it has been done before. 
You should have bought it Del, you could have sold it on here for a 50 pence profit.
Although it has to be said, i dont do it deliberately sometimes its just not up to the quality im looking for and as you no doubt know now, i end up spending twice as much as i needed to had i bought it new in the first place.
well well thats just me 
Yup, no doubt it has, there seems to be one or two who trawl for bargains elsewhere, and here, then sell them on at inflated prices. I almost always seem to lose when i try that
now back on track.In all honesty Max I looked at the price, and said to myself, what would give me more options to play around with, and can be re-sold easily if I was not impressed, it was not like the product was new and all smoke and mirrors, a lot of testing had gone into it, I could have bought a AKRA end can, more expensive, change not much, except the sound, but I do not want to go deaf, 400 quid on a so called tune, and no re-sale value, so obviously once we look at the 450 quid the AF-Xieds cost and the things that you can actually tweak and see for yourself, they now seen really good value, to me at least, and also this bike will certainly be my last big bike to play around with, as age and body parts are dropping off, I will need a lighter bike later, so no 1250 for me that is a fact, even thought it is a very nice bike and needs no tweaking, but neither would my 1200 2017, it is just me enjoying and finding a little perfection point, that I may never find, but so is life.
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.Bloody hell smogbob! Your post could almost have been written by me, verbatim. Although I'm the (relatively) tender age of 52, my knees are shot, back knackered and now my right elbow is seizing up too. Gradually losing the strength and control in my throttle hand as a result (thank Christ I'm left handed, so I won't have to give up everything
The RT was supposed to be my last big bike before consigning the garage to sub 500s, but I'd wanted/needed another GS for years, so here we are. If I can find that same perfection place you're currently at - and often the journey there is as rewarding as the destination - then I'll be a happy old tosser.
Cheers gents. In fact, I've got the original pipe hidden away in shame corner, in the garage. It's in really sh1t order, mainly as a result of my own stupidity, but it's only aesthetically fubared (long story, off topic, shan't bore you with my idiot's tale) so considering it may be exacerbating the issue, I'll try it out and see if the surging stops.
But I'll do that AFTER fitting the AF-Xied units... This probably sounds like lunacy, but I don't want to cancel the order now it's in progress and if the mod fixes the bike up, well I must confess to the big difference between me and smogbob: I like a vocal exhaust pipe - but then I'm half deaf already
If it does come to trying my wrecked OE pipe and this turns out to be the cure, then I'll need to pay fleabay a visit!
That does sound like a very sensible plan. Tbh, never thought of black powder coat - it'd certainly get rid of the evidence of my (dumb arse, acid cleaner related) faux pas and, as the centre stand needs doing anyway, I could get them both done at the same time.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Thanks!! I'll pm him
Thanks!! I'll pm him
Thanks!! I'll pm him
OuchYour welcome, it seems to tally along with most things said, nothing yet to improve the 1250 performance wise, except a new engine.
Standing byYour welcome, it seems to tally along with most things said, nothing yet to improve the 1250 performance wise, except a new engine.
