I just completed this. I used canned air, sprayed upside-down to "freeze" the plug, and wiggled them out with vice grips. I actually broke the nipple off accidentally, which gave me more area to grab. On the front one, I made a make shift slide hammer and it popped right out.
most of them do, due to the extra air pumped into the exhaust when you close the throttle, its more noticeable with aftermarket exhausts and rejetting to compensate, if yours does'nt, great, just leave it as is
MrHotrod460: No backfire and I have Cobra Speedster Long exhaust and a re-jet kit on the Mikuni carb, too, and also have a K&N Big Air Cleaner, too.....and no problems with acceleration or on deceleration either......purrs like a WildCat...
I just completed this. I used canned air, sprayed upside-down to "freeze" the plug, and wiggled them out with vice grips. I actually broke the nipple off accidentally, which gave me more area to grab.
On the front one, I made a make shift slide hammer and it popped right out.
45 acp brass works great to plug the whole
great, glad you done it, I'm gonna upload a new video of the bobber buildup soon
Cheers mate, great video !
My XV1600 does not backfire on de-acceleration......why did yours do it?
My bike has the stock AIS in place......no problems as is..
most of them do, due to the extra air pumped into the exhaust when you close the throttle, its more noticeable with aftermarket exhausts and rejetting to compensate, if yours does'nt, great, just leave it as is
MrHotrod460: No backfire and I have Cobra Speedster Long exhaust and a re-jet kit on the Mikuni carb, too, and also have a K&N Big Air Cleaner, too.....and no problems with acceleration or on deceleration either......purrs like a WildCat...
.45cal casing works
What's the benefits?
to clean up the area and and get rid of the ugly pipes and air pump, also help with backfire on de -acceleration
MrHotrod460 gotcha.
I just kept on tapping and wiggling