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Maintenance & Technical => KX500 Original => Topic started by: machine on November 10, 2004, 03:35:27 AM

Title: What pipe????
Post by: machine on November 10, 2004, 03:35:27 AM

What pipe is really better for desert riding???

FMF gnarly desert, or the FMF fatty desert???

Title: What pipe????
Post by: gowen on November 10, 2004, 06:40:52 AM

Machine, everybody is going to disagree on this one, but I've found the Gnarly Rev (desert) to have unlimited overrev, but that may also be from the porting on my bike. But I can tell you that moving from a stock exhaust to a gnarley desert, it increased the overrev by about 50%. Did not notice a diffrence in power anywhere else.

I've also been told that the Gnarley Rev is just a thick walled fatty with a little more overrev.

Title: What pipe????
Post by: steeldust on November 10, 2004, 07:37:02 AM

Has anyone ever had any luck with the pro circuit platinum pipe?  Is the fmf that much better? On all my bikes in the past i've had pro circuit exhaust and they worked great.  I'm just trying to decide which pipe I should get.

Title: What pipe????
Post by: doordie on November 10, 2004, 11:24:55 AM

steeldust,
Go for a another pipe then PC ?cause need some porting to work well.
I use it, but on a heavy modified bike!
Just my 2 cent. :wink:

//doordie

Title: What pipe????
Post by: mikesmith on November 10, 2004, 09:40:04 PM

I have the PC mx,but have never compared it to the FMF.The PC seems to tame the power some,not hit as hard.Id go with the PC desert pipe or the FMF,I dont think youll go wrong eaither way(but Im leaning slightly to the FMF).

Title: What pipe????
Post by: machine on November 11, 2004, 02:41:41 AM

Thanks guys!!!

So it will be the FMF gnarly desert!

Title: What pipe????
Post by: dezracer on November 11, 2004, 04:11:06 AM

Quote from: machine

Thanks guys!!!

So it will be the FMF gnarly desert!

I think Destry runs the FMF Gnarly.  Once I flatten my Fatty I think I'm going to switch to the Gnarly.  Good Luck :D

Title: What pipe????
Post by: steeldust on November 11, 2004, 02:31:24 PM

I just got tha Pro Circuit platinum pipe. I Bought it on ebay for 75 bucks shipped, man what a difference smoothed the power out alot and gave alot more top end.