Cresser1
Member
Evening All.
Had the 600mile service on Friday (yay!) and whilst there I asked the dealer to have a look at removing the baffles....there are two screws (which you can see) but the baffles are also spot welded and the technicians had some fun getting them out.
Suffice to say the bike now sounds fantastic. A slighter deeper rumble at tick over (although mine rattles and taps quite a bit!) but once you give the throttle some welly it sounds truly awesome!
It still barks and growls on the overrun but with even more venom than before and once you get past about 6k rpm the noise is incredible. Not offensively loud but a great tone.
The lads at the dealer reckoned it sounded as good as the akro slip on. Bearing in mind I was thinking of forking out the ?700 for one I took that second comment on face value. Apparently mine was the first baffles they had removed on the new bike.
However, with it gone you can see some other welding on the end of the exhaust that was previously hidden but only from close up. Putting it back on is a doddle. The stock can obviously doesn't look as sweet as a slip on but the new sound might save my credit card from anymore abuse (for a while at least!).
Anyone else tried this?
Had the 600mile service on Friday (yay!) and whilst there I asked the dealer to have a look at removing the baffles....there are two screws (which you can see) but the baffles are also spot welded and the technicians had some fun getting them out.
Suffice to say the bike now sounds fantastic. A slighter deeper rumble at tick over (although mine rattles and taps quite a bit!) but once you give the throttle some welly it sounds truly awesome!
It still barks and growls on the overrun but with even more venom than before and once you get past about 6k rpm the noise is incredible. Not offensively loud but a great tone.
The lads at the dealer reckoned it sounded as good as the akro slip on. Bearing in mind I was thinking of forking out the ?700 for one I took that second comment on face value. Apparently mine was the first baffles they had removed on the new bike.
However, with it gone you can see some other welding on the end of the exhaust that was previously hidden but only from close up. Putting it back on is a doddle. The stock can obviously doesn't look as sweet as a slip on but the new sound might save my credit card from anymore abuse (for a while at least!).
Anyone else tried this?