homemade spark arrester

[laserracer]

ive got a 2002 yz 426 and i am wondering if its possible to make a spark arrester?. the bike has a standard yz426 muffler ,are spark arresters just small mesh steel screens?
can you buy aftermarket spark arresters you can fit to your muffler ? .i know you can buy after market mufflers with spark arresters but they are hellishly expensive
sorry for all the questions
cheers Dave

[scott411]

you can make them, put thin mesh over the rear, wrap a big hose clamp over the top of the muffler,

very often done, especally for the Napier 6 hour which requires spark arrestors

[laserracer]

Thanks scott411.. that sounds pretty easy to do.
now that i think about it i may make a small metal screen i can fit into the muffler opening then screw it in place
Cheers Dave

[warewolf]

Mild steel mesh (for fly screens) doesn't last very long.

Buy a cheap kitchen sieve from Briscoes or somewhere; it's stainless steel mesh and pre-shaped into a nice dome.

[laserracer]

Thanks warewolf .. great idea yep stainless sieve .. gunna borrow wifeees one when shes not looking..another kitchen sacrifice for the bike
Cheers Dave

[Ktmboy]

Thanks warewolf .. great idea yep stainless sieve .. gunna borrow wifeees one when shes not looking..another kitchen sacrifice for the bike
Cheers Dave

Beautiful....I find borrowing the pot scrubbing brush for those carburator jobs really helpful as well .

[laserracer]

Great thanks KTMboy, yet another useful tool from the kitchen... only one problem if she catches me... she can do a really mean impression of ...GORDON RAMSAY
Cheers Dave:

[F5 Dave]

Measuring cups are never the same after a few chemicals have been through them, either are funnels. We're past the days that you'd boil your chain in Duckams, but I hear the dishwasher can make a great parts cleaner if you are looking for reasons for your lover to leave you. Watch those aggressive cleaners on bare ally though, greys them up somewhat.

[cheese]

Putting your air filter in teh washing machine is another great example.

[laserracer]

Thanks guys, oooohhh gotta try the airfilter in the washing machine, will have to be a covert operation, so her indoors dont catch wind of it or she will me with blunt bullets ahhh what the heck im not scared of her ... if caught
im going to blame you guys ... repeat after me the KiwiBiker Forum made me do it
Cheers Dave

[B0000M]

Thanks guys, oooohhh gotta try the airfilter in the washing machine, will have to be a covert operation, so her indoors dont catch wind of it or she will me with blunt bullets ahhh what the heck im not scared of her ... if caught
im going to blame you guys ... repeat after me the KiwiBiker Forum made me do it
Cheers Dave

lol, let us know the outcome,. im not that brave. i wonder if it would be so bad if you put about 15 of them in there......

[laserracer]

mmm probably not good at least with 1 i know she would only shoot me once... but 15.. hell .. out comes her machine gun full of blunt bullets thats gotta hurt .. will probably have to put something else in with it or else the damn washing machine takes off like a drunk 1 legged irishman on its spin cycle.. maybe i can put in some of her clothes to even it out
Cheers Dave ... its your guys fault