Is this a shortened Prima exhaust?

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Is this a shortened Prima exhaust?

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I just bought a Blackjack with 350 miles. I took it to have an oil change and the guy asked me what kind of exhaust it was. I assumed Prima. Then he asked if it was shortened. I never noticed before but it does look shorter.

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Lol what am I doing wrong
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There, fixed it...though you might want to reduce the picture size...lol

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Just compare to this Prima pipe - would have to say YES!
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Hmm mm too hard to tell, my picture is too small lol
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Now I wonder what exhaust this is. The lady I bought it from said this came from the dealer?
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It looks like they chopped 4 or 5 inches off a Prima. I doubt they went through that much trouble to strip, cut, weld, and re-chrome though. So wherever it came from, it must come that way from the factory where it was made.

I personally prefer the shorter sportier appearance over the too long Prima. You lucked out IMHO. I wish I knew where to get one for myself.
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I think you need to load up a video so we can hear the sound.
With a shorter baffle length, I'm thinkin' that might sound really good.
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Tocsik wrote:I think you need to load up a video so we can hear the sound.
With a shorter baffle length, I'm thinkin' that might sound really good.
Yeah that's a good idea. I'll do one on the morning and post a link.

I'm looking at that ncy exhaust because I prefer as little police interaction as possible hahaa and tbis might be just a little too loud when the throttle is on.
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k1dude wrote:It looks like they chopped 4 or 5 inches off a Prima. I doubt they went through that much trouble to strip, cut, weld, and re-chrome though. So wherever it came from, it must come that way from the factory where it was made.

I personally prefer the shorter sportier appearance over the too long Prima. You lucked out IMHO. I wish I knew where to get one for myself.
I'm looking for something black so maybe I'll sell this?
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Xsolusx wrote:
k1dude wrote:It looks like they chopped 4 or 5 inches off a Prima. I doubt they went through that much trouble to strip, cut, weld, and re-chrome though. So wherever it came from, it must come that way from the factory where it was made.

I personally prefer the shorter sportier appearance over the too long Prima. You lucked out IMHO. I wish I knew where to get one for myself.
I'm looking for something black so maybe I'll sell this?
It was an exaggeration. I just installed an NCY 3 months ago, so I wouldn't want to spend more money to replace a perfectly good and new performance muffler. Like you, I also prefer the black look and a little more quiet exhaust. Thanks for the offer though.
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k1dude wrote:It looks like they chopped 4 or 5 inches off a Prima. I doubt they went through that much trouble to strip, cut, weld, and re-chrome though. So wherever it came from, it must come that way from the factory where it was made.

I personally prefer the shorter sportier appearance over the too long Prima. You lucked out IMHO. I wish I knew where to get one for myself.
I'm looking for something black so maybe I'll sell this?
It was an exaggeration. I just installed an NCY 3 months ago, so I wouldn't want to spend more money to replace a perfectly good and new performance muffler. Like you, I also prefer the black look and a little more quiet exhaust. Thanks for the offer though.
Are you happy with that exhaust? The sound?


My exhaust idle is not bad at all. Small rev sounds great. Going a steady hum gets just a little too loud for me.

Plus I like black haha.
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I'm not particularly impressed. It sounds a little wimpy to me. But I've never heard a Prima. I guess there's no hiding it's a 125cc.
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Can someone please resize that pic? This thread is annoying. :cry:
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Lol well whatever fit was, it broke!
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Xsolusx wrote:Lol well whatever fit was, it broke!
How exactly did it break?
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walke2jd wrote:
Xsolusx wrote:Lol well whatever fit was, it broke!
How exactly did it break?
Nut came off at the head, all the bracket welds broke.

Im going to order a NCY exhaust and hope its quieter and probably get this welded back up and see if maybe a muffler shop can baffle it a little bit.
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Has anyone tried a regulatory oval motorcycle exhaust mount? Is there any reason why that would not work?

My ncy exhaust won't be here until Friday. Boohoo. So I'm thinking about cutting off the piece of the mount left on my exhaust and just using an oval adjustable mount. Seems too easy so I assume it doesn't work? Lol
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Xsolusx wrote:Image
You forgot to put the ".jpg" on the end. And btw, that image is kinda big...
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lol wow that is big

ok so typical exhaust mount.. will those work? Seems like a lot of overkill on the Buddy exhaust?
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that thing is awesome looking. i want it!
The red ones are faster.
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iamryan25 wrote:that thing is awesome looking. i want it!
Yeah I love the way it looks, just a little too loud for me. cops where I live pull over loud exhaust all day.
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Also when I took it off all the mounting hardware was metal. Seems like a bad idea. There was a metal bushing that is coincidentally the same size as a skateboard truck bushing.
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Nice board collection!
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KooK wrote:Nice board collection!
Heh

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Ok my ncy exhaust csme. Wow it it is so much bigger and heavier than my current shirt exhaust. It feels like 3 times the weight lol.


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I'll be curious to hear what you think of the sound difference - both loudness and quality of tone.
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k1dude wrote:I'll be curious to hear what you think of the sound difference - both loudness and quality of tone.
I just started it and tone is OK. Sounds like an xr75. It is MUCH more quiet than that other one. It is a really big difference. That other one does not look like it has any baffling in there at all though. The weight difference is ginormous.

I'm going to go ride it in a few and see if I can tell any difference.

Oh and it did come with a gasket, the shaped kind. I also bought those long nuts and that made it way easier that the previous small ones.
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Oh no spacers though so I used skateboard bushings.
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Surprisingly I can feel a little power difference. Sound is half of what it used to be. Cruising is very quiet, throttle is still not too loud, tone is better than I first thought.
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