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triguyracer:
has anyone cut and removed the inner pipe baffle not what sure to call it from the head pipes and used the head pipes with a muffler supertrapp or other,where is the best place on the head pipes to cut and get the inner part out with the least amount of cutting and re welding .

J6G1Z:
Welcome to the forum. As to your question, I'm sure that someone has probably done that, but I think it would be more work than it's worth. A totally stock bike tends to run better with those skinny down tubes. You can easily replace the whole muffler section with an EMGO reverse megaphone, Super-Trapp, Sport Bike canister muffler, etc.

There is a real nice performance header available for the FT Ascot from ThumperStuff: http://www.thumperstuff.com/FT500.html

If your bike is stock, you should upgrade the carb jetting. The bike runs very lean in stock configuration. Call Mark at ThumperStuff & order the 2 new jets that you need, along with a 16 tooth countershaft sprocket. Changing the jets & the sprocket make the bike much more fun to ride & will lower your engines operating temperature somewhat.

Every new FT Ascot owner should read this link: http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=10.0

Good luck & please feel free to ask any questions you may have, or post up some pictures of your bike.

Good luck
J.

J6G1Z:
Here is a post on the ThumperStuff header: http://ascot500.com/index.php?topic=138.0

The EMGO reverse megaphone is about the cheapest muffler option. You want EMGO model #80-84030B Black. Here are a few on eBay: http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw=emgo+reverse+megaphone+muffler&_from=R40&_osacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2045573.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.X80-84030B&_nkw=80-84030B&_sacat=0
You want the 2-piece design so you can re-pack the silencing material when needed.

A few guys have used a Sport-Bike canister. Sometimes it looks cool, sometimes it looks too big. Then there is the Super-Trapp. Hard to beat that adjustable muffler, if you can afford it.

Good luck
J.

triguyracer:
Thanks for the info I will give Thumperstuff a call,at some point in the future I will most likley do some minor mods on the bike in the future.The bikes is in such xclnt stock shape and runs xclnt and looks xclnt only 5500 miles when I got it and a second one about half complete too for a 1000 bucks I think I got a xclnt deal.this is a fun bike I have been riding it more than my Suzuki sv1000 and darn near as fun as my three triumph race bikes

J6G1Z:
They are excellent bikes! I noticed a bit of a drop in low end response after installing the header on my bike, but it seems to rev faster. Just make sure that you do the jetting like is described in the article. Mark at ThumperStuff has the correct size jets.

J.

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