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So here is a very creative you man who decided to modify his exhaust and make it lighter, get ready for a good laugh. Remember the principles of Hot Rodding, "If they don't make or you cannot afford it, built it yourself" http://www.ninja250forum.com/index.php?option=com_smf&Itemid=26&topic=3395.0
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Maybe no welding talent, ghetto hot rodding! I may not lay down the perfect beads but... wow!! 
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Well, I think we should cut "Skippii" a little slack here guys...'cause like it showed in his "tutorial", about halfway through his project his dog Grace bit one of his hands clean off!!! (...uh huh, I mean let me see any one of YOU GUYS around here try to make a nice lookin' exhaust system one-handed, HUH?!)  
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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some folks should quit while they are just behind, and not buried.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Are you kidding? Nobody around here knows when to stop.  That's why we have the Hammer of Smiting™.
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Look we are all not excellent mechanics. Skippy did the best he could do with the given situation. I think he deserves his own TV show like American Chop up. Truly inspirational stuff.
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I am absolutely speechless.
Cut it up.
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Yea, StevieB, I'll give him an A for effort,He should of kept his dog out of the way while he was working thou!
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that had to be a joke. i think i will do flex tube and leave it open to upset(censor blocked pi$$) my neighbors.
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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Some people shouldn't own tools!
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Should be Riding
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why buy it for $20 when you can make it for $50?
Always remember to be yourself. Unless you suck. Then pretend to be someone else.
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Quote:
why buy it for $20 when you can make it for $50?
That's pretty funny... yet how many times is that true? 
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Quote:
why buy it for $20 when you can make it for $50?
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Nothing but respect to the kid. After all he made his own two into one header.
I like the line when he said
"Luckily, I was able to easily fix it with trash and some hose clamps. Every few hundred miles the aluminum would melt off, and I'd just stop somewhere and dig through trash cans until I found a replacement. Only took 5 minutes".
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1997 Ducati M750
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Rinehart exhaust, Clearview shield, Viking bags and magic carb's
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I think I caught cystic fibrosis from just looking at the photo 
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I don't know if you'd actually call hanging a muffler from the helmet lock on the side of my bike "Secure."
I haven't ridden it yet. I'm scared. Having a small 3 pound muffler fall off on the highway is bad enough, but risking a 20-pound giant thing fall off could mean big trouble for the person behind me.
I think I'm going to safety wire it or something first.
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That's the coolest looking exhaust I have seen in yonks. Definitely a contender for the next round of Darwin awards? 
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Now that was truly ugly 
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It must of ended up weighing a fair bit with the bolt/washer baffle set up . Entertaining but remanisant of the kind of sh*t we do when we're not old enough to know any better ... He was real proud of himself , at least he had a go .
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He sure isn't a Boilermaker or a Millwright, maybe an Ironworker, I met an Ironworker once with a homebuilt T-Bucket made from 1/4 plate and a Ford Pinto engine, said he used a whole 50 lb. can of E-7018 to fab the body and fenders, one bugly rat-rod.
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Oh, man you guys gotta read the whole thread that follows the pics. Some of the funniest stuff I have ever read.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Quote:
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why buy it for $20 when you can make it for $50?
That's pretty funny... yet how many times is that true?
Well, regularly in my experience.....
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Looks like spaz is over at the ninja 250 forums! The part that cracked me up was when he noticed... ...   Way funny post.
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F-ing hilarious. At first I thought the post was a joke but it is so bad it has to be true!
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Still laughing Ha Ha .... Plop .... Laughed me head off
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Wow some people just are outta there. I have never heard of such foolishness.  Makes ya really appreciate the guys here, and this forum.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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