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Hi Guys,
Thanks for all your posts. I've been lurking for a while and just got my 1100 Sport a few weeks ago. Love the bike!
Yesterday I fitted an Evotech tail tidy and tried to fit my Akrapovic slip-ons.
For those of you with these Akra slip ons; how tight of a fit were they on the stock mid pipe? I had a heck of a time trying to fit mine. The pipe diameter on the mid pipe is almost the same as the pipe diameter on the slip-on. So I'm really only able to rock it on sideways about 1/8" at an angle by hand and that's it. I tried some WD40, as well as some anti seize at the recommendation of Revzilla (online shop I bought them from), both with no luck, I took my heat gun to the left slip on and was able to get that on, but had to use a ton of force on the end cap with a rubber mallet. The cap is slightly bent at the db killer. The right slip-on really got over on me, and I ended up damaging/bending the end cap and it's still not on the bike.
I hope Akra or somebody sells new end caps.
Did anyone else have any issue like this with fitment? I've had many slip-ons in the past, none from Akra, but have never had issues like this getting them on.
I'm not sure what to do. I need new end caps, but that's still not going to solve my issues of not being able to get it on. I've emailed Akra to see if they have any suggestions. If any of you have any tricks I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!
Thanks for all your posts. I've been lurking for a while and just got my 1100 Sport a few weeks ago. Love the bike!
Yesterday I fitted an Evotech tail tidy and tried to fit my Akrapovic slip-ons.
For those of you with these Akra slip ons; how tight of a fit were they on the stock mid pipe? I had a heck of a time trying to fit mine. The pipe diameter on the mid pipe is almost the same as the pipe diameter on the slip-on. So I'm really only able to rock it on sideways about 1/8" at an angle by hand and that's it. I tried some WD40, as well as some anti seize at the recommendation of Revzilla (online shop I bought them from), both with no luck, I took my heat gun to the left slip on and was able to get that on, but had to use a ton of force on the end cap with a rubber mallet. The cap is slightly bent at the db killer. The right slip-on really got over on me, and I ended up damaging/bending the end cap and it's still not on the bike.
I hope Akra or somebody sells new end caps.
Did anyone else have any issue like this with fitment? I've had many slip-ons in the past, none from Akra, but have never had issues like this getting them on.
I'm not sure what to do. I need new end caps, but that's still not going to solve my issues of not being able to get it on. I've emailed Akra to see if they have any suggestions. If any of you have any tricks I'd love to hear them.
Thanks!