Anyone here prefer a quiet bike? - Page 5

z06boy · 04-16-2010, 10:52 AM

The RC 51's with aftermarket exhaust do sound killer !!

My R1 has race baffles and no cats and sounds about like this bike...but better in person. My exhaust and cans are ceramic coated and the baffles are wrapped in carbon fiber to cut down on heat...and that definitely helps.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRV-3...next=1&index=9

Homeslice · 04-09-2010, 02:24 PM

I like the idea of keeping it stock to preserve the catalytic converter. The down side is that a stock exhaust makes valvetrain noise more noticeable.

marko138 · 04-09-2010, 03:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

I left the chin fairing off when I installed it..

Doesn't look like installing the chin fairing is even an option.

Tmall · 04-09-2010, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Doesn't look like installing the chin fairing is even an option.

It came with brackets, it's an easy install. It just looks much better without IMO.

marko138 · 04-09-2010, 03:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Tmall

It came with brackets, it's an easy install. It just looks much better without IMO.

Right on. I dont like mine w/o the chinny.

Tmall · 04-09-2010, 05:44 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Right on. I dont like mine w/o the chinny.

The stock pipe is too long on the front side to look nice without the fairing. The ss is about 4 inches shorter over all, 2 in the front and 2 in the rear. BUT! It seems to be a little more prone to wear. The front part is all dinged up from rocks and I've rattled the screws out of it several times even with loctite. And the kicker is the elbow coming into the muffler "floats" and is mounted to the header with the stock torcon clamp. I didn't know, but those clamps stretch to apply the tq to the header. So, I reused it and the elbow rattled around for half of the season last year and wore out the opening of the muffler a little bit. A new torcon and some RTV high temp exhaust silicon fixed the problem. However, if/when EBR comes out with a new race pipe I'm going to splurge on that and the race ecm for longevity reasons.

I like the way your pipes look. Mine won't shine up as well. They went to a lower grade steel apparently. I polish them a couple times a summer and they look like brushed steel most times with a slight shine.

marko138 · 04-12-2010, 11:35 AM

Gas what pipes are you running?

Gas Man · 04-12-2010, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by marko138

Gas what pipes are you running?

Screamin Eagle II's. They are the 50 state street legal slip ons. Make a nice tone but not crazy loud.

Cutty72 · 04-09-2010, 05:23 PM

Gotta let the V-twin rumble.
I find the sound level of most SS bikes today stock is fine. Some of the sport tour bikes etc could use a bit more volume. My buddies Bandit 1250 you can't even hear running!

marko138 · 04-09-2010, 06:18 PM

What do you use to polish? I wet sanded with 1000 grit then used Mothers Billet polish. But I've heard the newer headers don't polish as nice.

04-16-2010, 10:52 AM	#1
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	The RC 51's with aftermarket exhaust do sound killer !! My R1 has race baffles and no cats and sounds about like this bike...but better in person. My exhaust and cans are ceramic coated and the baffles are wrapped in carbon fiber to cut down on heat...and that definitely helps. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRV-3...next=1&index=9

04-09-2010, 02:24 PM	#2
Homeslice Elitist Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area Moto: Gix 750 Posts: 11,351	I like the idea of keeping it stock to preserve the catalytic converter. The down side is that a stock exhaust makes valvetrain noise more noticeable.

04-09-2010, 06:18 PM	#10
marko138 DefenderOfTheBuelliverse Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Parts Unknown Moto: Buell XB12R Posts: 18,585	What do you use to polish? I wet sanded with 1000 grit then used Mothers Billet polish. But I've heard the newer headers don't polish as nice.