Sl!pstream
XJ Fanboy
Hey folks, I'm new to the board and the FZ world but thought I would give some feedback on an exhaust that I purchased. After a short period of ownership I decided the stock exhaust had to go!
After looking around online and watching some videos I landed on an exhaust by a company called Tiger Exhaust Systems. They are located in Turkey and I couldn't really find any third party info about them (they sell direct to consumer as opposed to through retailers), but their product looked and sounded good so I decided to take a risk on it for $600 shipped.
After receiving and installing the exhaust, here are my impressions. I'll start of with my gripes first.
-Instructions: None were included! This made figuring out how some parts (like the exhaust clamp hanger) went on a little confusing at first.
-Build quality: overall I am pretty impressed with the product but there are some areas that could use improvement. The badge on the right hand muffler overlaps a bit with the clamp and there is a blemish in one spot in the resin (luckily not super noticeable except up close, will update with more pics later).
-Description: This exhaust is marketed as a carbon fiber exhaust (which it technically is), but it is actually appears to be stainless steel internals with a thick carbon fiber outer shell. For this reason, its not absurdly light like I would expect a solely carbon fiber muffler to be. Not sure if that is common with other carbon exhausts in the same price range.
Now for the good things:
-Sound: WOW! This exhaust sounds AWESOME! Smooth and not raspy at all even without baffles installed. It has gotten a lot of compliments already from both fellow riders and car enthusiasts from multiple clubs I hang around.
-Looks: I would argue this exhaust is one of the best looking exhausts available for the FZ6. This exhaust coupled with the fender eliminator I installed at the same time, completes this bike. It looks phenomenal.
Currently my FZ is being dyno tuned with a power commander 5 by EDR Performance, so we will see what kind of numbers it puts down hopefully this week! I'll post more pictures once I get the bike back, but for now here's a few I took with my iPotato4
After looking around online and watching some videos I landed on an exhaust by a company called Tiger Exhaust Systems. They are located in Turkey and I couldn't really find any third party info about them (they sell direct to consumer as opposed to through retailers), but their product looked and sounded good so I decided to take a risk on it for $600 shipped.
After receiving and installing the exhaust, here are my impressions. I'll start of with my gripes first.
-Instructions: None were included! This made figuring out how some parts (like the exhaust clamp hanger) went on a little confusing at first.
-Build quality: overall I am pretty impressed with the product but there are some areas that could use improvement. The badge on the right hand muffler overlaps a bit with the clamp and there is a blemish in one spot in the resin (luckily not super noticeable except up close, will update with more pics later).
-Description: This exhaust is marketed as a carbon fiber exhaust (which it technically is), but it is actually appears to be stainless steel internals with a thick carbon fiber outer shell. For this reason, its not absurdly light like I would expect a solely carbon fiber muffler to be. Not sure if that is common with other carbon exhausts in the same price range.
Now for the good things:
-Sound: WOW! This exhaust sounds AWESOME! Smooth and not raspy at all even without baffles installed. It has gotten a lot of compliments already from both fellow riders and car enthusiasts from multiple clubs I hang around.
-Looks: I would argue this exhaust is one of the best looking exhausts available for the FZ6. This exhaust coupled with the fender eliminator I installed at the same time, completes this bike. It looks phenomenal.
Currently my FZ is being dyno tuned with a power commander 5 by EDR Performance, so we will see what kind of numbers it puts down hopefully this week! I'll post more pictures once I get the bike back, but for now here's a few I took with my iPotato4