Eurostar
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Anybody got any ideas? I don't really want more noise than you get with the standard silencer. (I'm only ditching the stock can to save weight - and I don't want more noise cos it'll drown out the stereo!)
Eurostar said:
My road legal e4 stamped Sebring Titanium can (fitted with on the end of Cat) is pretty quiet and a lot lighter.............
Are you ditching the cat? Thats the thing that weighs a bloody ton, get a y piece first and try the standard can, you'll save about 10 lbs (someone will state exactly how much ) or is it the esthe..aestet..look of it?
Ditch the Cat
Keep the standard can
Eat less pies
Turn the tunes up
Keep the standard can
Eat less pies
Turn the tunes up
I don't get this!Eurostar said:
You ride a bike which weighs in at 550lbs. The average GS rider weighs 187lbs.
Even if you save 15lbs by spending £££s on a lighter box, you improve the power-to-weight ratio by less than 2½ bhp/tonne (on a bike that makes 115 PS/tonne with 187lb rider).
My advice would be:
- send me your money
- have a good dump
- if you want to go faster, get on your 'Busa (265 PS/tonne with 187lb rider)
Greg
I don't get this!
Greg your applying girly logic here.
When buying goodies for your bike, you don't need a good reason just any old reason that you can blag past her in doors
Greg your applying girly logic here.
When buying goodies for your bike, you don't need a good reason just any old reason that you can blag past her in doors
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Re: Re: Which aftermarket 1150 silencer is quietest?
Did Mrs Master's wake up grumpy this morning or have YOU got YOUR own alarm clock!!Greg Masters said:My advice would be:
- grumble grumble
- moan moan
- cynicism, sarcasm
Greg
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Hmmm, i was expecting some flak over the logic of this.
The reason for it is that I want to carry many tons of stuff on the bike on a round the world trip (leaving in 2 months) but I don't want to bugger up the handling more than necessary. So like the Honda GP bike designers I am practicing Mass Centralisation....this is difficult when you have 132 litre panniers from Vern full of crap, but I'm going to give it a go. Most people pay no attention to this at all, then they try to ride through soft sand....must be tricky!
Heavy things at the back of the bike must be got rid of, and the stock silencer exerts a fair bit of leverage from the balance point (i.e. the centre stand) because it is relatively high too....So off it goes. (I've already ditched the cat.) At the same time I'm getting Overland Ernie to build me some crash bars with storage lockers on them - the lockers will be under the cylinders, and filled with heavy stuff like tools, Abus lock etc. Maybe it all sounds a bit anal but if I end up with a loaded bike which steers nicely on dirt tracks, even with a passenger, I shall be very chuffed.
The reason for it is that I want to carry many tons of stuff on the bike on a round the world trip (leaving in 2 months) but I don't want to bugger up the handling more than necessary. So like the Honda GP bike designers I am practicing Mass Centralisation....this is difficult when you have 132 litre panniers from Vern full of crap, but I'm going to give it a go. Most people pay no attention to this at all, then they try to ride through soft sand....must be tricky!
Heavy things at the back of the bike must be got rid of, and the stock silencer exerts a fair bit of leverage from the balance point (i.e. the centre stand) because it is relatively high too....So off it goes. (I've already ditched the cat.) At the same time I'm getting Overland Ernie to build me some crash bars with storage lockers on them - the lockers will be under the cylinders, and filled with heavy stuff like tools, Abus lock etc. Maybe it all sounds a bit anal but if I end up with a loaded bike which steers nicely on dirt tracks, even with a passenger, I shall be very chuffed.
