125-200cc Scalvini - 2004 CR125

I guess the subframe isn't in the way at all, (duh!). Just thinking out loud on that one.

I had to play around with the positioning of my fatty to get it to fit You may need to keep trying - rotating
The fatty does work good though but not as sexy

Oh God, I wonder how the scalvini fits up to the 11 model, if its a problem I would rather the buy the fmf. I need to remind myself that I gave up being sexy long ago.

Oh, Oh, I had already sent one back weeks ago that did not fit, and I'm on my second one now.
I wont have time to mount this one up until after next weekend.
I'll report asap.

Ok, I had time yesterday to mount the Scalvini and..... It did not fit again!
I'm sending it back for a refund and I put an FMF Fatty on.

Sorry to say I have done the same thing, three pipes and none would fit. Not sure whats going on at Scalvini.

I have read in other threads about the Scalvini that they are a BITCH to mount, but they do fit. I thought it was something about how you had to be a magician to twist, and fit it through the frame. I could be totally wrong, though.

I have a Fatty on mine. Happy with the performance, but it did not fit out of the box either. The outlet pipe diameter was too big (had to mod the silencer-not a big deal), and the kick starter hits on the pipe. There is no way for me to adjust it so it doesn't. I tweak it out of the way, and it always comes back.

FMF insisted that I was wrong, and there was something wrong with my bike.

I ended up making some front and rear mounts for the pipe because I could not get the pipe to fit with the stock mounts. You would think that an expensive "hand made" pipe would fit better. But the again, it is made in Italy and it is dead sexy so I should not be surprised that some effort is required.

Share pics of your mounts please.

I replaced the stock rubber mounts since the holes no longer matched up with the pipe. I used some natural rubber vibration dampers from McMaster Carr, with 6mm threads on both sides. They measure 1" in diameter by .5" tall. Also made a simple bracket from some scrap steel I had lying around. This is what they look like. The phillips screws are temporary.

The rear mount. Doesn't look like it from this angle but there is ample clearance for the kick starter lever in it's stock location.



Front mount, sorry for the crappy pic. The front pipe mount is making slight contact with the radiator/water pump hose.

The problem with mine was the rear of the pipe/stinger, it was too far to the outside of the frame. (would not clear the shock reservoir either)
I matched it to the stock pipe and an FMF, (which went right on by the way.)
There was no way to get it in there other than cut the pipe, bend it in towards the bike, then add metal and weld back up.
I will not do that to any pipe that I spent good money on.

Yeah, I dropped off my TE 310 yesterday and got to test ride my CR150----I've got the PC combo with SA for it because of the special price and as soon as the word "Scalvini" exited my mouth, Steve gave that "look of great disdain". Pity they can't get their act together but we probable never would have found a half-way decent pipe gaurd for the Scalvini anyway.

I can lay up and vacuum carbon pretty good. I just need a scalvini for a mold. I would go with a larger weave to make it pop. A heavy weave kevlar would really look trick though it would be more ktm orange.

Had my suspension reworked by Smart Performance in Los Gatos. The front forks were completely reengineered with modified piston and completely revised valving. Retained the stock .42 springs. SKF seals were installed and lots of work went into significantly reducing binding/stiction. The rear shock was also revalved and resprung with a 5.4 spring. The shock reservoir was machined to accept an Xtrig preload adjuster.

Going to ride it next week!

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Those forks need help. Upon disassembly, it was obvious that not much care goes into QC at the Marz factory! Lots of swarf in the forks and lots of binding. I've got the build sheet fir the forks that I'll post later.

Please do. I have similar forks on my 610 (I think? 45mm Shivers?) that I don't hate but could use a little bit of help. Would be curious what Dave did to them...

Here is the build sheet. The shaded cells indicate new shims/parts. As you can see, lots of stuff was changed out.

No excuse there,,,when you pay good money it better fit...