What bike do you have

echomadman

spunkymunky wrote:

Your right there (in my case). Liked the bike. Haggled the price then bought. I just hope its not an issue if im going for a trade in. Ive not had any problem with the exhausts or engine so far (touch wood). Do you think it could be an issue when trading in?

It probably will, best thing to do is call a few shops and ask what they'll pay for it with.without the aftermarket pipes.
Then call a few breakers and price a set of stock pipes, do the maths and see which works out better for you.
btw there's a typo in your sig, its contentment not contemptment

Hotblack Desiato

1990 Kawasaki GPz900R-A7



http://www.gpz900r.org

Ten years on bikes today I started on a sh**ty little 100cc stroker, but it was still fun... just not as much

KTRIC

Phryxus wrote:

If that was universally true then why would big pipes even be in production?

Whatever you say !!!

Do what you want with your bike.

After all, ignorance is bliss.....

KTRIC

ninja900 wrote:

1990 Kawasaki GPz900R-A7



http://www.gpz900r.org

Ten years on bikes today I started on a sh**ty little 100cc stroker, but it was still fun... just not as much

Very nice,

The front end looks very similar to the early 80's Katana .

I love the retro look, it's timeless

dewsbury

Phryxus wrote:

I've been considering going for a dragstar classic 650, if I did get one I'd get a big set of noisy pipes, the louder the better imho, aside from liking the sound, the more people can hear you on the road the less chance you'll get driven into by some blind f***er in a micra. Course I dunno how practical the 650 would be for filtering. If it's not too much wider than my 125 (it had the bars bent way out) then it should be ok.

Phryxus!

Noisy bikes are very irritating to the general public - sheer mindless noise pollution. Please consider the rest of us and keep your bike as quiet as possible.

Krusty_Clown

My SV1000s:



<Well, not mine, but the same as mine>

Krusty_Clown

dewsbury wrote:

Phryxus!

Noisy bikes are very irritating to the general public - sheer mindless noise pollution. Please consider the rest of us and keep your bike as quiet as possible.

Shouldn't that read: Noisy vehicles are very irritating to the public?

KTRIC

dewsbury wrote:

Phryxus!

Noisy bikes are very irritating to the general public - sheer mindless noise pollution. Please consider the rest of us and keep your bike as quiet as possible.

If the proper pipe modifications are done to a bike it can benifit the proformance and the sound greatly.

It has been noted in tests that "noisy" bikes save lives. The right tone from your pipe can insure that people will hear you coming without being an annoyance.

I ran my bike with straight-through pipes for 2 weeks and it did my head it but I did notice that people do get out of your way alot quicker.

If you are decide to modify your pipes get some professional advice first of all (not from the shop you intend to buy them from) and ask yourself what you expect from the pipes, ie; proformance wise, sound quality. On most bikes with smaller engines it won't make a slight bit of difference apart from making your bike very very loud.

Anyway this is going completly of topic !!!!

seamus

Krusty_Clown wrote:

My SV1000s:

How YOU doin'?

/me cries

test999

Krusty_Clown wrote:

My SV1000s:



<Well, not mine, but the same as mine>

lovely sv krusty. full power? I'd say it sounds lovely with the arrow zorsts.

Doodee

Had a 125 Intruder till I went into the back of a beemer, have a 125 virago atm thats just sitting uninsured, deciding on weither to get a 400bros or a car...

Krusty_Clown

test999 wrote:

lovely sv krusty. full power? I'd say it sounds lovely with the arrow zorsts.

Mine actually has a set of scorpions. Does sound great, though I end up pushing it in and out of my estate during unsociable hours. Not terribly loud, just a very deep bass rumble.

Phryxus

Just a final word on the whole exhaust thing, are they irritating to other people? yes, if a cowboy job is done will it turn sour? yes, but I'm selfish and I'd pay the extra to get it done properly. Anyway it really doesn't matter.

Lovely SV1000s by the way.

batman_oh

my rs250

and the rvf 400

bugs

Yeaarrrrrrr, me hearty (slightly modified) RVF400, my timbers have been shivered!!!!

spunkymunky

Damn!!!!

