Stock exhaust
- Thread starter Suave96
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cambo
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For me it was both.
Where abouts in Georgia are you? I was stationed in Warner Robins for about 2 years. Probably the only assignment that I miss. Folks there are some of the nicest I've ever met.
Not everyone changes the pipe. Bike runs great with the stock pipe. I used to put a pipe on every bike I had, well, most of them. No more.
Rotaryknight
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I changed mines mostly because of the weight and it just looks better to me. If I am going on a 200+ mile tour, I put the stock exhaust back on. The loud noise will irritate you soon enough.
master paper clip
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I've gone threw a nice little exhaust line up with this bike, had stock for a little but was to quite, I didn't buy a Prius so I just took it off an rocked open headers for a while, was ok at first cause it sounded awsome and my bike made noise finally, well then I decide let's make a shorty pipe out of the stock, yeah after a while it got reall buzzy at steady speeds past 55... But stupid me I cut my stock, so got another and rode around like a hybrid till again couldn't take the silence so this time I took a few inches off the muffler body... Now this worked, sounded good and all but after the initial "yay" moments I found the down sides, after this I broke down and bought a dan Moto, what a great idea the exhaust sounded amazing and wasn't annoying at any steady speed for extended periods of time, even took a 400+ mile ride on it and no complaints.... now I have a 2brothers and same great ness as the dan Moto just sounds way better....
I've had stock, I've had loud, I've had a cheap slip on and now a quality one. And to me nothing beats the sound of your bike making a beautiful an angry bark... If u have questions about certain slip ons I would ask Cambo since he has been threw like 100 slip ons
I've had stock, I've had loud, I've had a cheap slip on and now a quality one. And to me nothing beats the sound of your bike making a beautiful an angry bark... If u have questions about certain slip ons I would ask Cambo since he has been threw like 100 slip ons
Suave96
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I think ill just roll with the stock for a lil while. I may get the all black Coffman in the spring.
toothycardus
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i change mine for looks and sound plus it makes my bike different from other peoples
Got old, I guess. Truth is that with fuel injection and the modern designs we can get fantastic performance out of stock components. Just a reflash of the ECU with stock setup will get us more power and a smoother powerband. So the performance gains by changing out a whole system or putting on a loud slip-on aren't really worth the trouble anymore.
We can definitely get more ultimate power by going to a complete system but that is so expensive, it could be a couple of grand or more by the time the thing is dyno'd and remapped. Say $2500 for a full system and PCV plus tuning. For that dough I could've bought a literbike.
Back in the days of carburetors the pipes and slip-ons were more effective along with rejetting to cure some emissions-related driveability stuff. But now, not so much. I'd rather put my dough into suspension, tires, track time.
I also got sensitive to the noise and the effect it had on my neighbors. But that comes with age.
TorontoAlex
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I like my stock exhaust. On my old cb750 I had a full yoshi system, and that was a nice exhaust. Was a bit loud and you could see blue flame coming out at night. I don't really like the look of the aftermarket exhausts today. Color and graphics is kinda cheesy to me. I guess cause every honda civic and pickup truck i see now have stickers and exhausts, drive around like they are trying to impress with the loud noise, i hear people saying "wow what a douche with that muffler" more than "wow look at that sweet loud exhaust! he must be cool."
DSmith
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I got rid of my stock exhaust for a 2bros. I liked the carbon fiber look with a little bit of gold on it, it looks bad ass on the FZ8. The FZ8 is such a bad ass looking bike and the stock exhaust just didnt fit with the style of the bike. Im not one for over the top loud so I threw a dB killer in it. And if im going for real long hauls I'll throw the stock back on.
I used to swap out my Dale Walker slip-on for the stock can on my 2005 FZ1 when I'd take the longer rides. It ran well with the slip-on but the power band was smoother with the stock canister, and less vibration in the pegs.
I put a full Kerker "White Tip" system on my 1989 Katana 750. What a huge difference. Just cleaned up the whole powerband with great low end and midrange. But it took me a couple of weeks to get it rejetted, which is removing the tank, airbox, bank of carbs, all hoses and cables, all four float bowls, all four main jets, R&R those, reassemble, and test ride. Do that a few times, it'll cure you of wanting to mess with pipes.
We got it made now with ECUs and fuel mapping.