…but I’m not hunting wabbit 🙂
Another club event is coming up, the Mini Pine… and as it’s a club event that means there will be a sound test before you can begin. They take the “Less Sound = More Ground” message seriously, as should anyone who wants to continue to ride a dirtbike/ATV anywhere near civilization.
Last year at the Northumberland event I clocked in a little high, I think 95 or 96db (and they’re looking for 94 or lower) but they let me ride anyways. This year to see if I can hit 94 I repacked my muffler before the event. It’s also good to know if new packing will actually help or not… or if the exhaust I bought is destined to be 95+.
I forgot I ordered a repack kit last fall, and ended up ordering a second one with some other parts a couple weeks ago. They’re both “generic 4-stroke” repack kits… but the White Bros kit (middle) is significantly smaller than Lexx kit (bottom) and from what I can remember it’s more expensive too. You can see the dirty exhaust I just took off up top:
5 allen screws and a little percussive persuasion later… voila! (used packing up top, core and spark arrester in the middle, and cannister on the bottom)
Trimmed the Lexx kit down a little with scissors (it was about 6″ too long) and wound it up snug around the core, held in place with masking tape.
Then slide it back together with a little high-temp silicone between the end can and canister… done!
It’s just under a 100km ride to get to the Mini Pine next Sunday… so I should get my sound check as close to “new” as possible. It better be lower than last year! 🙂