Hi there. I have a stock 95 kdx200, with no air box lid.
I was pricing out new pipes with my local kawasaki dealer and he said that on a kdx, a new silencer would make the most difference to power because the stock one is so restricting. He also suggested modifying the stock silencer to make it less restriciting. Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't the spark arrestor the most restricting part of a silencer? and because i never ride in the woods, (only on our farm), I thought i could cut open the silencer and gut the part which is the spark arrestor, then weld it back up. I don't mind my bike being louder, and hope fully would make my exhaust more free flowing. Because with the airbox lid off, i can feel the bike struggling to expell exhaust gases at high Rpm.
What do you guys think? I wanted an opinion before I cut it in half.
Thanks for your input.
I was pricing out new pipes with my local kawasaki dealer and he said that on a kdx, a new silencer would make the most difference to power because the stock one is so restricting. He also suggested modifying the stock silencer to make it less restriciting. Correct me if i'm wrong but isn't the spark arrestor the most restricting part of a silencer? and because i never ride in the woods, (only on our farm), I thought i could cut open the silencer and gut the part which is the spark arrestor, then weld it back up. I don't mind my bike being louder, and hope fully would make my exhaust more free flowing. Because with the airbox lid off, i can feel the bike struggling to expell exhaust gases at high Rpm.
What do you guys think? I wanted an opinion before I cut it in half.
Thanks for your input.