View Full Version : New exhaust? What do you think?
northwind
26-07-06, 08:03 PM
Not like me to post a work in progress :) But I thought I'd make an exception, since this is, I think, a first and I want to get it out before someoen else nicks it (naming, no names, Ben) I've been eyeing up the new R6 stubby cans, and a Micron came by on Ebay very cheap so I thought I'd see how it works out...
Pics:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/fromfront1.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/frombehind.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/sidelow.jpg
One thing to note, I have no idea how it'd work out with a standard system, but with the WRP it fits almost perfectly. I've bodged it on with, yes, 2 cable ties and some silicon sealant, because I'm that professional, and the fit is amazingly good. There's absolutely no ground clearance issues:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/exposed.jpg
Or swingarm clearance problems:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/closerear.jpg
Cons? Looks weird, to my eyes. But, as part of a longer term plan it'll stop looking weird I think. It sounds like rubbish, because it's a Micron and they all do ;) The overrun is just nasty. I've resealed the join and hopefully it'll help that. It's not as loud as you'd think mind, still quieter than a Scorp with the baffle out or an ART, but louder than my old can was. Fuelling wise, too early to say for sure but it seems happy.
My take is, it looks a little goofy with the front fairing on. Any thoughts?
i love it.
wouldnt work on a pointy though
Cool, looks alright to me, all you need are some race numbers, or maybe not.
Bboy: Why wouldn't it work on a pointy?
by "ben" you wouldn;t mean me by anychance? :wink: :wink: :wink:
looks great matey really good :D
i got another mod on my mind right now :wink:
northwind
26-07-06, 08:21 PM
Law: Too curvy :) But, there's loads of options for these wee R6/GSXR cans. I don't actually like the Micron, I'm irrationally prejudiced against the brand, so here's some others:
Laser:
http://www.laserexhausts.co.uk/uploads/images/XTREMEGPSI.jpg
(I hate the way most Lasers sound, but they do look magic)
Scorpion:
http://www.scorpion-exhausts.com/uploads/products/r6-06%20022.jpg
Arrow:
http://www.arrow.it//oggetti/2434_SP%20Yamaha%20YZF%20600%20R6%2006.JPG
But my personal favourite, step up Akrapovic, with an allegedly road-legal...
http://www.carpimoto.it/Images/Products/Detail/a%5Cak_SM-Y6SO6T_D.jpg
Gorgeous, that... Very, very tempted. The best bit is, they're not expensive, even the Akra is around £200.
northwind
26-07-06, 08:22 PM
by "ben" you wouldn;t mean me by anychance? :wink: :wink: :wink:
No, funny enough, 21Quest was who I had in mind. But you're all under suspicion :)
si-dall
26-07-06, 08:25 PM
I had had a similar thought as I think the 2006 R6 stubby exhaust looks great. Interestingly it looks alot longer on your SV than on the R6? I have a pointy & can't see why it would look wrong on one. Have to keep my eyes open now for any more coming up on ebay. Well done anyway.
kwak zzr
26-07-06, 08:26 PM
sound clip, sound clip? looks good! and i'm not really a fan of them new short exhausts.
northwind
26-07-06, 08:29 PM
Don't realy have the potential to record it just now :( My camera's mic just clips. It sounds like it's carb icing :) If you've heard that, you'll know what I mean, really flat and barky.
It does look longer... The WRP headers go further back than the R6 one does. Works out quite well I think.
Looks great. but you really need an undertray :lol:
northwind
26-07-06, 08:31 PM
Looks great. but you really need an undertray :lol:
Busted! I've got a new one, just needs some proper clearcoat and I'm too disorganised to get it done. Some day soon! Then the Grinch can finally have the old, ****ed one ;)
Law: Too curvy :) But, there's loads of options for these wee R6/GSXR cans.
Gorgeous, that... Very, very tempted. The best bit is, they're not expensive, even the Akra is around £200.
Um, most exhaust cans are round anyway.
That akra one is very very nice, I saw a Yoshi for a GSXR which was nice as well. Makes me want to go out and get a Gixxer cos the cans cost less. :roll:
northwind
26-07-06, 08:35 PM
Um, most exhaust cans are round anyway.
Yep, but this one's sinuous :) Most obvious from the side/low pic, it bends up in the middle. There's others that'd work better for it I think, the Lasers would be nice on anything.
I've not been able to find pics of the Yoshi R-55...
