Aftermarket exhausts and insurance?

[ogden]

Originally Posted by daddyjob

The sound, the looks & the weight.

It's an SV. It sounds like a tractor, looks very average and doesn't exactly set new ground in power-to-weight ratio even even before it has a 33bhp restrictor fitted.

I don't think a new can is going to make a huge difference.

[MisterTommyH]

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

If you're stupid enough not to tell them at all then yes you will not be insured.

I really don't think that's the case. As YC said it's not straightforward and they cannot just void the insurance unless it is actually justified...... I mean there have been stories on here of insurers telling people they have to declare stickers FFS.

It's more about you getting away with a cheaper policy. I think it would be more like this what Tam says in this post on another thread: Tams post

Alright the issue he's talking about is far more complex (and actually a different issue), but the principle of them having to pay out, but the rider having to make up the payment is in there.

[DJ123]

Originally Posted by ogden

It's an SV. It sounds like a tractor, looks very average and doesn't exactly set new ground in power-to-weight ratio even even before it has a 33bhp restrictor fitted.

I don't think a new can is going to make a huge difference.

I'd like to work near the tractors you seem to know the looks i was referring to is the standard exhaust vs an aftermarket. Never even mentioned power gains, or power to weight. I merely commented on the weight of it in comparison to an aftermarket exhaust.
I have my opinions, and you have yours. I commented on reasons why people change the standard fitted one for an aftermarket.

Originally Posted by ogden

It's an SV. It sounds like a tractor, looks very average and doesn't exactly set new ground in power-to-weight ratio even even before it has a 33bhp restrictor fitted.

I don't think a new can is going to make a huge difference.

It's an individual choice, looks, sound & to a lesser extent performance. Nobody said it was compulsory but don't knock the majority who choose to spend the money they work hard to earn on a bike they take pride in.

[yorkie_chris]

DNFTT

Originally Posted by ogden

It's an SV. It sounds like a tractor, looks very average and doesn't exactly set new ground in power-to-weight ratio even even before it has a 33bhp restrictor fitted.

I don't think a new can is going to make a huge difference.

If they're so bad then why are you here?

[ogden]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

DNFTT

If they're so bad then why are you here?

Because when I signed up, I had one. Same as lots of people who post here.

Anyway, I didn't say they're bad - for what they are (a cheap newbie-friendly, reliable, low-end bike with faintly sporty styling), they're absolutely fine. I just find it baffling when people stick aftermarket exhausts on them as if it does anything worthwhile.

They can't be that bad if people use them on the track? Good to learn mechanics on as well.

[ogden]

Originally Posted by SUPERSTARDJ01

They can't be that bad if people use them on the track? Good to learn mechanics on as well.

You could say both of those things about a Honda C90.

Originally Posted by ogden

You could say both of those things about a Honda C90.

Now now, mother always told me "if you can't say anything nice..."

[ogden]

What's not nice about that?

If a C90 is good enough for Jeremy McWilliams and Scott Redding...

http://www.livefrompitlane.com/2011/...uper-commuter/