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Re: GSX-S 750

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'Fuel' are reasonable for the money. I've had two and both felt reasonable quality
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I don't like the cans held together with a strip round each end of the can and rivets, so I may be stuck with the Ixil I have, which is supposedly road legal, but is LOUD, even with the baffles in
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I kinda get you on that one.

But the only can's I've had without bands are plain alloy ones, I think carbon cans need the bands to hold the CF together.

My old R6 I bought a oval alloy Remus Grandprix, that was a thing of beauty.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Just had a look at Cobra and Remus, both are bandy, might as well stick with what I've got, which is a little disappointing
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Get something to your design from somewhere like MHP, relatively local to you too.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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KungFooBob wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:41 pm But the only can's I've had without bands are plain alloy ones, I think carbon cans need the bands to hold the CF together.
The factory Triumph can on me Speed Triple doesn't....

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The thing is, nearly all carbon fibre you see on bikes is shit carbon fibre. Even the expensive stuff.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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That looks like it was made by Micron, their carbon cans were like that.

And the majority of carbon cans are crap.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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v8-powered wrote: Wed Nov 03, 2021 4:55 pm Get something to your design from somewhere like MHP, relatively local to you too.
Should be ready for 2025 with luck too :)
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I like the Leo Vince I have on the Duke but that has bands on it.

Lextek seems a reasonably popular budget brand not that I've had a good look at em
https://www.lextekproducts.com/exhausts ... S+750/2020
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Supermofo wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:03 am I like the Leo Vince I have on the Duke but that has bands on it.

Lextek seems a reasonably popular budget brand not that I've had a good look at em
https://www.lextekproducts.com/exhausts ... S+750/2020
IMO they're slightly less cheap and nasty than the Black Widow, but only fractionally.

In simple terms, quality costs... if you want a lovely and nice material exhaust, it'll cost more..

That said, unless you look after it, all exhausts will be fucked after winter use.
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What's this winter use you refer to?
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:25 am What's this winter use you refer to?
I'll be up your neck of the woods-ish this weekend, but not on the bike. It's looking bloody wet today and bloody cold the rest of it. Great Yarmouth is horrible enough at the best of times, I reckon it'll be even more grim in winter :lol: Still I'll be with 6 mates and drunk by 5pm today so all good :thumbup:
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Supermofo wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:47 am
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:25 am What's this winter use you refer to?
I'll be up your neck of the woods-ish this weekend, but not on the bike. It's looking bloody wet today and bloody cold the rest of it. Great Yarmouth is horrible enough at the best of times, I reckon it'll be even more grim in winter :lol: Still I'll be with 6 mates and drunk by 5pm today so all good :thumbup:
Please don't accuse me of having anything to do with Gt Yarmouth, it's like Skegness with less charm, it'll be bloody cold, and stay away from 50 year old blondes with big tits
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 10:52 am Please don't accuse me of having anything to do with Gt Yarmouth, it's like Skegness with less charm, it'll be bloody cold, and stay away from 50 year old blondes with big tits
I've been once. I paid for 4 hrs car parking and left after 1 :lol: What a hell hole.

Going for a rock weekend thing in a caravan park :o Booked in Nov 19, cancelled till now. I was umming and ahhing cos of Covid but only 4 bands I want to see so gonna use it as an opportunity to catch up with mates for a lads weekend. Be the first gig I've been to in a looong time, but I guess I need to go back at some point.

Expect a covid post next week :think:
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Good luck, take an electric heater of some sort, you'll need it in a caravan in November, aforementioned 50 year old with big tits used to work at a caravan park in Yarmouth
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Potter wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:14 pm There is nothing at all wrong with that exhaust, if it was an old bike then fair enough but buying a new bike and then fucking about with it just means you're already on the road to selling it.
Or I'm personalizing it.

Had a look at the weather for the weekend and it looks good for the East Coast in November, merely bracing rather than sub Artic
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Potter wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:14 pm There is nothing at all wrong with that exhaust, if it was an old bike then fair enough but buying a new bike and then fucking about with it just means you're already on the road to selling it.
That's crazy talk. Nothing at all wrong with making a few changes.
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Potter wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:49 pm

I think it looks just right as it is,
This part i do agree with though
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Potter wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:49 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Thu Nov 04, 2021 1:16 pm
Or I'm personalizing it.
Is it a keeper?

I think it looks just right as it is, if it was a hideous dustbin size can then I'd agree but after many years of watching people do this sort of stuff, as soon as they start thumbing through the M&P catalogue to throw stuff at a perfectly decent looking bike then it's just a matter of time before they decide it's not right for them.
That can be the way in some cases I suppose,but it took me 14 years to trade the ZX10R,which had a few extras over the years. :D
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Re: GSX-S 750

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I think the exhaust looks too MV Agusta, but I can't see it when I'm riding so it doesn't really matter, and the mudguard thing at the back doesn't bother me for the same reason.

Is it a keeper, probably not, will I still have it this time next year, probably.
Will it be the last 750 4 cylinder bike ever made, possibly, I don't think we'll see it's like again.
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