1150gs exhaust question

[markyt]

I have nearly got my bike how i want it all except the exhaust which i want to change as i have a stock one with the cat converter. What do i need to change the exhaust and get rid of the cat and what exhaust should i be looking for. The stock one i think is quite quiet so i want one which sounds throaty (im not bothered about extra BHP) i just want to lighten the bike and have it sound nice.
Any help/advice appreciated please with any recommendations. cheers

 

[Fanum]

First thing you can do, and for FREE is to remove the rear box, so it just runs through the CAT.

It's how many of us run all the time, albeit with a 'stubby' exhaust, which you can pick up off Ebay for about 13 quid.

 

[Coolcarbon]

First thing you can do, and for FREE is to remove the rear box, so it just runs through the CAT.

It's how many of us run all the time, albeit with a 'stubby' exhaust, which you can pick up off Ebay for about 13 quid.

What he said and if you want to, you can always do some 'internal alterations' to help it breath a bit easier too....

 

[Steptoe]

Any help/advice appreciated please with any recommendations. cheers

Grow up.

 

[Roadcaptain]

I just swapped my cat for 'y' piece.....jobs a goodun

 

[rockchunk]

Grow up.

haha lighten up awld yin i bet you took the baffle out your fs1e

 

[ahebron]

Do as Fanum suggests first.
Ride around like this for a month or so doing as much distance and time in the saddle as you can.
Then if you have a good helmet and still have decent hearing do other mods to the system.
I gutted the rear muffler on my bike and rode for 6 months like that but the noise in my helmet drove me round the bend so I went back to the standard system.
And before and says I have the wrong helmet you try finding a large range of sensibly priced 66cm lids!

Adrian

 

[Cook1e]

Sod the sensible advice and fuck growing up

You need one of these:

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I bought the Laser Duo-Tech system from a fellow GSer a while back - off to the dyno with it on Thursday to get the Power Commander properly mapped.

 

[markyt]

Grow up.

Helpful that! Cheers.
bash Haha I didn't have any more time to find any more pics as my mum said i had to go to bed early......................

 

[fatnfast]

Remus revolution and Y-Piece works well. Ive run my 1150 with this set up from almost new. It has the removable baffle as well. I think some people have had issues with it melting the pannier, but its never been a problem on mine. Sounds nice as well, and the Y-Piece allows access to the rear slave cylinder and gear indicator switch.

 

[Timolgra]

Cheapest way if you know a good welder is to cut the end off the standard can, remove the baffle pipe and reweld, sounds brilliant

 

[Grim Rider]

Fanum has it right, don't know why anyone bothers spending money on y-pieces or other silencers when at no cost you can lose all that weight by just removing the silencer altogether, and have up you felt the weight of the thing! Best of all then means you can put same sized panniers on each side (without any fear of melting anything).

 

[NS3230]

My 1150GS has a Remus revolution, a cat and the baffle, tho the last two live on the shelf in my garage! This set-up sounds quite throaty ( I strongly believe that 30% of car drivers are blind, 30% are deaf and 30% are stupid and hope that a large, loud bike, with several lights should help in many of these situations... "Sorry I didn't see you mate"... prompts my suggestion...and I guess you are hard of hearing as well are you?) Whilst the bike is quite economical and doesn't hang about, tho its hasn't been re-mapped to the best of my knowledge.
Personally, as others here have advised I should just make the most of riding it, before winter proper arrives and then re-assess the situation once you've seen and heard a few other 1150's

 

[A303]

Markyt

You have a PM.

Cheers,

Dave.

 

[Cook1e]

Remap done, power delivery now superb, creamy smooth.

Dynobike Malton highly recommended. www.dynobike.co.uk

 

[Bigyin]

3 options

1) remove the cat and fit a Y piece and retain the original pipe which frees up the engine with a bit more noise

2) Retain the cat, remove the standard exhaust and fit a stubby......same as above ish

3) remove cat, remove original pipe, fit y piece and race can = lots of noise which i tolerated for about a month before it pissed me off enough to go back to option 1

Choice is yours

 

[Yeti]

As others have said, y-pipe to get the oven out from under you and the transmission, retain the stock exhaust to retain some sense of decency and your hearing. Sorted.

 

[King Rat]

Loud pipes save lives!
Remus on a Y-piece for both my bikes. Throaty - but if you go fast enough you leave the sound behind.

 

[Sleepy]

Loud pipes save lives!