Yea I would DEFFINATELY shorten them down if I was you. Shouldn't be to hard to accomplish with a Dremel and rivets.
Not your regular slip-ons :D
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You should send a PM to Wolfman. He shortened up a set of Two-bros (if I remember correctly) and they turned out awesome...
Looking forward to seeing and hearing your finished setup!
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It would be interesting to hear the sound. Those cans are designed for a 2 cylinder bike so the sound waves will be very unique if they are plonked onto a 4 cylinder bike. You might lose some power though.
Be that as it may, I think that those will look the beez neez! Almost better looking than Leo's, especially if you are attempting to slant them inwards a bit as they are on the Duke!
Be that as it may, I think that those will look the beez neez! Almost better looking than Leo's, especially if you are attempting to slant them inwards a bit as they are on the Duke!
You have done very well with that.
They do need to be shortened though.
Cheers
Nelly
They do need to be shortened though.
Cheers
Nelly
Chickenz
Big Wide B*****d
Finally finished and back on the road.
The length of the cans is definetly a personal preference thing. So far it's been pretty much a 50/50 split between those that like them long and those that think they need shortened. The subframe stops the cans from being tilted like on the 1098 so they have to be running horizontally .
I like them so for now they'll be staying full length (I think the numberplate balances it out just enough)
So from this:
To this:
Overall cost was about £180 or $285 USD So a little cheaper than getting lucky on evilbay and getting a set of cheap pre-owned cans.
To be honest I don't know if it's been done before but I like to think it's a first with 1098 cans.
Here are some pics and a video. The video was taken from my phone and it has made the exhaust note change a bit, the bike sounds nice and bassy in real life when ticking over.
Thanks to all that have followed me in this from daft idea to fitting.
Lee.
Video:
The length of the cans is definetly a personal preference thing. So far it's been pretty much a 50/50 split between those that like them long and those that think they need shortened. The subframe stops the cans from being tilted like on the 1098 so they have to be running horizontally .
I like them so for now they'll be staying full length (I think the numberplate balances it out just enough)
So from this:
To this:
Overall cost was about £180 or $285 USD So a little cheaper than getting lucky on evilbay and getting a set of cheap pre-owned cans.
To be honest I don't know if it's been done before but I like to think it's a first with 1098 cans.
Here are some pics and a video. The video was taken from my phone and it has made the exhaust note change a bit, the bike sounds nice and bassy in real life when ticking over.
Thanks to all that have followed me in this from daft idea to fitting.
Lee.
Video:
malicious439
The Technician
sounds good, :thumbup:
I like the sound, Next mod "Dual Headlights" cheap to do as well.
Nelly
Nelly
red06
Junior Member
shorten asap my eyes hurt:spank:
Circle
Junior Member
Sounds very throaty!
But it still reminds me of the 'Fembots' from Austin Powers.
And that could be a good thing!
But it still reminds me of the 'Fembots' from Austin Powers.
And that could be a good thing!
eh89
Junior Member
those sound nice.
great job.
I like the length of them, makes them look like hot rod pipes.
great job.
I like the length of them, makes them look like hot rod pipes.
Really nice sound. Still should be shortened IMO, but I'm impressed you were able to get it to work. Well done! :thumbup:
Chickenz
Big Wide B*****d
Sorry about the bump.
Gonna be pulling the back end apart in the coming week to cut the cans down and possibly look at the internal baffled as well.
Looking forward to seeing the shorter version if truth be told. Will post pics when it starts again.
Yahoo.
Gonna be pulling the back end apart in the coming week to cut the cans down and possibly look at the internal baffled as well.
Looking forward to seeing the shorter version if truth be told. Will post pics when it starts again.
Yahoo.
Chickenz
Big Wide B*****d
Finally got the time to get this started again.
Pulling the back end of the bike off was a lot easier the second time round. Just a case of lifting the seat, removing the side pods, taking 4 bolts out and undoing a couple of light connectors.
Then all I had to do was undo the clamps holding the cans on and then lift up the pillion handhold assembly to get to the exhaust strap bolts and undo those.
Once those were undone I pulled the cans off and set about pulling them apart again exactly as before.
It was then onto cutting them down. I decided to cut 110mm off each can (4 and a smidge inches) I was going to Dremel them down but it barely managed to tickle the can so out came the hacksaw and that was worse so a quick couple of calls later I was headed down to a metalwork business to get them cut down on a giant metal saw. Cost for that was £10 ( $15 dollars and change)
So now I have a pair of cut down cans waiting fitting.
I quickly jammed and end can on and stuck it on the bike. Gone from this:
To this:
That's the left can on the right side which is why it's upside down. Was hoping to have enough time to get both on for a sound check but didn't
Ah well. Roll on tomorrow
Pulling the back end of the bike off was a lot easier the second time round. Just a case of lifting the seat, removing the side pods, taking 4 bolts out and undoing a couple of light connectors.
Then all I had to do was undo the clamps holding the cans on and then lift up the pillion handhold assembly to get to the exhaust strap bolts and undo those.
Once those were undone I pulled the cans off and set about pulling them apart again exactly as before.
It was then onto cutting them down. I decided to cut 110mm off each can (4 and a smidge inches) I was going to Dremel them down but it barely managed to tickle the can so out came the hacksaw and that was worse so a quick couple of calls later I was headed down to a metalwork business to get them cut down on a giant metal saw. Cost for that was £10 ( $15 dollars and change)
So now I have a pair of cut down cans waiting fitting.
I quickly jammed and end can on and stuck it on the bike. Gone from this:
To this:
That's the left can on the right side which is why it's upside down. Was hoping to have enough time to get both on for a sound check but didn't
Ah well. Roll on tomorrow
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JimStl
Junior Member
Looks good. :thumbup:
PurpleZJ
Member
Those look good man, I'm excited to see them shortened. +1 for a great idea and for having my favorite fz6 color scheme
Chickenz
Big Wide B*****d
Sorted. What a bitch of a job that was with a drill that kept running out of battery and not enough drill bits. Finally managed it after my neighbour bailed me out with a corded monster drill.
Had to pluck out the exhaust sound proofing with an Allen key to make space for the caps to go back on but after that it was a case of drilling loads of holes and riveting up the cans.
What a cracking note comes off them now. Will get a sound check video up hopefully tomorrow.
Had to pluck out the exhaust sound proofing with an Allen key to make space for the caps to go back on but after that it was a case of drilling loads of holes and riveting up the cans.
What a cracking note comes off them now. Will get a sound check video up hopefully tomorrow.
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Chickenz
Big Wide B*****d
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Voila, one sound check. Annoyingly it doesn't sound whiny when you hear it in person. Must be a phone mic issue. Ah we'll I'm pleased with how it turned out. Deeper sound than before and looks a lot better now the cans stop just after the rear light.
Cheers for the comments and thanks for following this daft idea from start to finish.
Lee.
Voila, one sound check. Annoyingly it doesn't sound whiny when you hear it in person. Must be a phone mic issue. Ah we'll I'm pleased with how it turned out. Deeper sound than before and looks a lot better now the cans stop just after the rear light.
Cheers for the comments and thanks for following this daft idea from start to finish.
Lee.
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rodman
Junior Member
Can you do the CO mod on a 2004? If so i'd recommend it. It made a difference when i put an exhaust on my bike.
7UPyours
Junior Member
great job and what was your final cost of this project?
nivag
Junior Member
Sounding great and looks a lot better now!!
