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Badrap
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 02:56 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I changed my pipe back to the stock pipe while I was doing my oil change and I have some observations I'd like to share.

The bike is now more responsive under 2500 RPMs.
It's a whole lot quiter now and sound like a lawn mower again.
It is much smoother running across the powerband. Not as much vibration.
I think it lost some of it's top end, it could just be a noise thing.

I think I'll leave it this way for a couple of months and then change it back again.
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Swimmonkey
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 04:07 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Are your neighbors thanking you?
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Badrap
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 04:15 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Yeah, I thought of that this morning when I started it to drive to work. "Boy that thing is quiet, I bet the neighbors cant even hear it. Stealth mode is good." They never complained about the other pipe. I don't sit in the driveway and rev it.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 08:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I think it lost some of it's top end, it could just be a noise thing.

Watch your speedo. I bet you're wrong - it just feels smoother and "masks" the power delivery.


hint: I made the same change on my '06 a few months ago...the Elves knew what they were doing on these mufflers!
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Ourdee
Posted on Friday, May 14, 2010 - 11:24 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like the quiet pipe.
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Someday
Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 08:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Loud bikes SUCK!
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Portero72
Posted on Saturday, May 15, 2010 - 09:51 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

I like my quiet pipe, too. May I ask what your 'loud' pipe was before the change?
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Boneill
Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 10:45 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Just switched mine this weekend. Definitely have to watch the speed. It sneaks up on you when you're used to so much more noise. Smooth and quiet.
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Badrap
Posted on Monday, May 24, 2010 - 12:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

My loud pipe was a semi gutted stock pipe with a glass pack internal and an adjustable baffle and a billet tip insert similar to the Jardine quiet insert. It sounds real good but its much louder than stock.
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