To swap or not?

Went to mechanic in stratford today and he's got courtesy bike there . an 2001 sv650 with some proper loud renegade can on it (no baffles ) and he wants rid and offered to swap over the cans for free for my standard one and he'll also sort me out on the next mot because it wil obvoiusly fail with this one on

I wanted a can, and wanted somthing cheap, but is renegade proper pap? am i likely to get pulled non stop with it ?, i was gonna spend 50-60£ for a 2nd hand one on here or ebay, but i guess i can't beat free?!?! or is the orignal exhaust worth alot or somithng and im getting bumped?

Just wanted ur ops on this guys

you might find you wish you'd keeped the standerd can aswell, but see if there is an insert baffle going with it, or you'll have problems at mot time.

Sounds a good idea, I've got a scropian can and the sound is great, but remember it's one more thing towards getting pulled by the porkies, unless you have the insert.

It's up to you... if it was we ? problery would, if he fits it on aswell.

Original exhausts arean't worth much, you can pick them up pretty cheap on Ebay (they are just rarer if they are un-cut). As for the renegades they use the standard down pipes and the build quality of the connecting pipe and cans is good, although the weld they do to connect the second down pipe has been known to be crap on some of the systems (I have seen 4 blow).

A swap is good if thats what you are looking for, they are not a performance boosting system though so don't expect huge power gains.

Depends what your local old bill is like as to whether your gonna get pulled over often, I have an M4 full system (which is the loudest for a SV) and I have only been pulled over once in over 6 years.

As for MOT's well that all depends on your MOT station, a proper MOT station will fail it but there are ones out there that will not be to bothered and will only check the safety side of things.

[yorkie_chris]

Originally Posted by Dangerous Dave

As for MOT's well that all depends on your MOT station, a proper MOT station will fail it but there are ones out there that will not be to bothered and will only check the safety side of things.

See in my language a "proper" MOT spot is one where they'll pass anything!

Chris I would have to agree with you on that one, should say 'proper by the law'. Unfortunately thats where I have to take mine, well I don't have too, but with them around the corner it saves on the hassle and swaping the can over takes 2 mins.

Yeah ok guys, bit of confustion for u lot i think

1.Hes gonna swap it over for me for free
2.Hes gonna do my MOT at the same time, and 99% im sure if i go to him in a years time he'll sort an mot out ..

Basically its gonna cost me nothing, so rena ain't proper crap? just i think my standard one looks better, as the rena looks exactly the same just more dull or was it just the dirt (it is a ruff courtesy bike so maybe it was just dirty) are they all stainless aswell?

Yeah im not expecting loads of bhp be happy with a 0.5 bhp gain just wanna release some v-twin grunt, it sounds quite nice stanard at 5k upwards at the mo tbh but deffo need a can

EDIT:Btw just let u guys know, yes i do want a can, but want i wanna know is if i am coming out with a better deal? not just cos i want a can but price/cost wise?

Yeah, I don't like the look of them either as the link pipes look awful! Not sure about the dull ness, could be dirt but without a pic it's hard to speculate. Renegade made three sleeves types for the cans, titanium (which is a dull matt colour), Stainless Steel, and Carbon Fibre. The link pipes are made from SS but as for the can internals I do not know, someone on here will be along shortly to answer that I'm sure.

[yorkie_chris]

A can for free? That's not really a question worth asking, hell you can have my standard can if you'll come and get it

I migth go for it then , i though it sounded like a good deal... no pun intended

You live in London, mostly the police have better things to worry about than a loud pipe. The only 2 people I know who've been stopped recently are one Soho regular with a blue pointy (names withheld to protect the guilty) (Not really a pipe at all, more a megaphone...) and the twin pipes of a certain rattletrap Ducati which used to set off car alarms as he went past. Both of these people have been pulled once for it I believe, were given a rectification notice, stuck a baffle in (in Stu's case put a can on) passed the inspection and then put the bikes back to normal.

I'd go for it if I were you. Check if there is a place to fit a baffle in the cans, and if so go for it if you like them. If you don't like the look of them, don't bother. Your bike is nice and shiny, don't stick anything you don't like on it!