What are the dangers of running without a silencer? I popped a wheelie today and brought it too far back, the stock grab bar went and the silencer hit the ground, ripping the hose connecting the header to the silencer. Is it bad to ride this way?
On an in frame pipe all the silencer does is act like an extension of the stinger, thats why on an oof or street bike that don't run a silencer the stringer section is built in as part of the pipe. Thats just how there built in a nut shell. Thats also why on an in frame adding a shorter or longer silencer moves the powerband around a bit.
i recently had the same thing happen to me with loosing the silencer. It doesn't do any damage, like everyone else said u will loose a little bit of power with it off. Hose clamps work well and are pretty tough. On Ebay they sell colored exhaust colars that work quite well, my freind has a 250ex with the hose colar and it does an awesome job. Hope i helped a little bit?
not gonna make as much power BUT it wont hurt anything