Broken Downpipes - How To Fix

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Broken Downpipes - How To Fix

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I've broken my ZXR downpipes.. going down this nice gentle country road, and the road drops down, hit it a bit fast, had both wheels off the floor, landed pretty hard.. rode along normally and bike starting making a very funny noise, really loud, and the bike cut out when I came to junction... fired it up an, oh no, 3 cylinders :?

Stopped to have a proper look and one of the pipes coming down from the engine has completely snapped off the collector box.. I need a quick fix, to last 3 weeks... can anyone recommend anything I can repair it with? There are no missing pieces, just a case of joining things back together.

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Errr Weld it ???????
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I need bike for tomorrow afternoon, thinking about something I can buy in the morning to patch it up and use it.. have exams at college..

No welder at home, Dad has at work but he has gone away for 3 weeks.
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Gun gum tape and paste are not goign to do it tbh mate, will fall apart soon after. Going to need welding, or new downpipes ideally!!
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baked bean can, 2 jubilee clips & gum gum :shock:
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double sided sticky tape :lol:
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All very good and mature suggestions.. but I think I'll go with the chewing gum in my mouth and some of last years christmas wrapping paper...

Hmm.. bus to college it is then.. [Censored] public transport :evil: so shit!!
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Chewing gum will cost you 30p a packet...Go into mcdonalds and nick a straw to connect the pipes :lol:

Seriously...Welding is your answer, try any local small garage that does car-work etc and offer cash.
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miler";p="35545 wrote:baked bean can, 2 jubilee clips & gum gum :shock:
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Sidekick exhaust in plymouth mate, he will weld it back on for you. Keep as chips.
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Post by furry »

One thing to check though...

Is it just the pipe come loose from the collector...

OR

Has it also damaged the cylinder head...worth checking...as this is what happened with my gsxr400 and had to do a top end swap over...was a pain in the ass! (Jap Monkey metal 4 u!)
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Re: Broken Downpipes - How To Fix

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Andrew has an arc welder... I know... it was his Christmas present... but I only bought it to laugh at the damage he caused! :lol:

Seriously though, go to a local garage and offer cash to a mechanic in his lunch break. I've so much welding done for a tenner in the past that way.

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