Like it but your sub frame could do with a powder coat :lol:
northwind
26-07-06, 08:45 PM
Oi, this is "admire my exhaust", not "Slag my undertray and subframe"! I've got another one in the garage with a few wee mods that's to get sprayed or coated some day and fitted, but it's a low priority. That one's crash damaged so the thing rots like a... rotty thing.
Oi, this is "admire my exhaust", not "Slag my undertray and subframe"! I've got another one in the garage with a few wee mods that's to get sprayed or coated some day and fitted, but it's a low priority. That one's crash damaged so the thing rots like a... rotty thing.
Me too I've got a spair that I had powder coated 3 months a go but haven't got round to fitting it yet!!!! :roll:
Weird, deffo needs a cleaner looking undertray.
I think it'll all hinge on that and how you mount the hanger in the looks department.
Blue_SV650S
26-07-06, 08:57 PM
That's cooooool!!!! 8)
Shame you say it sounds pap :(
EDIT:
Ohhhhh , this got me intrested .. looked on the net for GP style exhuasts ... found this:-
http://www.speedycom.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=17404&cat=0&page=1
Listen to the soundtrack of the GSXR, now thats just plain RUDE!! =P~
northwind
26-07-06, 09:02 PM
Weird, deffo needs a cleaner looking undertray.
You mean, one not held on with bungees and Hope? :)
Weird, deffo needs a cleaner looking undertray.
You mean, one not held on with bungees and Hope? :)
Hope? I know one and she's fat.
northwind
26-07-06, 09:19 PM
Yeah, that's her. She comes over every tuesday and gives it a mighty kick.
I think that looks excellent Northy!
Nice and different!
I like the Akropovic exhaust too,looks V.Nice!
21QUEST
26-07-06, 09:31 PM
Not like me to post a work in progress :) But I thought I'd make an exception, since this is, I think, a first and I want to get it out before someoen else nicks it (naming, no names, Ben)
He he
need to get rid of the rack , take the barmby plastics off , sort all the bits that have already been mentioned and it'll be the dogs wotsit
Oh... while we are nitpicking :) , your chicken strips are huuuge especially the front. Easily sorted with a sanding block :P
Now where is that Akra catalogue
Cheers
Ben
Paintwork is FAB though
northwind
26-07-06, 09:43 PM
Right- no more slagging of:
My undertray
My rusty exhaust
My manky footpegs
My subframe
The fact that I've got no left rear indicator
My massive chicken strips
My leaky water pump cover
Or for that matter, my leaky clutch cover
Or the fact that my Scottoiler tube's got a big hole in
Or that my immobiliser touchkey's fallen off again.
Or the sheared bolts on the mudguard
You may, however, slag my extremely small penis.
Right- no more slagging of:
My undertray
My rusty exhaust
My manky footpegs
My subframe
The fact that I've got no left rear indicator
My massive chicken strips
My leaky water pump cover
Or for that matter, my leaky clutch cover
Or the fact that my Scottoiler tube's got a big hole in
Or that my immobiliser touchkey's fallen off again.
Or the sheared bolts on the mudguard
You may, however, slag my extremely small penis.
I'm sorry, but it's so small I can't see it in the photos to slag it off.
northwind
26-07-06, 09:52 PM
Good point. I need an SV thou to compensate :twisted:
fizzwheel
26-07-06, 10:16 PM
That looks ace.
FACT
8)
Sid Squid
27-07-06, 08:53 AM
I was going to say nice things about your new exhaust, but then after this clear slight upon my manhood:
Good point. I need an SV thou to compensate :twisted:
You can get stuffed.
Also:
Your undertray is minging.
Your exhaust is rusty.
Your footpegs are manky.
Your subframe is a disgrace.
You've got no left rear indicator.
You've got massive chicken strips - you tart.
Your water pump is leaking.
So's your clutch cover.
Your Scottoiler tube's got a big hole in it.
Your immobiliser touchkey's fallen off - again.
You've sheared bolts on your mudguard.
When I've seen a few more faults I'll be back to put you straight about them too.
:lol:
northwind
27-07-06, 09:41 AM
Your immobiliser touchkey's fallen off - again.
You've sheared bolts on your mudguard.
Ah, you see, that's where you're wrong! Mr Know-It-All Squid, it's not fallen off again- I've just never put it back on since last time it fell off. Loooooooo-ser!
