Akpilot's next Project

[Akpilot]

K-fab

The Excell exhausts are susposed to be "tuneable" for sound control. *Not sure if you saw the silencer kits that fit all the Yamaha engines but here is a pic. *

Call and talk to Aaron and ask how low can the noise go, maybe with the smallest cone it will be close. *I know just the Headers build horse power with the stock silencer.

wayne

[K-fab]

Thanks for the info Wayne. *I just wrote them and asked a bunch of questions. *We'll see where it goes from there.

[Akpilot]

Ok, I finally got the roll cage bars bent up, after 4 months, 3 different guys ect, ect, ect. Need to get my own bender.

I purchased a suspension seat some time ago for the FL800. It was susposed to be for a Pilot but just does not seem to fit. With widening this Rage Pilot I was able to drop the seat between the stock seat mounts untill the bottom of the seat is even with the frame. But with the thickness of the seat I'm sitting much higher than stock.
What have you guys done to keep your head out of the roll cage with supension seats? With the seat in the back position, I can lean forward and hit my forehead on the front cross bar, without a helmet.

I'm thinking of raising the roll cage up about 4" and remaking the Hailo (the square above your head, not sure what it's called) longer in the front. Pros and Cons?

Wayne

[Bugpac]

That seems like an extremly thick suspension seat IMO. You definitely need clear head room tho....

[Odyknuck]

That is not a standard Supension seat. Like Bugpac said its extreamly thick. Most are about 4" thick were your but sits.

[Odyknuck]

Wayne, Whats the status on your build?

[Akpilot]

Status:

Nope, Nada, Nothin', Squat.....

It was killing me waiting on parts, Still not sure on the seat either. I either have to cut off the stock seat mounts and lower the seat below the frame (big no-no) or make the roll cage a lot higher for the thickness of the seat. Or through out the peice of @#$*&! seat all together - don't even like thinking about it.

So I had to walk away for a while. Since it has been snowing here, I have to rebuild a 07 Apex I picked up. Thought is to run it for awhile untill I start another project. Or....I could get out the shoehorn again and start massaging the Rage Pilot into a Apex Pilot.....

Wayne

[Odyknuck]

Personally I would sell that seat and buy a standard Race Trim Supension seat. They are about $150.00. Then you dont have to dick around with lowering the mounts or raising the roll cage. Sometimes its best to re-think the stradgey when a part does not really work for the application. Been there done that many times. The wana use it because you got it concept is way over rated lol.