Part 21 - Custom Short Exhaust & De-cat on the Royal Enfield Classic 350 / Meteor 350 Bobber
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- Опубліковано 28 сер 2024
- A MONSTER episode covering polishing and fitting the custom shortened exhaust on a Royal Enfield Meteor 350. De-cat and deleting the middle silencer / muffler. Custom exhaust brackets and getting it running.......hopefully. Thanks for watching and please subscribe if you'd like to see it through to the end!
This is a project to build a Royal Enfield Classic 350 / Meteor 350 Custom Bobber / Scrambler bike from a 2022 model Stolen & Recovered machine, part of a full series of episodes.
You asked us what we think.....
Well I'm for one, TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY!!!😊😊😊
Your attention to detail from the positioning of the camera, - to just allowing us all to see 'real time' work as you carry each and every step by step by step move, - warts and all..
What a total pleasure and joy.
Thank you! 👌👌👍👍ps... you make it look so god dam easy... inspirational!
Thank you so much for your comment, I'm glad the detail is useful. That's where the devil is and all that. I do leave plenty of warts out too that are just too boring or shameful so will try and leave a few more in 😊 cheers, Glyn
@@GlynOC 😆👌👍
Thanks for sharing your journey with this bike. Did the decat activate your engine light?
Thanks very much. Not so far but you've seen it run as much as I have 😊@bluesman3794
Great work Glyn. Thank you for taking us along with you on the journey. Looking forward now to seeing the final assembly and maiden voyage 👍
Very very soon I hope! Thanks John 👍
Charles Darwin would have been very proud of you concerning your natural selection , the bike is getting better and better well done Glyn and thank you for the excellent vidios.
Thanks Alan, hope to get it in the sunlight this weekend for the planned Welsh Heatwave (sunny day by any other name) 👍
Great video. A Lot of hard work, thought & patients go into this labor of love. Thank you for your Inspiron
Thanks John, all worth it now though 😊
Patients of a saint, as I said before. Great use of number plate reflector bracket. Can’t believe how rusty/messy the cat gets. Even mine on removal was cruddy, and I polished up with carnuba.
Hope that’s E5 you filled up with, and not supermarket rubbish…….😂
The bikes coming togeather nicely.
What a great happiness when she fired up. Splendisoris.❤
Next be to fit the DNA filter and plate, that make huge difference in drive ability up through gears.
Hats of to ya Glyn.
PS, I like the guys bike, you put picture up of.😊
Cheers Mark, loved your vid with Bruce! I'll keep the horrible box in a cupboard in case I need it for an MOT or something (will have to hold the back up with string!). Your bike sounded awesome on the video and will def get a DNA kit, it looked like it went really well! I've got the backrest here for you still!
Really enjoyed the videos and your joyrney. Thanks Glynn
Thanks very much!
Excellent job, bike looks great. I have a 350 Meteor also so found the whole video very entertaining although i do not have your imagination or patience so my bike remains rather standard in comparison. Great job!
Thanks very much for your comment, I hope you've been getting some good rides on your Meteor. Hope to be joining in soon!
Glyn, it looks fantastic!!!
Thanks David!
Happy days...Good job.
Thanks Dennis 👍
Another very informative and interesting video Glyn .. but had to chuckle a bit on part of the video "you put the toolbox, you put the toolbox out .. in, out, in, out, bobber it all about" 😁
haha I didn't even remember till you said, I must have been getting tired, or too many fumes!
Top job Glyn, exhaust looks great and some good fabrication too. You might need your skills for some sort of stop for the center stand when you take it off the stand but other than a check over with the spanner’s I reckon your about ready to roll. Well done mate 👍
Thanks very much Andy, that is a very good point! I'm off there now and will address that 👍 Mustn't forget that swingarm bolt either! I know it's not proper tight yet. Thanks for keeping an eye out 😊
Nearly there mate , nearly there 👍
Thanks Andrew, there's a heatwave in Wales this weekend apparently (which just means it'll be sunny) and it MAY be it's first ride out for the reveal video 🙏
It lives Glyn! The Frankenbobber lives!
Thanks Steven, it better bloody ride too! FInd out this weekend I hope. Will be a bit hillier than your 'big sky' Norfolk rides I think 🛤
That's a good modification Glyn. Nicely done
It took a bit of thinking but am happy with it now, as long as it doesn't vibrate to bits!
Hello, Very good work; I really liked! you had a good idea. Good job...
Thanks very much, be riding it soon!
I must say, its a great work on an amazing machine, Glyn! Your commitment level is commendable. I shall try same with my Meteor :)
Thanks very much, I'd love to see it 🙏
Absolutely brilliant videos, I really felt your excitement when it started, loving the sound.😀😀 let’s start it again, Yeah 😂😂😂😂
Thanks Mark, I thought I'd screwed it up after two tries 🤪
Wow, it looks gorgeous, I want a shorty for my Meteor. You should produce the bracket you made and sell them. I would definitely buy one. Thanks for sharing.
That's a good idea, I should have taken measurements, but wouldn't be hard to get them off the bike, good idea!!
@@GlynOC Sweet, let me know or post it on one of your great videos.
I wish I had shares in auto sol the amount you used 😂👍
I know but it's not going to rust for a hundred years now I hope 👍
Excellent video as always Glyn. I’ve also got a meteor 350. This series has inspired me to change a few things on mine although I don’t have you skill set 😬. P.S. I also live in south Wales down on the coast 👍
Thanks very much, that's great to hear. Let me know if you get stuck and I'll ride over!
