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faniebraai said:
Not me. But talking about Akra. How much of a difference does the pipe make to sound and performance?

Where's [MENTION=152330]FNfal[/MENTION] ?
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Dude, slipons help minder as fekol. On my 118kw beast, the slipon adds 0.5kw with a power commander. The header with a power commander adds 5.5kw.

They're just there to prettify bikes.

If you want popping and a better tone, I think a decat is the way to go.
 
GhostSixFour said:
So you never clean your chain? Just add additional lube? Do you wipe the excess or just spray and leave?

Are you telling me that my new gold chain won't be gold again? The horror.. :)
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Previous chained bike I did the whole spiel of cleaning the chain and lubing it up every 500km.

Replaced chain and sprockets at 28,000km if I remember correctly but it definitely wasn’t later than that.

Triumph I only ever used chain wax and then every 1000km or so when the clocks rolled over or when I remembered.

Only ever when I got home and the chain was warm so it baked in overnight. No excess to worry about or anything like that.

Sold at 37000km with original chain and sprockets and still looked like it would do another 10,000km.
 
SauRoNZA said:
Previous chained bike I did the whole spiel of cleaning the chain and lubing it up every 500km.

Replaced chain and sprockets at 28,000km if I remember correctly but it definitely wasn’t later than that.

Triumph I only ever used chain wax and then every 1000km or so when the clocks rolled over or when I remembered.

Only ever when I got home and the chain was warm so it baked in overnight. No excess to worry about or anything like that.

Sold at 37000km with original chain and sprockets and still looked like it would do another 10,000km.
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Mmmm.. Certainly sounds easier. :) Might give this a go. Partly cause it really appeals to the procrastinator in me.
 
faniebraai said:
Not me. But talking about Akra. How much of a difference does the pipe make to sound and performance?

Where's [MENTION=152330]FNfal[/MENTION] ?
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It makes a massive difference to the noise all depending on how *** the stock setup was.

Performance kind of depends on the bike and the factory tune whether it was very treehugger friendly etc. Engine type comes into play as well.

No more than 5hp that’s for sure. But worth finding out if Yamaha have a factory race map they’ll do for free etc.

Don’t buy it for performance but rather for looks and a nicer noise.
 
GhostSixFour said:
Mmmm.. Certainly sounds easier. Might give this a go. Partly cause it really appeals to the procrastinator in me.
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Cut a toilet roll in half and hold it behind the chain as you spray.

Couldn’t be easier.

That being said I applied this logic to a road bike. Not sure how it would play out on a GS that goes off-road and such.

Then again I pick up plenty of sand and *** riding in the rain etc.
 
KingMikel said:
Dude, slipons help minder as fekol. On my 118kw beast, the slipon adds 0.5kw with a power commander. The header with a power commander adds 5.5kw.

They're just there to prettify bikes.

If you want popping and a better tone, I think a decat is the way to go.
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Header + Power Commander is always going to get you more total outputs but at a much higher cost per kilowatt ultimately.

Especially if you work potential earlier failure into that equation.

But in fairness your class of bike is already blood from a stone kind of setup so there really isn’t that much to gain, at least not legally with all the treehugger ***.

The smaller engines tend to get a lot more out per rand spent as a percentage of improvement due to having to have cut costs in the first place.

There’s also something to be said for driveability before and after mods. But this can be positive and negative.

My Buell was much better for it after the fact. Lower down torque improvement, smoother full through the revs and fuel economy was a lot better while making a lovely noise.

My Triumph lost it’s low down torque and required a lot more revs to get going, but up top it screamed like a banshee and revved up much faster and felt like it made a significant deal more power for it.

It did however explode at 33,000km...
 
SauRoNZA said:
Header + Power Commander is always going to get you more total outputs but at a much higher cost per kilowatt ultimately.

Especially if you work potential earlier failure into that equation.

But in fairness your class of bike is already blood from a stone kind of setup so there really isn’t that much to gain, at least not legally with all the treehugger ***.

The smaller engines tend to get a lot more out per rand spent as a percentage of improvement due to having to have cut costs in the first place.

There’s also something to be said for driveability before and after mods. But this can be positive and negative.

My Buell was much better for it after the fact. Lower down torque improvement, smoother full through the revs and fuel economy was a lot better while making a lovely noise.

My Triumph lost it’s low down torque and required a lot more revs to get going, but up top it screamed like a banshee and revved up much faster and felt like it made a significant deal more power for it.

It did however explode at 33,000km...
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There's your problem right there :D
 
SauRoNZA said:
Header + Power Commander is always going to get you more total outputs but at a much higher cost per kilowatt ultimately.

Especially if you work potential earlier failure into that equation.

But in fairness your class of bike is already blood from a stone kind of setup so there really isn’t that much to gain, at least not legally with all the treehugger ***.

The smaller engines tend to get a lot more out per rand spent as a percentage of improvement due to having to have cut costs in the first place.

There’s also something to be said for driveability before and after mods. But this can be positive and negative.

My Buell was much better for it after the fact. Lower down torque improvement, smoother full through the revs and fuel economy was a lot better while making a lovely noise.

My Triumph lost it’s low down torque and required a lot more revs to get going, but up top it screamed like a banshee and revved up much faster and felt like it made a significant deal more power for it.

It did however explode at 33,000km...
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Negative.

Price for the slipon is R18500. Price on the header is R12500.
 
R18500 for a fkn exhaust slip on? That's more than the rear silencer and tailpipes of my AMG
 
KingMikel said:
Negative.

Price for the slipon is R18500. Price on the header is R12500.
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****ing hell. That be some crazy ****.

Official BMW Akra? Their price was always crazy on the pipes but the headers for mine are way more.

And you can decat the original header for free or cheap you if you know a decent welder.
 
Sinbad said:
R18500 for a fkn exhaust slip on? That's more than the rear silencer and tailpipes of my AMG
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Precisely why I’ll be eBaying a LeoVince for like R7k.

Local pricing on exhausts has always been retarded. Now it seems even more so.
 
Sinbad said:
R18500 for a fkn exhaust slip on? That's more than the rear silencer and tailpipes of my AMG
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Everything about bikes are expensive. The bike, parts, services etc. And they wonder why less and less people are buying.
 
kfc4unme said:
Everything about bikes are expensive. The bike, parts, services etc. And they wonder why less and less people are buying.
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Yes sure.. but dude.. AMG, from the dealership ... That's not normal car ballpark in the first place.
 
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