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lorenzo

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I got some new exhaust packing at the stafford show at the weekend, trying to quieten the 7R down a little bit, it was cheap, so hey ho, I splurged. However, I can't find any rivets that are the sort without the holes in them. I've got normal ones, but I'm fucked if I can find the blanked off ones. I suppose I could just go with the normal holey ones, they're are a tiny bit lighter, after all....

Anybody got any ideas?

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Get stainless ones if you can. They last far longer and wont work loose. You will need an airgun though, or one of these:

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Dont even thing of trying to use one of those cheap pliers-type of riveter with stainless. Or one of the accordion-types AK39902_small.JPG....they put too much pressure on the thin sheet material.

Hmm, well for my cheapo can that's on my cheapo bike I don't think I'm going to buy a compressor and a rivet gun, can't I just go with aluminium ones?

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Just use the cheapo aluminium ones. If the hole in the middle bothers you, solder it up? I never bother tho, the size of the hole in the rivet is tiny compared to the exhaust exit hole.

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