GSX-S 750

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Re: GSX-S 750

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I'm 55 this year, I'm not sure I'm the noisy pipe type anymore.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:51 pm I'm 55 this year, I'm not sure I'm the noisy pipe type anymore.
How about noisy slippers ?

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:51 pm I'm 55 this year, I'm not sure I'm the noisy pipe type anymore.
I've spent hours looking at systems for my MT-07 and reading the reviews etc. I want something I can hear, but not something overly loud. It's not easy...
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Taipan wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:01 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 1:51 pm I'm 55 this year, I'm not sure I'm the noisy pipe type anymore.
I've spent hours looking at systems for my MT-07 and reading the reviews etc. I want something I can hear, but not something overly loud. It's not easy...
Akrapovic are always a good bet. A decent note with the baffles in and not hideously loud with baffles out.
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313833831353 ... ition=3000

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I was looking on behalf of him earlier and disappointed in this :(
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That's a bit ugly.
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Is this going to hijack LFGs thread. I'll quote you in mine as they're MT-07 ones...
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I'd like to see them on the bike. 👆 I like this underslung style, Mr Buell liked them too.

Bit of that magic cleaner and they might come up a treat.
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Skub wrote: Mon Jan 17, 2022 2:10 pm That's a bit ugly.
It looks like the love child of water plumbing and a dust buster
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Put the standard exhaust on it yesterday, went out for a ride today, the standard is staying on, the bike is quieter, smoother and definitely faster, the throttle response is a lot better as well.

The standard weighs about the same as the Ixil, which says a lot about the Ixil, it's very thick steel.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Re: GSX-S 750

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Standard exhaust is black because I didn't get one with the bike, this one was £30 off eBay and was brand new, you can smell the new paint getting hot.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:01 pm IMG_30012022_125741_(2000_x_900_pixel).jpg

Standard exhaust is black because I didn't get one with the bike, this one was £30 off eBay and was brand new, you can smell the new paint getting hot.
That's hideous. Nearly as bad as the standard can on mine :obscene-birdiedoublered:
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jan 23, 2022 2:03 pm Put the standard exhaust on it yesterday, went out for a ride today, the standard is staying on, the bike is quieter, smoother and definitely faster, the throttle response is a lot better as well.
If it were me and I know it's not,I'd pick an exhaust which pleased my eyes and get the bike flashed to suit. There are few stock cans now I'd be happy with.
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Well I'm happy with it, so it's staying on, I'd rather spend money on a rear shock for it
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:31 pm Well I'm happy with it, so it's staying on, I'd rather spend money on a rear shock for it
Exhaust,flash and a shock. :thumbup:
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Skub wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:41 pm
Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 4:31 pm Well I'm happy with it, so it's staying on, I'd rather spend money on a rear shock for it
Exhaust,flash and a shock. :thumbup:
Nope, just a shock, and even then the original isn't that bad, I'm probably better off just riding it
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sun Jan 30, 2022 1:01 pm IMG_30012022_125741_(2000_x_900_pixel).jpg

Standard exhaust is black because I didn't get one with the bike, this one was £30 off eBay and was brand new, you can smell the new paint getting hot.
Is it just an exhaust, or an exhaust/pannier combo? :wtf:
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Re: GSX-S 750

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Been out on it today, I've now done over 900 miles on it, not bad for 4 months in winter, tbh I didn't realised I'd owned it that long.
I still think it's great, it's like Suzuki have thought "let's build a bike for 55 year olds who had GSXR750s 20 to 30years ago" and then built a near perfect bike for me.
I'd forgotten how easy over taking cars is on a modern 750, just crack the throttle open and go, found out it will lift the front wheel a tiny bit in traction control mode 1, it also doesn't like hard acceleration on bumpy B roads, the rear shock can't keep the rear wheel in contact with the road.
The front tyre doesn't grip on squashed rodents.
And it feels a bit low geared.
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Le_Fromage_Grande wrote: Sat Feb 26, 2022 3:23 pm Been out on it today, I've now done over 900 miles on it, not bad for 4 months in winter, tbh I didn't realised I'd owned it that long.
I still think it's great, it's like Suzuki have thought "let's build a bike for 55 year olds who had GSXR750s 20 to 30years ago" and then built a near perfect bike for me.
I'd forgotten how easy over taking cars is on a modern 750, just crack the throttle open and go, found out it will lift the front wheel a tiny bit in traction control mode 1, it also doesn't like hard acceleration on bumpy B roads, the rear shock can't keep the rear wheel in contact with the road.
The front tyre doesn't grip on squashed rodents.
And it feels a bit low geared.
That's 450 more than I've done on mine