Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) - SV650.org

11-02-10, 01:33 PM

My local dealer has a number of cans for sale at a discount. However, none are ofr the SV. I realise I'd need a link pipe (does anyone have one for a reasonable price for a K3?), but surely any can would fit as long as the pipe is the same diameter? The dealers have told me that it is nigh on impossible to get link pipes and the can's are made to only work with specific bikes.

Whats the truth then - I'd happily pick up a new carbon Scorpian can for £25!

appollo1 · 11-02-10, 01:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Aidan

I'd happily pick up a new carbon Scorpian can for £25!

why not just buy a few anyway and fleabay them!!!

11-02-10, 01:38 PM

In other words the dealer cant be ar$ed to find you a link pipe

If they are 52mm slip on cans then any will fit providing you get the correct link pipe, if they are bolt on how ever im sure there are adapters out there to turn bolt ons into slip ons

HTH

Stingo · 11-02-10, 01:39 PM

Link pipes used to be obtainable from Carbon Can Co.

I am not an expert but I have always been under the impression that after market cans are bike specific (different bike types/models have differing requirements for back pressure and other technical stuff).

Drew Carey · 11-02-10, 01:43 PM

Scorpion will happily sell you a link pipe.....or they would at last years bike show and when I called them last year.....plus they will sell can straps, bolts, clamps etc too.

11-02-10, 01:46 PM

Bikeit are also another company who offer link pipes

fastdruid · 11-02-10, 03:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aidan

Whats the truth then - I'd happily pick up a new carbon Scorpian can for £25!

As would I! Name the dealer, what have they got?

Druid

yorkie_chris · 11-02-10, 03:04 PM

Beowulf and zorstec will both sell link pipes or make you a custom wierd one.

11-02-10, 03:43 PM

I may pop back there this evening - I assume they will have sold out by now, but I guess I could just flog it on. I'll make sure it is 52mm then. If they have more, I'll let you know where afterwards

11-02-10, 04:30 PM

As i guessed, the carbon scorpion had gone. I took a punt on a S/S Venom can for £25 with a link pipe for a VFR 800 FI. Missing a strap tho. They have a SS Venom with link and strap for a (I think) 2001 R1 too and another Venom SS, but it's bolt on - I think for a GSX-R 600. Both £40. All are Not for Road Use stamped and bafflesless.

Had a look on the bay and see that VFR link pipes are over £25, so worth a punt. Anyone got a K3 link pipe or strap

? Should sound better than my aluminim road legal can (though it has cost an extra £10!).

11-02-10, 01:33 PM	#1
Aidan Guest Posts: n/a	Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) My local dealer has a number of cans for sale at a discount. However, none are ofr the SV. I realise I'd need a link pipe (does anyone have one for a reasonable price for a K3?), but surely any can would fit as long as the pipe is the same diameter? The dealers have told me that it is nigh on impossible to get link pipes and the can's are made to only work with specific bikes. Whats the truth then - I'd happily pick up a new carbon Scorpian can for £25!

11-02-10, 01:38 PM	#3
Holdup Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) In other words the dealer cant be ar$ed to find you a link pipe If they are 52mm slip on cans then any will fit providing you get the correct link pipe, if they are bolt on how ever im sure there are adapters out there to turn bolt ons into slip ons HTH

11-02-10, 01:39 PM	#4
Stingo Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Plymouth, Devon - mostly. Posts: 527	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) Link pipes used to be obtainable from Carbon Can Co. I am not an expert but I have always been under the impression that after market cans are bike specific (different bike types/models have differing requirements for back pressure and other technical stuff). __________________ Twitter: @poseidon_ashore

11-02-10, 01:43 PM	#5
Drew Carey Not Fizzwheel Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Brum Posts: 1,780	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) Scorpion will happily sell you a link pipe.....or they would at last years bike show and when I called them last year.....plus they will sell can straps, bolts, clamps etc too. __________________ My Bike Now Doesn't Have a Motor....Just Pedals!!!! Hovis RIP Buddy - 13/08/1975 - 03/10/2009 "Feckinnnn Unluckkeeeeeeee"

11-02-10, 01:46 PM	#6
Holdup Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) Bikeit are also another company who offer link pipes

11-02-10, 03:04 PM	#8
yorkie_chris Noisy Git Mega Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Halifax/Leeds Posts: 26,645	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) Beowulf and zorstec will both sell link pipes or make you a custom wierd one. __________________ Currently Ex Biker Now rebuilding a 63' fishing trawler as a dive boat

11-02-10, 03:43 PM	#9
Aidan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) I may pop back there this evening - I assume they will have sold out by now, but I guess I could just flog it on. I'll make sure it is 52mm then. If they have more, I'll let you know where afterwards

11-02-10, 04:30 PM	#10
Aidan Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Are exhausts bike specific (other than link pipes?) As i guessed, the carbon scorpion had gone. I took a punt on a S/S Venom can for £25 with a link pipe for a VFR 800 FI. Missing a strap tho. They have a SS Venom with link and strap for a (I think) 2001 R1 too and another Venom SS, but it's bolt on - I think for a GSX-R 600. Both £40. All are Not for Road Use stamped and bafflesless. Had a look on the bay and see that VFR link pipes are over £25, so worth a punt. Anyone got a K3 link pipe or strap? Should sound better than my aluminim road legal can (though it has cost an extra £10!).

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