or bang the stock pipes back on?
Well for me here in NSW we have to get the bike inspected each year by a certified inspection station for a road worthy inspection. My bike passed with no questions at all about the tyga's. I just made sure the bike presented well, clean, tyres good, and all the lights were working properly. I had to fix up my rear brake micro switch as the rear brake light was staying on. I don't think they even started the bike for the check. You can down load the inspection points from the RTA, I'm sure Vic will be the same.
Cheers Rosso, I don't thnk I will have many issues, fairings been painted, top end rebuild new head light ect..
Can't wait to get it on the road
Prob telling you to sux eggs, but the best thing I did for my road bike was to spend a bit of time in cleaning up the power valves and then making 100% sure the PV cables were adjusted properly. Previous owner had never checked them and they were a bit out. Drop a tooth on the front sprocket and tweak the jetting to get it spot on. It now power wheel stands in first and almost lifts in second, but also runs clean around town at lower revs. Traffic is not your friend tho, as it will start to overheat quite quickly in stop start traffic. This bike is an open road with sweepers weapon, and track day grinner. I'm going to add a thermo electric fan to mine one day, just so the occasional commute into work is a bit easier.
I'm open to all comments, it now has the billet pv centers and I have set these up with new cables, stripped and rebuilt the carbs. I shall wait to see how it goes before laying laying with the jetting. I considered a thermo fan as my 900 ss hates the traffic in the summer. Does the rs naturally run hot , 75 80 deg +? How reliable are the thermo sender units. Was thinking of testing it
On the open road the bike runs around the 62-63 mark and on the track maybe a touch higher, but within 5-10mins of stop start traffic its starts climbing into the 70-80's. I wont let it get above 90 out of choice, Ill pull over and wait for it to cool down. Really the only time its a hassle for me is the annual toy run around Canberra, lots of slow moving traffic for any extended time. I would have no issues with a thermo sender, but I was thinking of keeping it even more simple by just having a manual switch and just watching the temp. No need to then tap into the cooling system etc.
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