acrapovic headers

[DING-DONG]

Sell the Akra can on here, Dave.

Nah the can is a keeper, it just adds to making it a full system, and it was a bargain @ £600 new from bmw.

 

[Toddmeister]

I'm going to be having some Dyno time, before and after so ill let the Dyno tell me if it running lean and if it warrants having a re-map..

Well I guess that's the only way to find out with absolute certainty what's going on!

 

[P951C]

http://youtu.be/k6IWDj44WHc

 

[Jumblemo]

Lovely. With the switch to the LC engine the GS has gone from the ugly duckling, the LADA of motorcycles, to the belle of the ball in one move.

 

[old gixer boy]

finally fitted the headers today definably seems to have a lot more grunt and revs a lot more freeer
tried without the servo motor but light flash up on the dash so fitted it back on lights go out
all in all took maybe two hours
well pleased

 

[DING-DONG]

Yeah leave the motor plugged in, just remove the cables, because you brought light on dash your fault code will be stored in the ecu now, but don't worry they'll clear it when you take it for service.

You can see the holes left, after removing the cables.

I cut some black plastic.

Finished for today ..

 

[SURMANATOR]

Anyone removed the cat from the standard headers? i did on my twincam GS with good results

 

[old gixer boy]

nice tip ding dong i might take the servo of and fill in the holes with plastic cheers

 

[Nutty]

Just ordered mine today.

 

[Giles]

I have Remus Pipes and can, (yeah yeah ... I know the thread is about Acrapovic ... ) and feck me it's noisy I went for a hoon the other day and got some reasonably disapproving looks from a few dog walkers ....

 

[pistole]

when you start to mature in your bike ownership/use : you will absolutely begin to hate LOUD bikes.

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[Nutty]

when you start to mature in your bike ownership/use : you will absolutely begin to hate LOUD bikes.

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Or when you turn into a boring old fart!

 

[Giles]

when you start to mature in your bike ownership/use : you will absolutely begin to hate LOUD bikes.

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Well with thirty years under my belt, and twenty of those riding for a living, I'd like to think I'm there ...

 

[old gixer boy]

my age is 55 full acropovic system must be young at heart or deaf also been riding 38 years

 

[DING-DONG]

I have Remus Pipes and can, (yeah yeah ... I know the thread is about Acrapovic ... ) and feck me it's noisy I went for a hoon the other day and got some reasonably disapproving looks from a few dog walkers ....

That's why I got rid of my Remus, it started to do my head in, when you give it the beans its got a very angry bark and that was with the baffles still in.

 

[Giles]

Yep .... it would be ridiculous to take the baffles out ...

 

[Nutty]

Just fitted the headers. Road test to follow.

If you have the TT engine guard, it won't fit with the headers, so you need to trim it down at the top, or remove it.

 

[Nutty]

Got a chance to try the bike since fitting the headers today. It's not as loud just pootling round town, but on the open road, it's much louder.

Most of the flat spots in the rev range have disappeared, and the bike has more get up and go.

They have lived up to my expectations.

I'd prefer it if they were shinier though. Mmmm, shiny.

 

[SURMANATOR]

Why didn't you just take the cat out of the original headers almost the same result but still shiney and you'd be £400 better off !

 

[Nutty]

Why didn't you just take the cat out of the original headers almost the same result but still shiney and you'd be £400 better off !

Not quite the same.