do i need to change my pipe?

[FSracing]

hello folks,
After a quite small crash i have bent my pipe....it's on the left side (figure a 250 2 stroke pipe) , now it's not too bad but for sure there is some restriction from that particular area...(pipe is touching the frame now) It is possible to damage an 2 stroke engine with a badly dented pipe? And i feel like it's sputtering now at really low speed ??? :(

Can i blame the pipe for that richer feeling of the bike?

thanks

 

[souphmars]

u can send it off to get it fixed w/o buying a new 1-just go to your shop and they will help u

 

[Detonator]

How close is the dent to where the pipe intersects the engine? One of the recent dirtbike magazines did a "dent test," and basically determined that dings and dents very close to the engine do cause performance loss, but after the first 6 inches it took a pretty big dent to affect performance in a significant way.

You should still get it fixed, and check it for an air leak (that would definitely cause a performance issue.) In the meantime, here's some reading: http://www.off-road.com/dirtbike/tech/pipefix/ The nice thing about this is it gives you the opportunity to get carbon out of the pipe (blowtorch heating), and if your pipe is black in colour, a can of high heat exhaust paint will get it looking nice again.

 

[KDX1]

You could try your local body shop. I went to the one near where i work and they fixed it for around $40.00

 

[FSracing]

Thank you guys i ll check with the shop...

 

[Chili]

Not sure where in Canada you are but Les at Sargent Sports in Winnipeg can do magic with munched pipes. I took a pipe off my old 86 that I figured was destroyed beyond repair (completely munched) and got it back looking like a stock pipe right off the rack.

 

[FSracing]

I am from Quebec,Quebec city, the only shop i know fix dented pipe but cannot fix bent pipe.
It's bent 3 inch far from the engine, Down low my bike run like if the choke was on. (i tried different pilot sizes yesterday...wasn't helping much.and my bike ran fine before i bent the pipe... i have to find someways to unbend the whole left section. And i need to open up as originally the firsts 90 degre section....

There 's not alot of folks from Quebec here i am sure...i prefer not saying that am from Quebec since they want to be apart from the Canada!! It's a shame!!

 

[Detonator]

I'm from Boisbriand; there are a lot of active Quebecs around. Call a few dealers around Quebec/Beauce and ask them for references for good pipe-fixers. Of course, they'll want to sell you a new pipe, but that's their job.