Cherry bomb on the SX

[250Eddie]

OK so i wanna put an exhaust on my SX and i was talking to mondex and he told me about the tractor supply one but i have NO idea how to order one from them, so i was looking at the cherry bombs , they might be easy for me to get down here, but i wanna know what u guys think about them, do they mess the bike up do they make to much noise.?????

[leviblue]

why don't you just grab a used exh of CL and mod it. Heck I just gave away an exh that I couldn't tell ya what it went to. But that Kerker fit my X with a new bracket. Didn't sound too bad either

[250Eddie]

damn my dad had a kerker on my 350x i loved the way that thing sounded

[leviblue]

Just sent it out to Onnie, Robby's boy, for his 200X.... more bling for the kid. I'd just find a an exh off a 300 or 400ex or a 450r and mod it. will look alot cooler then hacking one up unless your into more work. a cherrybomb,,,, well is more redneck than most will bring apon themselves

[jfaulkner02]

Yeah I wouldnt go with the Cherry Bomb either. Deff check CL. Hell, I just bought a brand new Cobra exhaust system for my SX for 20 bucks off CL.

[250Eddie]

yea ive been looking thru CL for a few days now and nothing. im hoping someone will post a cobra on here for sale soon for a good price.

[TatTooL23]

i have the a cobra. its just the muffler with the pipe that is attached. no head pipe. it is for a 350X i got it when i bought mine. just sitting around. ill sell it if u want it, i dont know what kind of fabbing u would have to do to make it work.

or if there r any 350X guys that want it let me know.

[250Eddie]

Pm me a pic if it and how much for it I'll see how much fab ill need to get t to fit right

[Thorpe]

Cobra is just as bad of an idea as a cherrybomb....

[250Eddie]

Well I've been looking for an exhaust but I'm not paying 200 bucks for an fmf for a mud bike

[bcredneck]

h*!! ya cherry bombs kick ass i had 2 of them sticking out of the hood on my beater chevy s15 sounded awsome till it got taken by the cops and crushed aparenty they dont give you back your truck if you have no plates or lisence i dont know if they make them small enough for your trike thoue

[250Eddie]

ROFL ^^^^,
I know cobras have kinda a bad rep but anything right now will help i still need to order the jet's for the SX.

[pjschulze30]

An 85-86 Big red "can" is almost exactly the same and can be found pretty much anywhere for cheap $$. Cut-it just north of the original weld where the can meets the exhaust, then spend $20.00 to pay a good welder to attach your secondary pipe to it. At the very worst you might have to bore (in or out) the rear mounting bracket holes. They have more than enough extra material to do so. I did this well over a year ago, and it looks 100% stock, and worked / sounded perfectly. I just recently sold-it to a guy who has another 250SX and he didn't notice the difference till I pointed-it out as not being 100% original.

I searcehd for two years looking for an aftermarket exhaust for my SX....the previous owner cut-out the spark arrestor because it "sounded more bad-ass that way" yehaw! Let's start a wildfire!

[250Eddie]

I have an extra sx exhaust here and I cut tue tip off of it and took the tip out and it sounds good but in don't think it gives my bike enough back pressure the bike needs

[jordan_muirhead]

[the previous owner cut-out the spark arrestor because it "sounded more bad-ass that way" yehaw! Let's start a wildfire!] ROFL :lol:

[250Eddie]

its kinda the reason y i want a diff exhaust =)

[cr480r]

OK so i wanna put an exhaust on my SX and i was talking to mondex and he told me about the tractor supply one but i have NO idea how to order one from them, so i was looking at the cherry bombs , they might be easy for me to get down here, but i wanna know what u guys think about them, do they mess the bike up do they make to much noise.?????

I am sure there is better alternatives for you, But I will say that my friend built a decent muffler out of a cherry bomb for an FT500 powered go kart.. It was a 2" core unit about 16" long.. he added a mounting tab, then welded a washer into the outlet end and inserted a 6" long peice of 1" tubing into the washer to serve as a quite core insert and add some restriction. When it was done it had a nice factory appearance. I cant say how it performed as we had no other basis for comparison.. The engine ran well after a jet change. The homebuilt muffler was very effective at noise reduction, but very heavy. Much to heavy for me to ever use one, But I am sure the concept could be played with for different results.. for example a different length glasspack, different insert length and diameter, etc..

[pjschulze30]

In all seriousness....I'd go the route I suggested with the BR Can. It's the easiest & cheapest route to go to ensure a bit of performance integrity and still look stock. As CR480R pointed-out....there are many routes to take that will work-out just fine, but a lot of them require a lot of trial & error to get right. I have a feeling your like me....very handy, but some things are just to much to take-on....it's just easier to pay a reasonable fee & have an expert do-it right.

If you look at the part numbers on the cans they are all exactly the same between the BR & SX, with the exception of the last digit wich I'm sure denotes the header pipe difference. In this economy great welders capable of burning a clean, straight, strong bead would be more than happy to do such a simple job for $20.00

[swampthang]

I had the Cobra full exhaust system on my 86 250es and it wasnt that loud, then one day the tip fell off the silencer ( only held on my a tiny bolt and a barrel clip) I decided to remove all the packing from the silencer to see if there was any sound difference and there wasnt. Pretty much a straight pipe on it after that but some how wasnt much louder than my buddys stock 85 250es:wondering Cobra technology at its finest!

[250Eddie]

ima have to look thru HMF and see which one will come closet to the sx one and have it welded at the shop i get all my trucks done at.

[pjschulze30]

Mine came off either an 85 or an 86 BR I wish I could remember for you?! What I do know is that the two mounting tabs on the can itself lined-up exactly with the ones on my SX's but the BR's were actually much wider.......which is a good thing in case you are off a bit after you get the header welded on it you will have enough extra material on the tabs to drill new holes, or at least bore-out the originals. I got lucky, for the first time in my life I actually was spot-on with my measurements and after I gave the end of the spark arrestor a knock with a sledgehammer with a piece of 2x4 as a buffer it lined-up perfectly with the frame brackets.

[250Eddie]

i havnt been able to find any oem exhaust for a BR or sx anywhere lol, but now im back to square 1 with working on the bike, the clutch gave out on me today, so now i gotta order a new one which ive been wanting to =D

[pjschulze30]

google Davesusaatvrecycling for the phone number....he's located just north of Tampa. I was there about a month ago just to poke around looking for a new project. He had enough BR stuff to probably complete about 6 full trikes..... I know he'll have a decent BR can for you for a reasonable price, and I've been told that even though the gearing is quite different that if you get the same model year the clutch internals for a BR & SX are interchangable. I don't know that as fact......but I'd bet Dave will.