Blimy, seems like there is more falling off your bike than mine.
northwind
27-07-06, 09:50 AM
That's because most of yours has already fallen off :)
petevtwin650
27-07-06, 10:26 AM
Back on topic :lol:
Looks good Northwind, the same sort of look I was going for with my stubby. Can't help but think the fuelling must be out and the bottom end torque affected, but who cares............ :D
Sid Squid
27-07-06, 10:30 AM
...I've just never put it back on since last time it fell off...
I knew that.
I like them new stubby cans, but as someone's said the look is quite heavily dependant on how it's mounted. Deffo looks good on yer bike.
Those tie wraps don't do anything for me though... :lol: :lol:
Reckon you can mount the can off the rearsets like with the R6 with a little bracket?
Vtwinlover
27-07-06, 01:04 PM
Shame you say it sounds pap :(
EDIT:
Ohhhhh , this got me intrested .. looked on the net for GP style exhuasts ... found this:-
http://www.speedycom.co.uk/shop/product.php?productid=17404&cat=0&page=1
Listen to the soundtrack of the GSXR, now thats just plain RUDE!! =P~
Dude that's horific, sounds like a black and decker drill :thumbdown:
Hopefully your sounds better than that Gixer Northy.
northwind
27-07-06, 01:13 PM
I can't listen to it just now, but I bet you a pound it doesn't :) Below 3000rpm it sounds like a supermoto, sorted the horrible overrun so now it's just bad, and it's so flat at constant revs, just plain nasty. But then, I'm very choosy (this is my 5th end can, and the last one got cut up about 3 tiems to tune the sounds :) )
Jase, I reckon if it's worth doing it's worth doing right- if I can't figure out some way to mount it to the rearset mounting bolts, I'll get a whole hanger with an extension made up. But first, I need to find a can that doesn't sound like a disaster.
You certainly do sound fussy with your cans!!! I'm not fussed so long as mine's propa loud!!! :D :D
Vtwinlover
27-07-06, 01:36 PM
You certainly do sound fussy with your cans!!! I'm not fussed so long as mine's propa loud!!! :D :D
I reckon a port per pot is the way to go! :farao:
http://tamiya.com/english/products/14101ducati/rear_thmb.jpg
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mccagiva/mcphotos/mv_agusta16t.jpg
I personally think it looks great! Shame it doesnt sound good tho... :(
John Burt
27-07-06, 02:46 PM
COOL, hoiw about a gsxr 1000 k3 race can, somebody did a real small stubby for them now that would look better on the pointy - triangles and all. I'll try and find a limk. mmm should really lookmat all the posts b4 making comments the one i had in mind for a pointy is the race fit, see above. :oops:
weazelz
27-07-06, 03:03 PM
isn't it insanely loud? I thought tht the r6 had the bulk of the silencer/silencing under the engine, & that the stubby bit you can see was just an end-pipe. doesn't putting it on in place of a can on an SV means you get minimal silencing?
northwind
27-07-06, 03:06 PM
isn't it insanely loud? I thought tht the r6 had the bulk of the silencer/silencing under the engine, & that the stubby bit you can see was just an end-pipe. doesn't putting it on in place of a can on an SV means you get minimal silencing?
You'd think so... But it's still quieter than a lot of SV race cans. I think maybe the R6 needs more baffling, what with being a stupidly high speed engine with wild cams... This one isn't stealthy, but I reckon it's quieter than most of tehe bikes on the AR.
Racefit do a nice one for the GSXR thou... Don't know if it'd fit though. It'd definately look better on a pointy.
Marshall
27-07-06, 04:22 PM
Man i think that looks sweet, the Akra one looks nutts too
ianofbhills
27-07-06, 04:47 PM
I'm sure that akra can is only about £80
to be fair tho it really is only a bit of shaped pipe it has no baffles or anything. how loud would that be.
seen here on a r6 at knockhill
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/ianofbhills/knockhillsuperbikes002.jpg
Hey,
That pipe is sex man!
Does Racefit make a Slash for the SV...?! :shock: :twisted:
Mitch
I don't think that's gonna work though - last time I looked at my SV there was no large collection box under a belly pan.
Does look very tasty though.
northwind
27-07-06, 05:55 PM
The akra comes with the biggest removable baffle in the world :) It's like a russian doll, a little exhaust pipe that fits inside a bigger exhaust pipe.
I don't think that's gonna work though - last time I looked at my SV there was no large collection box under a belly pan.
