"Can Silencer" for Hercules

[JCHubbard]

I've seen a few Hercules GS's with the "Can" styled silencer end cap mounted to replace the stock OEM cone silencer end cap. For the time being, I'm running a universal FMF Spark arrestor/silencer, ala' Speedy Clasen.  But down the road I want to re-mount the original Herc Silencer.  I pulled the fiberglass packing out of it (oh boy, what an absolute mess!) and plan on repacking it, but would like to ditch the cone end cap in favor of the "Can" style end cap. Does anyone have a source for a replacement?

Thanks,

John

[JCHubbard]

Hope the pics give you all a better visual idea of what I'm talking about. The first pic is a silencer from a 1976 Hercules 250 GS.

[pketchum]

My '76 Herc 175GS/7A is equipped with a "can type" spark arrestor manufactured by Skyway.  It is stamped Skyway Cobra Spark Arrestor but the label on the outside says Sparky Cobra.

It looks identical to this used item I discovered on eBay.
http://tinyurl.com/skyway-cobra

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However, since it came on the bike when sold I don't know where to find another.  My Google search for Skyway was fruitless, so eBay looks like your best bet.  Apparently Skyway used to make spark arrestors but now seems to concentrate on composites for BMX.

Hope this helps.


Phil Ketchum

[JCHubbard]

Phil, thanks so much.  I did a google search a couple of days ago and found that you can still get these through thumpertalk.com, denniskirk.com, and a couple of other places.  Much appreciated -- hopefully it may help of others looking a older style end cap as well.