Evo Blue Flame ?

Hi Chaps, In need of a bit of advice. I am off to the MCN show on saturday, and have noticed that I have a £50 voucher (in Ride) for this range of exhausts - menaing that they will now be in my price range of just over 200 (wife and kids bleed me dry !). Now I am not the most mechanically gifted, so would like some feedback from those in the know : -
1. Are these exhausts any good ? I am not specifically after any noticeable increase in power, just some decent sound
2. How easy is it to fix these exhausts. I must admit to being a bit scared about cutting the existing exhaust system. Do you get some sort of pipe to connect to the cut pipe ? If so, will this pipe be able to be used if i put the old system back ?
3. How do I sneek it past the wife ?

Bob

1. They look really nice and sound really nice. The build quality is variable. Some people slag them rotten, many are happy.
2. Im completely inept and I managed. hack of your old can about 2 inches (check that!!!) from the weld, and stick the new on one with provided link pipe and fastners. I found a few blades on a junior hacksaw took about 20 mins, and was better than a larger hacksaw. Just get the cut straight. Or use and angle grinder. Its no bother at all.

The Evo is road legal with a choice of baffles you can remove to tailor the sound. I liked mine.

[Balky001]

I like Blueflame, the twin outlet ones look good too.

[fizzwheel]

I've got Blue Flame Evo

1. Yes it sounds fantastic with both the baffles out, as for power increase well I havent noticed any, seems to pick up better and the engine braking seems less fierce, couple that with a lovely popping sounds when you roll the the throttle off, it is very nice indeed

2. Took my 1hr or so to cut the standard can as I didnt have the right tool i.e. an angle grinder, yes you get a link pipe to fit the new can and also a link pipe to fit the standard can back on for MOT's etc, It was really easy to fit once I had cut the standard can off though.

3. Umh tricky one about the wife, maybe take her shopping for shoes or something like that and butter her up ?

Build quality is patchy though, I've lost of a rivet out of mine, also they are expensive, sure you could get something that sounds just as good for cheaper money

If you want to see what it looks like on the bike have a look at

http://forums.sv650.org/viewtopic.php?t=17893

Would I get another one, yes but not the tri-oval one I would get the oval dual port one as I think that looks better on a curvy SV

Hope this helps

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

maybe butter her up ?

That can go either way Fizz

anyone remember 'Last Tango in Paris'

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

That can go either way Fizz

anyone remember 'Last Tango in Paris'

thats true

[northwind]

They look the business- teh new one with the little blue flame and EVO on the plate is probably the best looking endcan logo, I reckon- and sound excellent... But they're not cheap and they've got a bit of a rep for bad fit and quality. You could do much worse I reckon.

Out of curiousity, does anyone know what the dual port ones look like inside?

Originally Posted by northwind

They look the business- teh new one with the little blue flame and EVO on the plate is probably the best looking endcan logo, I reckon- and sound excellent... But they're not cheap and they've got a bit of a rep for bad fit and quality. You could do much worse I reckon.

Out of curiousity, does anyone know what the dual port ones look like inside?

Yes, they look alright ...I suppose.....what do you mean? They are like a neatly made perforated tube.

On the rivet question this happened to me. Also note that the tri-ovals dont have the nice rivetted on logo plate. I was told by Blueflame there had been a problem wiht those so you get stickers.

[fizzwheel]

And the stickers look sh*t so I left them off mine

[northwind]

Originally Posted by Dr Rich

Yes, they look alright ...I suppose.....what do you mean? They are like a neatly made perforated tube.

Aye, but there's one entrance and 2 exits, does the inner pipe split, or get larger? The oval's the right size to whack onto my WRP pipework ("WRP: works very well, sounds like s***" TM) so I've thought about getting one and modifying it for my headers... But I'm not sure the inner pipework will work out with the WRP cap.