July 12th, 2015, 09:14 PM | #1 |
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WHY stock pipes?!
why do people leave stock pipes on their bike??????!?!!!!?!!??!
I'm looking at you @Sirref no but really... seriously... put a pipe on that ****, wtf?
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July 12th, 2015, 09:17 PM | #2 |
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Because the Akrapovic is $900 for my bike...and the arrow is $400
But the carbon fiber Yoshimura sounded amazing on my ninja!
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July 12th, 2015, 09:20 PM | #3 |
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Nostalgia. Sometimes when I ride my bike, I want to be reminded of the good ol days when I worked at sweat shops using a sewing machine 14hrs a day.
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July 12th, 2015, 09:21 PM | #4 |
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Maybe cause slip ons make it sound like someone is beating a cat in a burlap sack? Why take perfectly good motorcycles and make them sound like trash. Bleh, no thank you.
Course, I prefer the 300 pipe to the 250 pipe, but only for looks. Didn't change the sound one bit.
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July 12th, 2015, 09:22 PM | #5 |
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because i spent all my money on the bike and now cannot afford a pipe.
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July 12th, 2015, 09:35 PM | #6 |
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because if I get one I want power gains which means I need a power commander too
works out to be the same cost as 4-5 track days... If I get one it will be entirely your fault that I am happy with the way my bike sounds
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July 12th, 2015, 09:37 PM | #7 | |
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July 12th, 2015, 09:45 PM | #8 |
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Because I don't want to piss off my neighbours when I ride to work at 7am?
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July 12th, 2015, 09:48 PM | #9 |
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there is no better way to wake up than to a sound of a motorcycle <3
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July 12th, 2015, 10:26 PM | #10 |
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while that's true, it tends to be much better for the person actually riding it than the people trying to sleep
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July 12th, 2015, 10:27 PM | #11 |
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So instead of just an angry weedwhacker, you now have an amplified angry weedwhacker?
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July 12th, 2015, 10:30 PM | #12 | |
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especially the 650, the difference is shocking though I haven't heard the arrow exhaust yet I've heard a yoshimura pipe on there and stock and it was a big difference
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July 12th, 2015, 10:41 PM | #13 |
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Oh OK so not a weedwhacker but a pissed hornet...
Naw, much prefer the stock. Can actually have a conversation with it running and don't suffer nose bleed ear torture when riding.
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July 12th, 2015, 11:34 PM | #14 |
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I had to because mine fell/broke off from too many lowsides at the track. Lost the can somewhere in BFE.
Too broke for the 18" Area P. I like the quietness of the stock heavy POS can. I miss the performance of the race can. Unfortunate mutual trade-off here.
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July 13th, 2015, 12:02 AM | #15 |
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Maybe I have a problem with authority. Maybe the people who said "this is the appropriate size exhaust for this engine" don't share the same perspective as me.
This is from an engineering standpoint.
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July 13th, 2015, 12:56 AM | #16 |
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The cost would cut into my vicodin and hookers budget
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July 13th, 2015, 03:50 AM | #17 |
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Because if you want to actually improve the riding experience there are better ways to spend money (e.g. suspension, better tires, better brakes, track time, instruction).
Because there are times when loud and obnoxious is not to your advantage. Did a track day yesterday and got word that it is likely there will be noise restrictions at Palmer in the near future. Bikes with loud pipes will not be permitted, period. Because loud pipes don't save lives. They make people want to shoot you.
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July 13th, 2015, 05:41 AM | #18 |
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I know that I will eventually sell my bike so I am trying to keep at as stock as possible.
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July 13th, 2015, 06:31 AM | #19 |
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Same here.
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July 13th, 2015, 07:04 AM | #20 |
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Pipes be expensive
but that being said I do have full aftermarket and I do like the sound Braaap!!
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July 13th, 2015, 07:10 AM | #21 |
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July 13th, 2015, 07:18 AM | #22 |
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Cause I don't think $600 for a cooler sound is worth it. And the power gains are near zilch. And really, even a stock motorcycle is freaking LOUD, do you need louder?
Now if I could get an affordable exhaust that gave the bike a cooler deeper sound without making it louder then I'm on board. Such a thing doesn't exist for my FZ-07 or the 250, alas.
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July 13th, 2015, 07:19 AM | #23 |
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$$$ and the fact that not all exhaust manf. do what Area P did for this bike and offer a "quiet core" option that doesn't drop off the performance gain. I have gotten a bit to the point where I don't want a killer loud exhaust, just too noisy. And if I don't gain some performance - definitely not going on the bike.
Modern exhausts on more vehicles are actually pretty decent these days, back in the late 90s and early 00s you could put a slip on a bike and pick up 5 or 6 whp and drop 10 lbs. Now its like 1 or 2 whp and 4 lbs. And they cost $600. If companies would make a quieter (less than 100 dB at chat) full exhaust for less than $1K that actually dropped weight and made power, they would be on all my bikes. Both my 250s have Area P full exhausts, the street bike has a quiet core 18 and the track bike a standard length. They are GREAT products.
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July 13th, 2015, 08:23 AM | #24 | |
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July 13th, 2015, 08:24 AM | #25 |
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I don't know about others, but I leave my bike stock because I believe that Kawasaki engineers know more than I do.
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July 13th, 2015, 08:28 AM | #26 |
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I have said this before about other engines: The engineers know what they are doing, but the EPA does not.
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July 13th, 2015, 08:34 AM | #27 |
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I have a full yoshi on mine. My wife's bike is stock. But I added a yoshi slip-on for her.
i guess we just like the noise Funny part is someone once pointed to her stock exhuast manifold and questioned if that was part of the bike frame lmao!
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July 13th, 2015, 08:39 AM | #28 | |
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July 13th, 2015, 08:55 AM | #29 |
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Never once got yanked for my bike being loud. It's kinda expected around here
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July 13th, 2015, 09:16 AM | #30 | |
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July 13th, 2015, 10:04 AM | #31 |
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Money. Huge cost for a little vanity, especially if it's a slip on. I regret ever buying a slip on. Also I actually really hate loud noises. Go figure right? I only justified my last purchase cuz I crashed and destroyed the slip on. Got the Area P quiet core system used and the PCV for a good deal so it satisfied the cost and noise issue enough for me. Overall not a high priority for me though. I don't care that much about my bike sounding "cool."
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July 13th, 2015, 10:25 AM | #32 |
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Because I don't want to advertise I'm on the throttle to cops. Out here they listen for bikes coming and can tell when they get off the gas. I like being stealth I did the whole Harley thing.
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July 13th, 2015, 11:43 AM | #34 |
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July 13th, 2015, 02:24 PM | #37 |
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Mine got 18% with it, so a stones throw form 20 i guess...
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July 13th, 2015, 05:00 PM | #39 |
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1. It is illegal in most areas to remove said pipe.
2. Your neighbors don't think you sound cool and in fact find it annoying most of the time 3. Its not going to save your life. You be better of using the money on a good riding class.
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July 13th, 2015, 05:23 PM | #40 |
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