And use stainless rivets otherwise they are likely to break...

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08 Specialized Langster

...or simply wear away with the vibration! They really need to be the sealed type too.

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

I tack welded the perforated tube to one of the end plates (can't remember which ) this stops it rattling about when the packing blows out again through the rivets
You definitely need stainless rivets and they will take a lot of drilling to get them out , it's sometimes easier to grind the rivet off carefully and then punch them through

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that's basically what you just asked me to make for you

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The earlier cans have aluminium skins and the stainless ends and rivets can wear into each other, the later ones have a stainless skin

........and much thicker rear brackets along with a double skinned front entry to stop the can dropping when the weld fails

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

Are these the thicker brackets? Look fairly robust but really not a great detail for fatigue.

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M2 '01 - serviced and tweaked by Maz, rescued from the mill of doom by the kind people of UKBEG

They look thick to me

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08 Specialized Langster

Nope, they're the older thin versions without the cross brace

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Mithered ta death.
92 MB
96 S2T
98 S1W
00 M2
01 X1
03 P3
10 CR

boo.

oh well, can't complain too much at a free race exhaust i suppose.

does anyone have any pics handy of the stronger version of these brackets? I'm quite happy to weld some stiffening to these but not sure what's the best (or at least tried and tested) way to do this. No rush for this though, as i have quite a bit of header polishing to do first.

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M2 '01 - serviced and tweaked by Maz, rescued from the mill of doom by the kind people of UKBEG

I wouldn't bother, mine hasn't fallen apart (yet).

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08 Specialized Langster

Wasn't the issue with the front end dropping off more of a problem? There was a recall that involved fitting a wire to stop the front of the can dropping on to the road and causing a nasty spill. I don't know if there was ever a proper solution before the second generation came along.

All that being said, my race can was the best I tried, and I tried a few!

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yeah, i was pondering about the front end to be honest, i assumed i was missing some bracketry to connect to the header support in some way. is this not the case? i was building up to asking that potentially stupid question at a later date...

(forgive my total naivety with this)

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M2 '01 - serviced and tweaked by Maz, rescued from the mill of doom by the kind people of UKBEG

Maz's bracket is the way forward.

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08 Specialized Langster

ah... found a discussion on this on the "other" buell forum.

i think if no-one looks closely i can maybe knock up something similar to the one. unless anyone has one going spare they would like to sell me?

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M2 '01 - serviced and tweaked by Maz, rescued from the mill of doom by the kind people of UKBEG