FMF Turbine Core II Q?
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FMF Turbine Core II Q?
Is anyone running this silencer? If so... how quiet is it? Well... compared to other silencers. I don't want to take any chances of not being able to ride somewhere because of noise levels. But , I don't want to sacrifice performance either.
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I run a TC II with a FMF -30 on my 220. How quiet is it? DB wise I have no idea as it has never been checked. Compared to my neighbors stock KX125 it is quieter. Compared to my 98 XR250 with an FMF Q it is about the same according to my neighbors. There are quite a few KDX's (and other smokers) up here that run this silencer for the exact reasons of enforced sound levels, spark arrestor and performance with aftermarket pipes.
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Yeah baby.. YEAH! Exact same pipe I'm running... thanks guys!
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I am regularly checked for sound levels at enduro races I attend. I run the woods FMF pipe with the TC2 and check in at 88 db when freshly repacked. Since the max level is 96db, (I think) and the sound pressure doubles with every 3 db change, that's pretty quiet. Last week when my son was out back playing on my bike, I could not hear it at all when I was in the house and he was riding it outside, just a few yards away. I really like it this quiet, I call it "Stealth Mode". None of my neighbors have ever complained. My chainsaws and leaf blowers are much noisier.
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I just asked my wife for an unbiased opinion on what is noisier; my bike with T/C II SA, a chainsaw, or a leaf blower. Surprisingly, she said the leaf blower is the noisiest, followed by a chainsaw, with my bike a distant 3rd. She said that unless I'm really riding it hard, she can barely hear me on it when I'm in the backyard.
I'd say you are safe with the T/C II SA.
I'd say you are safe with the T/C II SA.
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Not to be a spoilsport....BUT..
Does anyone else notice that none of the responses have ANYthing to do with the question asked?
Granted, you can infer the testimonials to be a good thing for a different S/A..but they have nothing to do with the 'Q'...and that was the question.
Right?
BTW, my TCII (no 'Q') was 87db last check (October '04).
Anecdotal as it may be, I've heard BAD things about the 'Q'. Not good performance-wise. Notice the catalog writeup of the thing says '...with a minimum reduction in power.' The TCII says no such thing..actually says it does NOT have the restriction found on most S/As.
And we all know that catalogs never lie..........TV commercials, neither!!
Does anyone else notice that none of the responses have ANYthing to do with the question asked?
Granted, you can infer the testimonials to be a good thing for a different S/A..but they have nothing to do with the 'Q'...and that was the question.
Right?
BTW, my TCII (no 'Q') was 87db last check (October '04).
Anecdotal as it may be, I've heard BAD things about the 'Q'. Not good performance-wise. Notice the catalog writeup of the thing says '...with a minimum reduction in power.' The TCII says no such thing..actually says it does NOT have the restriction found on most S/As.
And we all know that catalogs never lie..........TV commercials, neither!!
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ANYthing?........Reallycanyncarvr wrote: Does anyone else notice that none of the responses have ANYthing to do with the question asked?
The first question:
Is anyone running this silencer?
The answer:
I run the woods FMF pipe with the TC2
The second question:
If so... how quiet is it?
The answer:
88 db when freshly repacked
The qualifier:
Well... compared to other silencers
The inference:
Let's just say, I intended to leave that as an exercise in simple arithmetic.
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Sorry..The TC II is NOT THE TC II Q!!
TC II 8651-202
TC II Q FM02-0494
PNs for the KDX from Rocky Mountain
They are different.
They aren't even the same.
Maybe you have a 'Q'. I don't know. You said 'TC2'...which is NOT a 'TC II Q'.
The question was in regard to the 'FMF Turbine Core II Q'
The answers were ALL in regard to the TC II........NO Q!!
Is that any better?
Is everybody ?
Cheers!
TC II 8651-202
TC II Q FM02-0494
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They are different.
They aren't even the same.
Maybe you have a 'Q'. I don't know. You said 'TC2'...which is NOT a 'TC II Q'.
The question was in regard to the 'FMF Turbine Core II Q'
The answers were ALL in regard to the TC II........NO Q!!
Is that any better?
Is everybody ?
Cheers!
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So it is written.
So it shall be done!
...forget what? ;)
Heck....maybe it was supposed to be a question mark?
Words do mean things...maybe not so much in this case?
Inda?
So it shall be done!
...forget what? ;)
Heck....maybe it was supposed to be a question mark?
Words do mean things...maybe not so much in this case?
Inda?
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Q=Quiet . ... It is marketed this way anyway. If the TCII is quiet enough... I know it is cheaper (or costs less for CC) then I may just go with that. I just thought maybe that with the quiet model, I could ride it in the house and not disturb anyone...
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When I read the initial post, I made a bad assumtion and read the title Q followed by a question mark as "FMF Turbine Core II Question"canyncarvr wrote:Sorry..The TC II is NOT THE TC II Q!!
So what else is new?
Now stop shouting at me or you'll make me cry!
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I could have been just as easily wrong as right...but then it would'a been Inda's fault for being misleading and otherwise nefarious.
It would have been skullduggery, even!
btw...I only shouted the second time time I had to say the same thing over.
So save your hanky for some REAL problem....maybe to shed a tear for the Steelers!
It would have been skullduggery, even!
btw...I only shouted the second time time I had to say the same thing over.
So save your hanky for some REAL problem....maybe to shed a tear for the Steelers!
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canyncarvr wrote:So save your hanky for some REAL problem....maybe to shed a tear for the Steelers!
Yeah.... Now I gotta cheer for the Eagles.... something don't seem right about that!
Ummm content? I'm getting the TC2... without the "Q"
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All right guys... I know most of the questions I ask are not qualified for a legitimate response. I type all day and usually not in the mood to do it more once I get home.
I am wanting a different silencer because my my present original Power Core FMF silencer is spooging out the seams! (I know... repack it!... I will.. just not now! ) And my stock silencer weighs 5 times what my FMF one weighs. My FMF silencer looks like a 89-94 stock silencer... and I really don't care for it. I swapped out the FMF for the stocker when I was in LBL and noticed absolutely no difference in sound or power. I believe the pipe is what makes the noise... anyone want to disagree? I like the design of the TCII and having a spark arrestor gives me everything I want. So... it's been ordered!
I am wanting a different silencer because my my present original Power Core FMF silencer is spooging out the seams! (I know... repack it!... I will.. just not now! ) And my stock silencer weighs 5 times what my FMF one weighs. My FMF silencer looks like a 89-94 stock silencer... and I really don't care for it. I swapped out the FMF for the stocker when I was in LBL and noticed absolutely no difference in sound or power. I believe the pipe is what makes the noise... anyone want to disagree? I like the design of the TCII and having a spark arrestor gives me everything I want. So... it's been ordered!
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
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You know you wouldn't! Your worse than me about buying trick parts!fuzzy wrote:I'd run the stocker!!
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "
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"People ate cows a thousand years ago for the same reason we eat them now. Cause they are easy to catch.We're not savages,we're just lazy. A cheetah could taste like chocolate heroin. But will never know. Those bastards are fast!!! "