| Author | Message | ||
     Joojoo |
Pissed... I have an XB12S with a stock pipe on her (for now). There was an upslant in a parking lot today, and I had a passenger on the back of my bike....as I went up the incline I felt like the rear suspension had bottomed out...I check under my bike, sure enough, I scraped the bottom of my pipe, left a little dent in the bottom and a scrape! Im getting the Drummer anyway...BUT....is there anything else I should check that could have been bent out of place? I see that the exhaust is connected by 2 screwn right into the engine case...could I have bent them or bent the case? Im not worried about the pipe, just the more expensive stuff that also could have bent.. Jack edited by joojoo on June 18, 2004 | ||
| M1combat |
I think that's a reasonably common occurrence... It hasn't happened to mine yet but I've heard about it from a couple other people. | ||
| Darthane |
There's no way in hell you bent the case. The exhaust and/or brackets for it would go LONG before the case. I doubt you did anything other than what you described by way of damage. | ||
| Lpowel02 |
there's an easy fix for this....remove your passenger pegs!  | ||
| Johnnyxb9 |
Dont worry I smashed the whole front of my muffler last summer. Was riding with a small group and the road split to the left. Two guys crossed and I had to wait for traffic,I kept rolling to stay moving and made the left a little late. As I crossed the center of the raod I noticed the road dropped off about a foot and a half. I had no choice but to jump it  . Revved her up, fanned the clutch and off I went. I wheelied and landed rear first but when the front came down it landed pretty hard. I flattened the first 7-8 inches of my muffler. No broken clamps or straps, must say something for quality. | ||
| Charlieboy6649 |
 Holy hard landing batman! Happy you and the beast made it through OK! Hope I never have to do that! It may involve fecal spotting... | ||
| Glitch |
Once I was talking to Buckinfubba when they first started to offer the Drummer. He said there weren't too many mufflers they got in that didn't have a dent. | ||
| Fullpower |
yah, every time i hop a curb, i get that scraping sound down there. thing hangs down a bit lower than the sportster. no damage, still fun. |