Krusty_Clown

Phryxus wrote:

If a cowboy job is done will it turn sour? yes, but I'm selfish and I'd pay the extra to get it done properly. Anyway it really doesn't matter.

Ehmm, I guess you're not referring to slip-ons here, you're talking about a full exaust conversion, including cutting, soldering, remapping etc?

Swapping slip-ons couldn't be easier. And if they're designed for the bike, then you may not need to re-map. Couldn't be easier.

Phryxus

Krusty_Clown wrote:

Ehmm, I guess you're not referring to slip-ons here, you're talking about a full exaust conversion, including cutting, soldering, remapping etc?

Swapping slip-ons couldn't be easier. And if they're designed for the bike, then you may not need to re-map. Couldn't be easier.

Expensive taste is a kick in the nutz sometimes

Krusty_Clown

I guess on a 125 DragStar you don't have the slip-on option..
So what are you looking for in your next bike?

Hotblack Desiato

Banta Fodder wrote:

Very nice,

The front end looks very similar to the early 80's Katana .

I love the retro look, it's timeless

Thanks. [for trivia fans, it's the bike that features in "Top Gun" ]
Heavy by modern standards but handles well and cheap enough to run, was the hottest thing around in 1984!

LB6

Hiya,

I originally had a Virago 250, lovely bike for starting off with. Few yrs ago I bought a Bandit 600. Best move I ever made. She's absolutely gorgeous. As I'm only 5'4" the seat/ground distance was an inch too much so I lowered her a bit. She's made to measure now and rides like a dream. I took her down to France last summer, over the Pyrenees and into Spain. Wow what a ride. Hope to do a long spin again this summer.

Enjoy the biking. Keep your wits about you at all times.

Shar.

Phryxus

I'm looking for something powerful and comfortable with low insurance, something that can hit the ton, the xvs650 is an insurance class 6 but it doesn't seem practical for commuting. I really have no idea at the mo.

Phryxus

Just having a look in the blue pages of bike buyers guide and saw that the bandit 600 is in insurance group 5, anyone any experience on one of these?

cranoo

go to all the rallies here and in england on me Nighthawk CB 750

Hotblack Desiato

Phryxus, that would be the factory restricted Bandit 600. The full power model is a much higher group (but should still be cheaper than the race-rep 600s). Unfortunately if you buy the full power bike and get it restricted you won't get any insurance discount as the restrictors are very easily removed.

That's not the case with the factory restricted bike, usually you're looking at a whole new exhaust system, igniter box and maybe even camshafts, a few hundred euro in parts alone at least. Not worth the hassle, you'd be better off selling it on when your restriction period is up.

So on the upside you get a good sized bike with much cheaper insurance, on the downside you'll have to sell when your restriction is up and nobody with an unrestricted licence is going to want to buy it. Your call.

Also: the EU is looking at the moment at increasing the power restriction from 25kW to 35kW from 2007 or 2008. Someone on a restricted licence in a couple of years time is going to want a 35kW bike, not a 25kW like the one you'll be trying to sell.

sutty

Heres a pic of mine
I've replaced the stock pipes with Highway hawk "Fat pipes" for a 125/250 back in the summer of 04 for a 125/250.

She's a 250 btw.

Have her a year and 5 months now. not had any probs, no crashes or drops thank fully..

sadly this is my old bike

Oh and this.. bearing in mind it was the end of summer and I had not got my armored pants on....

MizzKattt

Yamaha FZR 600. It's in sorry shape now but was a great deal. At the welders now and then off to be powder coated glossy black.

Haket

I've a Triumph Speed triple for dry days :-) and a Suzuki DRZ400s Supermoto for days like today. Both have changed slightly since these pics were taken, but you get the idea.

RoadRunner

The rs250 and the two nc35's are lovely.

Is that a tyga subframe and rear end on the black one ?
I've got an nc30 and two crf450's ('04 and '02). I will be selling the older one soon.

MizzKattt

I recenlty asked my mechanic the status of my bike.