greg the pole said:
well, to each his own. The stock exhaust is a boat anchor, last time I checked it was 18 lbs. An aftermarket exhaust will be 8-10 lbs.
My last bike did not need any efi work (suzuki v-strom 1000 with staintune pipes, which saved 20 lbs over the stock units, and sounded excellent)
The tenere sounds like crap with the stock pipe, aftermarket much better.
And my 01 vfr sounded like a sewing machine, and with an aftermarket pipe sounds delicious ::26::
I could not disagree any more with your saying about the crap sounding of the stock pipe - !! IMO it sounds just fine to perfect. DEFINANATLY would NOT want it any louder - !!! Perhaps you got a "bad sounding" one - just saying ... it can happen
Everybody likes a different note but "sounds like crap" - ? To me that statement sounds like you are over reacting like I am by writing this ...
I have no idea about the weight savings and think it may be so but have heard this figure can be overinflated by certain parties involved ... I'd maybe take a five to ten pound savings but at what cost - ? If I save five to maybe ten pounds and my bike wet weights 600 plus pounds and add me at 235 lbs with gear then what percentage is that-? less than 2% savings - ? My math could be way off - way off, but it's not much even with 95 HP ... (need a better math student here - sorry)
One thing I do think (IMO) is that many after market slip-ons look better. If I did it I'd go the whole switch, not just slip-ons and UI think save more poundage (?)
(Need fact checking here)
I should say I am not a fan of "loud pipes save lives" - I just don't get it-? I usually don't hear a bike with loud pipes until they are next to me if I am in my car and if I was changing lanes as I heard the sound .... squish. But then anything to get an edge on safety - after all I wear a yellow Aerostich suit and yellow helmet ...
Loud pipes piss most people off, yes and definitely -!!! but save lives - maybe
OK then
best,
dt
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