Has anyone made an exhaust that makes 2 strokes bearable?

[haydes55]

2 strokes are faster than similarly sized 4 strokes but make an unbearable ting ting ting ting. Has anyone ever heard of a muffler or anything that either shuts these beasts up or lowers the tone down a bit?

[tigertim20]

if you dont like the sound of a 2 stroke, then you dont belong anywhere near one. end of story.

[BigAl]

if you dont like the sound of a 2 stroke, then you dont belong anywhere near one. end of story.

What he said, if you don't like the sound or smell get a 4 stroke!

[sil3nt]

the sound of a bike is very important. the reason why I would never own a NSR250, hate 2 strokes!

2 strokes are faster than similarly sized 4 strokes but make an unbearable ting ting ting ting. Has anyone ever heard of a muffler or anything that either shuts these beasts up or lowers the tone down a bit?

You don't deserve to ride a two stroke.

[SMOKEU]

[Mungatoke Mad]

What he said, if you don't like the sound or smell get a 4 stroke!

What they said, get a 4 stroke & walla mufflers aplenty

[Virago]

Well, it's been a while...

[Sable]

2 strokes are faster than similarly sized 4 strokes but make an unbearable ting ting ting ting. Has anyone ever heard of a muffler or anything that either shuts these beasts up or lowers the tone down a bit?

You're a fucking idiot.

[hayd3n]

MUPPET
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0pQl...6D9A9B5363CD0D]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWEICsHLLYs

[Stylo]

Music to my ears .....

[hellokitty]

I love 2 strokes - the best sound is when there are heaps of them - sound like a swarm of bees

[Berries]

2 strokes are faster than similarly sized 4 strokes but make an unbearable ting ting ting ting. Has anyone ever heard of a muffler or anything that either shuts these beasts up or lowers the tone down a bit?

Not sure why people are upset, your comments make absolute sense. I had an RGV250 once and had the same issue. After several attempts we worked out that the noise was basically produced in the expansion chamber so removed it. Tried several replacements with wider diameter pipes but the noise was awful and it ran very poorly. In the end we worked out that car radiator hose (40mm diameter) soaked up all the ring a ding dings.

Might be hard to source here but the front lower hose from a 1970 to 1976 Ford Cortina (Mark 3) has the right curves for fitting to an RGV with very little work. Should work for an RS 250 as well. Depends what bike you end up getting. The hose has more built in expansion than metal pipes so needs no chamber, and jubilee clips are far easier to work with than welding and brazing. Getting the two in to one joint is pretty impossible if you ask me, we ended up running both pipes up under the seat, way before Ducati or anyone else thought of it.

Give it a go and post some photos. I lost all mine in a fire.

[ellipsis]

....my bro in law did something similar with a vacuum cleaner hose on his old Vauxhall...the flexi bit twisted itself 'perfic' for the bend up to the pipe off the manifold and the ally tube looked just the bee's knees....didn't pass the WOF tho....had me fucked as to why not....

[haydes55]

Give it a go and post some photos. I lost all mine in a fire.

Thats reassuring haha hopefully not due to your modifications?
As to the rest of you I appreciate the sound of an engine. Who can look at a bike and hear it sounding like a ball bearing in a tin can rattling right beside your ear and think "sweet"?

[Berries]

As to the rest of you I appreciate the sound of an engine.

I think as everyone has pointed out, you don't. You appreciate the sound of a four stroke engine.

You can't change the fundamental way a two stroke works, which is inextricably linked to both the noise and performance. I'd suggest getting to understand how a two stroke engine works and coming to appreciate the noise or getting a high performance 250 four stroke. Like this one -

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/moto...-419388237.htm