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Old 12-11-07, 12:35 PM   #1
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Default Akrapovic exhaust system for curvy?

been thinking about getting a full exhaust system, Akravopic list a full 'Race Line' system on their website for a 2003 model, will this do for my curvy, or is it just for a pointy?

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Old 12-11-07, 02:05 PM   #2
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

that will probably only fit the pointy models.

akrapovic used to do a full system for the curvey, know this as i've got 1
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Old 12-11-07, 02:07 PM   #3
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

Though by all accounts, it's not all that good Probably because it was just about the first SV full system, everyone else got to learn from the Akrapovic design.
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Old 12-11-07, 02:35 PM   #4
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

well found the system

http://bikehps.demonweb.co.uk/acatal...stems_169.html

what is not so good about it? and any recomendations?

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Old 12-11-07, 03:50 PM   #5
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

Vastly expensive bit of kit for what it delivers.New ones cost half the value of the bike so you need to really want it------?
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Old 12-11-07, 04:12 PM   #6
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

look on ebay mate, i picked a brand new system off there for my curvy for £160, akrapovich sounds awesome but i wouldnt have paid full price
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Old 12-11-07, 04:26 PM   #7
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akrapobitching....

love em! both my mates have them, one on a 98 blade, and one on a 2001 R6 both sound awesome, if my pointy hadnt come with a blueflame already on it i would definetly have gone for an akra's!
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

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Though by all accounts, it's not all that good Probably because it was just about the first SV full system, everyone else got to learn from the Akrapovic design.

Nowt wrong with it, gives a few extra horses when it's set up properly. You're just jealous
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Old 12-11-07, 06:19 PM   #9
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Default Re: akrapovic exhaust System for curvy?

They just don't flow the best, is all. Neither does my WRP for that matter, but it weighs less and cost me £80 so, can't complain

Biker Biggles is 100% correct of course, buying new makes fairly little sense, you don't get massive gains from any exhaust- and remember to budget for setup too. A slipon on the SV makes massively more sense. However, some of us are idiots . Idiotic as I am, I've still done it cheap, you couldn't buy a top-end slipon for what I paid for my system and jetting all-in. Buying used is the way to go really.

But, for a few bhp, it's very expensive. You could get a slipon and do the cam swap, get about the same power and spend a few hundred quid less. Or, you could get a slipon and spend the rest on online poker.
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They just don't flow the best, is all. Neither does my WRP for that matter, but it weighs less and cost me £80 so, can't complain

Biker Biggles is 100% correct of course, buying new makes fairly little sense,

It weighs less than the akra?


I totally agree, buying new makes absolutely no sense at all but then again if someone didin't buy it new then we'd not have any second hand bargains to snap up would we
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