Metal Doctor

Hi folks,

So i've been doing a couple of jobs for bikers and thought i'd tell you what i've been up to.

Had a nice chap called Johan call me up about his BMW G650GS, its a pretty cool bike but BMW didn't fit them with a centerstand as a stock part, even though the frame has all the mounting brackets to take the centerstand. But BMW couldn't supply a centerstand for the bike only a regular one which is too short, so Johan got a short one and i took some measurments and extended it just enough to get the back wheel off the ground but not to long so it hit the swing arm. Easy fix and makes matainance alot easier.

I also fixed a KTM swing arm. The sprocket bolts had worked loose and come out, gouging a deep groove out the the inside of the aluminium swing arm, this was a simple fix by just adding weld metal into the the groove and then sanded it flush.

last thing was a XT660 exhaust mod. Gary, the owner, wanted more noise and a free flowing exhaust. He had already done some airbox mods fitting hi flow filters and upped the fueling, but didnt want to spend loads on a new set of exhausts. So after doing some research he had found that some guys had modifided the stock mufflers and wondered if i could do the same to his. Now i wouldn't recomend everyone do this to thier mufflers but it can be done if you have the tools. Its a dirty messy job but the results are great and you end up with a free flowing exhaust! Basicly you cut the exhaust and remove all the guts, then replace them with a 57mm perf tube repack it, put it back together and weld it back up, sounds simple! its not. But the pic explains how to, and i might post it on the forum if anyone fancys having a go.

Cheers and i'll keep ya posted about any other bike related jobs!