A little heat and a pair of vice grips on the welded tabs should do the trick. Just don't bend them too far outward!
Rear tire rubbing on exhaust silencer....WTF?
Back in it's dirt days, I ran a 120 dirt tire, which always rubbed on the stock silencer a little bit. (pictured below). I had hoped that with the smaller diameter Supermoto wheel, it wouldn't be as bad.....well I was wrong!
The subframe is good and straight, and I even spaced the silencer out using a couple of 1/2" nuts as spacers, still rubbing, bad. I even stiffened up the shock a little bit, and it's still rubbing.
Outside of making the rear so stiff that I'll hate it, anybody out there have any suggestions? Of course, me losing weight, or spending more that $7 is out of the question :laughingr
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The subframe is good and straight, and I even spaced the silencer out using a couple of 1/2" nuts as spacers, still rubbing, bad. I even stiffened up the shock a little bit, and it's still rubbing.
Outside of making the rear so stiff that I'll hate it, anybody out there have any suggestions? Of course, me losing weight, or spending more that $7 is out of the question :laughingr
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hammer the can until its so dented that it clears. 
or just do what racer187x said, and move it over a little more. it cant be rubbing very much, or it would be touching lower on the pipe.
or just do what racer187x said, and move it over a little more. it cant be rubbing very much, or it would be touching lower on the pipe.
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OK, time to revisit this one....
After trying several things, my tire is STILL rubbing. I've heard from several people that "they do that", but I just can't accept that.
I know that it rolled off the assembly line intended to be a dirt bike, and running a 160 rear on it was not what it was made for (like a SMR), but there has to be a way to get the pipe to clear the tire, be it conventional or a little "inventive".
I currently have two 20 mm spacers that I made pushing the can away from the subframe, while it has helped, it's still hitting.
Questions...
I have read that the SMR header has a different bend to address this issue, my bike is an '04, I don't think they made an SMR in '04, so my closest option would be an 05 SMR header. Would that one bolt up? You guys think it would help?
I have looked at the FMF speed slip on. From the pictures, it appears that that the pipe itself is shorter, and it uses a mid pipe to go to the header. Anybody out there have one? FMF doesn't post specs on it, and the guy I got on the phone didn't have the info I needed. I'm thinking if the pipe is shorter, and with a mid pipe, that it might be enough to clear.
Here are some pics I snapped off...what do you guys think?
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After trying several things, my tire is STILL rubbing. I've heard from several people that "they do that", but I just can't accept that.
I know that it rolled off the assembly line intended to be a dirt bike, and running a 160 rear on it was not what it was made for (like a SMR), but there has to be a way to get the pipe to clear the tire, be it conventional or a little "inventive".
I currently have two 20 mm spacers that I made pushing the can away from the subframe, while it has helped, it's still hitting.
Questions...
I have read that the SMR header has a different bend to address this issue, my bike is an '04, I don't think they made an SMR in '04, so my closest option would be an 05 SMR header. Would that one bolt up? You guys think it would help?
I have looked at the FMF speed slip on. From the pictures, it appears that that the pipe itself is shorter, and it uses a mid pipe to go to the header. Anybody out there have one? FMF doesn't post specs on it, and the guy I got on the phone didn't have the info I needed. I'm thinking if the pipe is shorter, and with a mid pipe, that it might be enough to clear.
Here are some pics I snapped off...what do you guys think?
custom make your own can and make sure it's slim enough so it'll clear the tyre? don't think there's a lot of other options left if you allready tried everything else.
I did notice the bottom end of your can is pointing inwards a lot, on my '05 I still had rubbing issue (this being in the middle part of the can and not the bottom like on your bike) but it was placed more to the right.
you could try the smr can I'm not a 100% sure it'll be a simple swap job, exc and sx pipes are interchangeable that I do know.
check the spacing on this smr, mounted a lot more to the right compared to your bike.
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I did notice the bottom end of your can is pointing inwards a lot, on my '05 I still had rubbing issue (this being in the middle part of the can and not the bottom like on your bike) but it was placed more to the right.
you could try the smr can I'm not a 100% sure it'll be a simple swap job, exc and sx pipes are interchangeable that I do know.
check the spacing on this smr, mounted a lot more to the right compared to your bike.
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