Don't think what will work?
Thumbs up from me on looks Northy mate.
Just enough curves to seduce, mmm.
In a similar vein...
Last year I was looking into using one of the Supertrapp stubbie cans. Has anyone seen or heard them on an SV?
Quiff Wichard
27-07-06, 09:52 PM
That looks ace.
FACT
8)
correct that man- it looks fab
lukemillar
28-07-06, 07:44 AM
Oi, this is "admire my exhaust", not "Slag my undertray and subframe"! I've got another one in the garage with a few wee mods that's to get sprayed or coated some day and fitted, but it's a low priority. That one's crash damaged so the thing rots like a... rotty thing.
.........your fence in the background is also looking a bit rusty. :lol: :wink:
[Late as usual :roll: ]
You know, I've never really liked the curvy, but I've got to say that this:
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i264/Northwindlowlander/fromfront1.jpg
looks really good! :thumleft:
[/Late as usual :roll: ]
northwind
28-07-06, 10:03 AM
Cheers Iain 51!
.........your fence in the background is also looking a bit rusty. :lol: :wink:
We thought about fixing it, but instead we're just going to wait until it crumbles into dust and get a new one. Any day now :)
Jester666
28-07-06, 10:11 AM
Northy, one of the best looking bikes on the forum!! Very cool 8) .
Is the paint a satin finish or is that just the way the photo came out?
Can looks V cool as well!
PS curvys are nicer!!!! :lol:
northwind
28-07-06, 10:59 AM
Is the paint a satin finish or is that just the way the photo came out?
Nah, it's just not very well finished yet ;) I sprayed it with singlepack clear coat, which is pretty soft, too soft for a daily-use bike really- so rather than polish it up now, Big Al's offered to spray some proper 2-pack over it to give it a durable finish, and we'll get it properly shiny then. I rather like it as it is, mind, but it's a bit inconsistent.
:( It is, I think, the satin/matt finish that I like! So don't change it!!
northwind
28-07-06, 12:48 PM
First time I took it out, Carelesschicka's better half said "It looks like a tank". And I heard someone (not sure who) on the rideout say "It looks like a 70s Leyland". Neither of these things, i think, is very flattering :) But it'll never be shiny, I don't do shiny.
Khewett
28-07-06, 02:43 PM
Exhaust looks cool mate, would love to do tyhis on mine.
Would look even better with a full length bellypan on, but still looks the nuts.
Should be easy to get a braket to secure it via the footpeg, looks quite stock IMO
Knaapie
30-07-06, 11:30 AM
I like it!! :D :thumbsup:
Northwind,
Stop. Fix all the little bits, undertray, etc but dont change it. Its perfect.
Dan
northwind
30-07-06, 12:42 PM
But fixing stuff is boring :)
northwind
30-07-06, 01:59 PM
One Ebay Akrapovic obtained, £100 :) Just about to put the "standard" WRP can back on, can't be bothered to rejet for the Micron. I do like Ebay :)
Vtwinlover
30-07-06, 02:42 PM
Am i missing out on something? I've never used ebay :-k
One Ebay Akrapovic obtained, £100 :) Just about to put the "standard" WRP can back on, can't be bothered to rejet for the Micron. I do like Ebay :)
Step away from the bike.... :lol: :lol:
The akro does look better though.
Dan
northwind
30-07-06, 03:16 PM
Sudoxe, my bike gets bad-tempered if I don't attach a new bit at least once a week :)
Am i missing out on something? I've never used ebay :-k
It depends what you're trying to do, and how... risk averse you are :) For me, I like to do everything as cheap as possible- so for instance, I own 2 WRP race systems, one all titanium and one with stainless headers and a titanium end can. The former cost £200, the latter £80, there's people on here that have paid more for one end can new.
Or this here... One Micron bought for under £100. Turns out it'll fit and look great, but I don't like the sound- so, I'll clean it bcak up, and despite it having done a few hundred miles now and having some marks from the fitting, I'll make most of the money back on resale most likely. And then, I get an Akra, slightly used, for about half of RRP.
Likewise, I put together my GSXR front end for less than I sold the SV bits for :) But equally, I could have spent £100 on a wheel and discovered it was bent, and spent 3 months chasing after a refund.
But then, I'm a cautious buyer, and I've been playing the game for long enough to know how to avoid getting burnt, most of the time :) Ebay's a great tool for the wary...
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