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All good points Jocko. I am not in favor of removing EPA equipment. I maintain the cat systems on both my son's 2002 cars (a Civic LX and a Suzuki Vitara). In fact, I bought and installed the primary and secondary converters on the Vitara (secondary cat theft) along with a complete exhaust system recently. And before that, I replaced the manifold/converter on the front of the Civic to OEM standard as well.
On my Templar however, I fell over in dried weeds and the red hot converter lit a fire under the bike in less than a second last Summer. My right foot was trapped under the rear fender. By the time I struggled out, dragged the bike away (fortunately and clay and dirt patch nearby), I was barely able to stamp out the fire, but it melted the insulation on my spark plug wire and the flames were rising up past the carb while I was pinned. I haven't panicked like that for a long time.
Forest Service will tell you that Cats are responsible for car fires in campgrounds, dirt bikes too. It is a significant fire hazard.
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-2022 5 speed Templar X Orange, OEM 51T rear sprocket, 14T front sprocket
-NOS 2020 KTM 250SX (2-stroke motocross), less than 10 hours on it
Last edited by Thumper; 04-11-2024 at 04:19 PM.
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