Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

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Re: Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

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Hmmm, the best one for me, but I'd not part with akra money for that and would just keep the original one.

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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:37 pm Hmmm, the best one for me, but I'd not part with akra money for that and would just keep the original one.

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That particular one isn't insane money at £750... but it's still a LOT
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You'd wonder how hard it can be to build a system that isn't fugly or bodged looking.

I know manufacturers have their hands tied to a degree by emissions/noise regs,but it seems sometimes 'pretty' isn't even a factor.
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Re: Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

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weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:58 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:37 pm Hmmm, the best one for me, but I'd not part with akra money for that and would just keep the original one.

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That particular one isn't insane money at £750... but it's still a LOT
Calsport are selling them through eBay. I think I paid £675 or so for mine. Not cheap but I was feeling flush and I liked it :lol:
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Re: Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

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rusty wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 3:51 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:58 pm
Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:37 pm Hmmm, the best one for me, but I'd not part with akra money for that and would just keep the original one.

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That particular one isn't insane money at £750... but it's still a LOT
Calsport are selling them through eBay. I think I paid £675 or so for mine. Not cheap but I was feeling flush and I liked it :lol:
GOt some more pics mate? from the back? how's the sound ?
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Yeah it's not bad. Whether i like it THAT much is open to debate, but it's better than many of the options.
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Are Akras really worth almost twice the price of black widows. :wtf:

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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:18 pm Are Akras really worth almost twice the price of black widows. :wtf:

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Yamaha-MT09- ... 1438.l2649

I hear that mate.
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Ultra short cans always look a bit silly.
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Yorick wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:02 pm Ultra short cans always look a bit silly.
But that's what the XSR 900 comes with as standard and that's what all of them look like. I totally agree with you normally on that, but in this instance and say a GSXR-750K7, that's how they are, so that's all fine.

The XSR looks far worse with what we'd class as a standard shape exhaust.

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Well I reckon... you've got the best on. Perfect length , nice shape with side outlet. Like the short akra with 3 outlet holes, suits bike well aswel. The stock one with its rear facing round outlet ain't as nice imo. Long ones look awful.

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Dodgy knees wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:04 pm Well I reckon... you've got the best on. Perfect length , nice shape with side outlet. Like the short akra with 3 outlet holes, suits bike well aswel. The stock one with its rear facing round outlet ain't as nice imo. Long ones look awful.

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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 2:33 pm Can't say i'm keen on this either tbh.

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Update...I like this best.
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Re: Happy new bike day.... WTF, what do you mean it's a Yamaha ???

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weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:07 pm
Yorick wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 6:02 pm Ultra short cans always look a bit silly.
But that's what the XSR 900 comes with as standard and that's what all of them look like. I totally agree with you normally on that, but in this instance and say a GSXR-750K7, that's how they are, so that's all fine.

The XSR looks far worse with what we'd class as a standard shape exhaust.

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I bet that sounds a bit fruity :mrgreen:
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Taipan wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 5:18 pm Are Akras really worth almost twice the price of black widows. :wtf:

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https://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/xsr-900-601-c.asp
New listing on eBay for a black widow system.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MT-09-Tracer ... SwqV1fFdbY

Hmmm that answers that question.

Latest update is that the mt09 system is back on there, in waiting in quotes for ceramic coating the xsr system.
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weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:53 pm
New listing on eBay for a black widow system.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MT-09-Tracer ... SwqV1fFdbY

Hmmm that answers that question.

Latest update is that the mt09 system is back on there, in waiting in quotes for ceramic coating the xsr system.
Don't people want to sell stuff? Half an hour cleaning those pipes up so that they didn't look like they'd been fitted to a submarine would make them so much more saleable.

Oh yes, get your feet out of the picture too :)
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Druid wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 8:00 pm
weeksy wrote: Mon Jul 20, 2020 7:53 pm
New listing on eBay for a black widow system.

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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MT-09-Tracer ... SwqV1fFdbY

Hmmm that answers that question.

Latest update is that the mt09 system is back on there, in waiting in quotes for ceramic coating the xsr system.
Don't people want to sell stuff? Half an hour cleaning those pipes up so that they didn't look like they'd been fitted to a submarine would make them so much more saleable.

Oh yes, get your feet out of the picture too :)
Exactly! 10 minutes with some Harpic 10X would have improved them 80%!
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I'm glad he never as it shows me they're not worth my money.
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Post by crust »

I've got cleaner exhausts than that :D

The one you've got now + black ceramic coating.