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Lightest Silencer

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ebers17:
I just pulled off my stock silencer, and i couldnt believe how heavy it was!! Is there a big weight difference in any of the other silencers like fmf, or maybe cutting the stock one down an inch or so.  i ride in the woods, would that help? maybe while i'm at it, cut down the three inches and add a sparky, is that still gonna be heavy though?  I just need some direction to go here - seth

GDubb:
How old is the silencer packing? I know they can get pretty heavy when its time to repack them because of all the oil and gunk that is absorbed by the packing.  I can still remember the first time I repacked a silencer... it was a night and day difference in how much it weighed before and after.  Shortening the silencer is supposed to give you more low-end grunt, but you'd probably have to shorten it quite a bit to get a significant weight savings, I think.  I dont have any experience with sparkys, so someone else will have to help you there.  Hope this helps.

-G

GDubb:
Oh yeah... there is a pretty good difference in weight between stock and aftermarket silencers. Not to mention the sound and performance gains are pretty noticeable too.

-G

Brett:
Sadly mine only has an aftermarket silencer and undented std expansion chamber.  As soon as i drop it im am going to use the excuse too hard to straighten to buy meself an aftermarket expansion chamber.  I haven't ever seen a std silencer but im sure if straightthrough like everyone ive seen i reckon changing just the silencer would make f**kall difference. (apart from noise)

Timbowe:
The power core 2 on mine is pretty much the same as the standard. To look at and to hold on to [weight]. Sounds the same too.

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