streight pipes

[mark skett]

just wandering has anyone ever fitted streight pipes like the cruisers instead of having cans. bet it sounds great from the twin but dont now if it would be to loud and alter the running of the bike.

[cupasoop]

There was a drunk italian riding around Mugello a couple of years ago with the cans taken off his storm. It's loud, very loud. Unpleasantly loud.

[cliveyandrews]

Mine are as near as dammit straight through..........

...........bloody loud without dB killers (i.e. most of the time, )

[Pete.L]

I took mine off and just ran it with the header pipes.
Feck Me! I thought my eardrums were going to explode!

Not a good move in my opinion but it has to be tried just once

Pete.l

[cliveyandrews]

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[marravtr]

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nearly as loud as mine clive you got that swingarm sorted yet bud

[cliveyandrews]

Soon - got the Fireblade one now - and I have an engineer to weld the 2 together - we're exploring the idea of boxing it out - then grinding the welds smooth - and a satin black powdercoat....

I need to design a tunnel for the chain - and make sure the bracing clears the caliper....

But, soooOOOOooonnn!

[Jbrebel]

It'll sound awful (but loud) with straight pipes imo.

Cliveys sounds nice-but not nasty/raspy/shitty.

Case in point (obviously this is straight out the headers...)

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The lads I used to run with on Buells had some nice sounding stuff-If you wanna hear loud try a Buell with a HP Exhaust/straight through Stealth or similar. Never heard anything come close tbh Jap bikes don't hold a patch db wise.

The SP I've got sounds ace with the Microns. Just right imo. I've got to the point where I like a nice, base like boom-plus some volume-without pissing everyone off and my ear drums Been there, done the loud as thing before.

[bealsey]

I started my bike with no exhaust on, it really hurt, vibrated all the rooms in the house and the misses was not happy at all, to be honest it didnt sound good!! And your neighbours would be pissed!

[flying banana]

talking of straight through pipes i have some carbon can co race pipes with link pipes if fitted will i have to alter the fuelling to suit, they are currently gold coloured and dont suit the bike so am going to scrape off the colour with a flep wheel and cut them down to stubbies. Anyone got any ideas on how to polish out the scratches left by the wheel

[cliveyandrews]

talking of straight through pipes i have some carbon can co race pipes with link pipes if fitted will i have to alter the fuelling to suit, they are currently gold coloured and dont suit the bike so am going to scrape off the colour with a flep wheel and cut them down to stubbies. Anyone got any ideas on how to polish out the scratches left by the wheel

Get a "polishing kit" - a series of mops and different grades ofpaste. Start by sanding with wet and dry, progressively finer - finshing with 800, then 1200 grit. Then finer pastes. How far you go is upto you, but you could actually polish to a shine.... Then get them anodised, powdercoated or even heat resistant paint. I refinished the Yoshi on my old CB1100 like this - take your time and it can look awesome!!!

[flying banana]

cheers for the advice ca have just finished cutting the pipes down to 10 inches (cut off about 4 ins) will let you know how i get on