Autosol and quad 0 steel wool is great on chrome .
It smells so good
I see now why you would decat that exhaust, I don't like the decat idea but the end result is very nice, something to consider is an Emgo exhaust pipe they are inexpensive and free flowing, louder but not crazy laud after you get use to it, I did it on my 650 and my neighbors have never complained.
I've never heard of those before, I'll have a look. Thanks for the heads up!
I subscribed as I just bought a 2021 Meteor to do similar. Your bike is looking fantastic
That's great, thanks Frank. Hope you enjoy your bike
unique.
you may need to make a bracket for the centre stand because when you take off the stand it will not have a stop rest on
I did forget about that! Thanks for the heads up 👍
Really starting to take shape Glynn. Would look great with brown leather seat though
Thanks Michael. I'd love some rustic leather, I might keep an eye out for a future rainy day project (shouldn't have to wait long!)
Great job!!! Very, very nice Bike! Greetz from a german Meteor rider. Andreas
Danke! Thanks for watching, I"ll add a sticker on my globe 😀
You're running that bike in your house Glyn. Yer nutter!😂
I did have the back door open, well, a bit 😊
@@GlynOC 😄😄😄 By the way. I bought a 350 classic in the spring. Absolutely love it! I'm interested to see what you come up with for that knackered classic you bought? Just discovered you last week and totally binge watched all your shows. Excellent stuff. Keep it up!
Thanks very much, back to it tomorrow and will have some fun with it tomorrow so new video tomorrow or next day 😊
@@GlynOC how about the cam that hitchcocks sell? I was thinking about a fuel x and a free flow exhaust. Any thoughts? The DNA air filter I fitted in the summer made a big difference.
I haven't ridden them long enough to think about those yet but I;m sure the DNA kit is on the cards at least, they seem to be very well liked!
Without the Cat it's illegal. it looks like a Bobber. but the tires make me think Scrambler.
and at the movie The Great Escape too.
I call this bike The Great Outlaw Scrambler Bobber 😛
Nice video so Thank you very much 😀
I think I'm going to have to make a video explaining, there's a concept there somewhere I promise! Thanks very much for your comment, Glyn
@@GlynOC No don't explain away me free fantasy. and that way. it will be some thing els for everybody 😀
California says, no no. Too many arseholes here
Put a seat on it and take a ride down that forest lane outside your door. LOL
This weekend I hope!! If the paint dries in time, or even if it doesn't!
Awesome
looks great what a seemly simple cheap mod, be interested to see how it runs on the road with that cat gone, its hard to tell but how close will your heal be to the heatshield,
Soon find out, i'll ride along with my foot in the air if I have to haha 😊 Thanks for your comment
What's wrong with 41:26 putting a rubber end cap on the bolt? Or grinding the bolt head down? Or using a Allen head blot?
Good ideas and I think that would work too 👍
Glyn, if you don't mind me asking, why is part 1 no longer on the play list?
I've just checked and youtube had put it at position 11 (or I might have messed it up), all in proper order now with 1 at the top, thanks for the heads up 👍
How about using some black engine paint? No need for cleaning the chrome
That was definitely my back-up plan! I had my eye on a stainless exhaust too but it seemed to work out well 👍
Is there any effect or harm to the engine if we fit a silencer without a catalytic converter..?
Many have done it and I don't know of any problems 👍
It sure sounds great, but how does it run now? With the catcon removed, were there any problems regarding engine performance?
I'll be honest, I've got no idea. I only rode it a few miles before taking it apart so it could be worse, the same, or better. I need someone with a Meteor to come ride it and tell me if it's any different! 👍 nothing makes me feel it's unhappy though
@@GlynOC, I've been contemplating to delete the catcon on my bike for a while now to get some growl from the exhaust but I saw on one UA-cam video (ua-cam.com/video/_K-L2Pl9fd4/v-deo.htmlsi=WCqPtwDEokmQttrW) that he had to put a gizmo called Fuel X Pro to counter the effect of the de-cat. Please keep me posted when you take your meteor on longer rides with this mod. I love your videos, keep them coming.
Thanks very much. I was thinking of using as is till I got used to it then trying the filter mod and FuelX to see what it did, maybe for the spring 👍
@@GlynOC I think the DNA filter, not the de-cat, makes the bike run lean so he needed the FuelX balance it out...or maybe the combination of both? I also noticed he totally got rid of the center stand instead of adding a stopper, good weight reduction though.
Glyn since you've done this already, could you please provide the dimensions of the bracket you fabricated? The length and distance between holes (diameter also would help) would probably suffice. Many thanks!
I'll try and measure it for you next time I'm there👍
@@GlynOC Thank you so much!
Hello, great work, I love it!!! you are a genius. Well done...
Thanks very much!
The cat is there to stop polution
You're right of course, at least it doesn't get much use
Compulsive watching
Take. The Bobby tires of get something me good rubber. But you did a great job job. Lemay.
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Maybe when they wear out I will try something else👍
Check your. Cam chane. When there a little loose. They well make noise. Also. Lemay Nelson. Vancouver Washington North west.
Great Job. GLYN Could you let me know what brand of spray you use on your pipes to make them new? LEMAY Nelson. Vancouver, Washington. Pacific Northwest.
Hi Lemay, I used Autosol metal polish which is just a typical white cream metal polish and protector👍