SEARCHING: THOSE WITH PRO-CIRCUIT R304 SILENCER!

Grizzly600 wrote:

kxracer27 wrote:

i dont think it is going to work.
whats not going to work???

that makes no sense...

i dont think he has the ability to do it is what im saying. no offense Sven, its just harder than it seems, i mean. they call it factory for a reason...but hey, who knows, maybe he will blow my socks off with something better than the factories make.

I glass my sufboard when i'm at my dads (repairs) its much like it. I Also glassed a skin board.

As long as you take your time and have the right tools...

But sven will need to back it for a few min at 150 degrees so that it will not contract and expand once its on the bike.

Just a few things to have when making this carbor fiber silencer:
-Good metal working skills
-Precision
-Smarts
-and PATIENTS
I am sure sven can do it he will just have to take his time and do it right with the right tools.

If you do it properly dude, Im sure you could start making them and selling them on ebay and people would definitly buy them. Good luck man. If it works, I would start selling the things.

Grizzly600 wrote:

I glass my sufboard when i'm at my dads (repairs) its much like it. I Also glassed a skin board.

As long as you take your time and have the right tools...

But sven will need to back it for a few min at 150 degrees so that it will not contract and expand once its on the bike.

If you use the right kind of epoxy it will not do this.

By 150 degrees what do you mean? Most epoxy's FLASH POINT (meaing burning temp) is around 90 degrees, anything more would result in flames.

Also, regarding if I will be able to do it or not. I'll be honest with you, I don't know. I've built other things out of carbon (the beginners turned out bad, now my work is good) however never anything round. I mean I can't set any deadlines on by when it will be done but I hope to have it done by May.

all i know is that im sure you would do a better job than i would, lol

90 degree's??? that means it would melt or start on fire in the sun...not to mention what it would do on the bike!

I didn't know if it was like fiberglass car parts. Like with fiberglass car pannels, they will bake them at a temp that it will never see again (like 140 degrees) for a few minutes, so all of the shrinking is taken care of.

sven, i think it will only ignite at that temp when its still wet. only one way to find out

What grade and density of carbon are you going to use Sven?

Carbon reaches superior ( comapred to 150 degrees ) temperature's while going through a number of processes like oxidation, carbonisation and heat treatment, it can see temperatures up to 10,000C and more, so I can't imagine 150C hurting it - depending on your epoxy resin of course. !

I'm using 5.7 ounce 2X2 twill weave.

Regarding the epoxy I will play around with test strips till I find a satisfactory one.

Also, I meant a wet-flash point of 90ish degrees. I will heat treat and not heat treat pieces and see how they turn out. Heck, working with round tubes is something I haven't done before so it's abit of a learning expeirence for myself as well.

No worries, I won't let anything leave my adress (unless to specified testers) until ALL the bugs are worked out.

wow ive never really noticed that b4, i thought it was jus my exhaust burnt or sumin, mine does look a lil carbon fibery, i wil post a pic later (im at skol at de mo) lol

kxaddict wrote:

wow ive never really noticed that b4, i thought it was jus my exhaust burnt or sumin, mine does look a lil carbon fibery, i wil post a pic later (im at skol at de mo) lol

ur silencer?

that doesn't look like carbon fiber to me

but your pipe looks like it has a carbon fiber guard on it or somethin

Sven, not to dishearten you bud, but you have you work cut out for you dude lol, and I wish you the best of luck in making it.

My brother had a 1995 CR125 that had a full work's DEP pipe including the carbon / kevlar end can, it was a piece of art!

Oh and Josh, if you have a Pro Circuit pipe I'll guarentee it's not carbon fibre unless someone has made a one off - you can't buy the factory stuff.

UrbanRacer wrote:

Oh and Josh, if you have a Pro Circuit pipe I'll guarentee it's not carbon fibre unless someone has made a one off - you can't buy the factory stuff.

it looks like hes got one of those carbon fiber guards on it, but not the actual pipe is carbon fiber