We heard about the silencers being removed from the exhuast of the GV and my Girlfriend wanted it done to her bike. So after the 1,000 km service I got to work removing the end rivets which mount the silencers inside the exhuasts.
I'm not going to go into depth about what I did, however here are some pictures which explain it more easily than words could.
But in a nutshell:
- You'll need a drill with a 4 - 4.5 drill piece
- Pliers to pull the silencer out
- And a magnetic tipped screw driver
- Drill the center of each rivet until you go all the way though
- Once drilled, pull the silencer out with the pliers, with a little bit of force
- If it doesn't come out easily, try drilling the hole a little wider with a bigger drill piece
- Once the silencer is out, use the magnetic tip screw driver to remove any shavings from inside the exhuast
- Also use the screw driver to remove the other end of the rivets which will also be inside the exhuast
Don't worry about the shavings and rivet pieces falling deep inside the exhuast. There is a second plate about 3 - 4 inches in which prevents this.
2MB WMV before and after videos to follow...
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