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[Bill Watson]

My $.02 on when tweety finally shows up... Muffler failures are typically moisture-driven (sounds like this is a spot-weld failure), so I've been thinking that the tweety problem shows up earliest in wet climates and on bikes that go on many short trips (water is a by-product of combustion), and shows up latest on bikes in dry climates that get driven on longer consistent trips. Based on that (I'm in Phoenix and the bike gets two 20 mile rides a day), I'm coming up on 12K miles so far as well with no tweet. I figured this supported the theory. Andy, go ahead and burst my theory by telling me you live in the Pacific Northwest and ride 1 mile to work.... D'oh! Bill Watson Phoenix ----------------------- From: "Andrew Tuning" Got nearly 16000 miles on my stock exhaust and have no "tweet." What gives? Am I doing something wrong? I do hear a lot of KLR's with this going down the road and when asked, most of them started AFTER removing the clean out bolts. -Andy --------------------------------- Yahoo! Mail Bring photos to life! New PhotoMail makes sharing a breeze. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[firefighter_joe05]

Andy - It's the "Barbie-ness" of the bike that makes it sound so sweet.... LOL Joe

[Andrew Tuning]

Oh, Joe. Your just jealous I get to ride Barbie!! -Andy -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of firefighter_joe05 Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 8:58 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Terminal Tweety Problem Andy - It's the "Barbie-ness" of the bike that makes it sound so sweet.... LOL Joe Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links

[revmaaatin]

I was able to buy an KLR ebay muffler this weekend, described as *only a few miles* for $48.01, delivered. Now I just need to a Non-OEM muffled KLR to put it on. As far as tweety is concerned, add good earplugs to your riding gear, and more right throttle. With those two things added, you should not hear tweety except at start and finish of the ride. revmaaatin. A-15, 17K miles, no tweety that I can hear

--- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "deadtvs" wrote: > > Thanks, Mike. I'll try splitting the top, like Aardvark recommends, > and if that doesn't work, try drilling a couple of holes. Ebay > usually has several "near-new" exhausts going for well under $100, > but buying one every 2K-3K would get expensive! I liked the > Supertrapp well enough, but I've heard other people say they do wear > out in roughly 15K (like mine did), and at around $275, that's a > little disappointing also. I just want a reasonably quiet, durable > exhaust that doesn't TWEET! > > Dan > > --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Peplinski" > wrote: > > > > I've read that some guys drill a couple of 1/4 inch holes in the > back of the > > pipe, around the exhaust hole. As far as another pipe goes, I read > about a > > guy on the KLR.net site who adapted a cheapo John Deere muffler > for well > > under a "C" note. Says it sounds good. No spark arrestor though. > > > > > > >From: "deadtvs" > > >To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > > >Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Terminal Tweety Problem > > >Date: Mon, 06 Mar 2006 20:41:56 -0000 > > > > > >So, after blowing out my Supertrapp at about 22K, I bought a > nearly- > > >new stock pipe. It worked great for a couple thousand miles, but > then > > >developed a pretty robust Tweety complex. I did the "split the > bottom > > >seam" fix, but it didn't (fix it, that is). I tried to remove the > > >drain bolts and promptly broke the heads off. Rode it that way > for a > > >few more thousand, but this weekend the noise finally put me over > the > > >edge, so I drilled out the bolts and left them out, to see if that > > >would make any difference, but it didn't. In fact, I think it > made it > > >worse. So, anybody have another way to exorcise Tweety? (Besides > > >Sylvester, I mean.) I really don't care what brand/model of pipe I > > >have, but that old VW/Singer sewing machine noise is driving me > > >CRAZY!!! > > > > > >TIA, > > > > > >Dan > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Archive Quicksearch at: > > >http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > > >List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > > >List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > > >Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >

[Russell Scott]

Tweety fits the KLR perfect. A unique exhaust note for a unique motorcycle. R -----Original Message----- From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com]On Behalf Of firefighter_joe05 Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:58 PM To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Terminal Tweety Problem Andy - It's the "Barbie-ness" of the bike that makes it sound so sweet.... LOL Joe Archive Quicksearch at: http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 Yahoo! Groups Links

[deadtvs]

You guys are lots of help! That's sarcasm, mostly, and honest, partly. Most of you seem to be saying I should learn to appreciate it, but that ain't happenin'. I don't mind a "unique" sound, but why does it have to be THAT unique sound? So, I did split the top and side seams, and drilled four small holes in the end cap. For a bit a thought this had fixed it, but no, Tweety returned, although not as bad (so far). As for the various theories. My bike has 26K miles on it. I bought the OEM exhaust off Ebay and put it on at about 18K. It was supposed to have less than 2000 miles on it, and from the condition, I think that was correct. I can't remember what part of the country it came from, though. Anyway, it was Tweety-free for maybe another 2000, before he/she/it showed up. I live in Colorado (dry), and mostly ride long rides - probably average ride would be 150 miles, so the dry climate/long rides = no Tweety theory doesn't really work for me. And it had gotten to the point that it was present for all throttle positions except maybe the top 1/4, and I could hear it even through ear plugs! At least the partial "fix" above has dropped it back to a more tolerable level. Alan, I wouldn't mind seeing pics on your Tweety fix, but I doubt I'm going to go to that extreme - although I did thing about cutting off the endcap and welding on an extension - don't really know why, except it just seemed something to change the configuration might get rid of it. I wouldn't mind another aftermarket exhaust, if I could be pretty sure it would last at least 20K, but from what I've heard/read, most of them don't. Anyway, thanks for all the input. Guess I'll just live with it for now. Dan, just Tweetin' along --- In DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com, "Russell Scott" wrote:

> > Tweety fits the KLR perfect. A unique exhaust note for a unique

motorcycle.

> > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com

[mailto:DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com]On

> Behalf Of firefighter_joe05 > Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2006 7:58 PM > To: DSN_KLR650@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [DSN_KLR650] Re: Terminal Tweety Problem > > > Andy - It's the "Barbie-ness" of the bike that makes it sound so > sweet.... > > LOL > > Joe > > > > > > Archive Quicksearch at: > http://www.angelfire.com/ut/moab/klr650_data_search.html > List sponsored by Dual Sport News at: www.dualsportnews.com > List FAQ courtesy of Chris Krok at: www.bigcee.com/klr650faq.html > Member Map at: http://www.frappr.com/dsnklr650 > Yahoo! Groups Links >

[Alan L Henderson]

Bogdan Swider wrote:

>>I weigh 50 lbs more than you and your girlfriend together and I don't >>have any trouble. > > > Except when you run out of gas in East Colorado. > > Bogdan > >

Yes, but that had more to do with "head space" and "timing" than with the "load" on the bike. Alan Henderson A13 Iowa