Save your $ on aftermarket exhaust

Hey Guys,
This weekend I was bored and felt like tinkering with my bike trying to figure out how I could make my bike breathe and sound better. I started disassembling the exhaust from the frame and cat. I took off all the chrome pieces and looked over the exhaust to see where I could drill and cut into it with out destroying it. I saw my mark at the exit of the exhaust. They almost give you an ouline of where to cut along the weld. I fired up my compressor got my air cutter and started cutting into the exaust right next to the weld. About 15 mins later it the exhuast was wide open. I left the two exhuast ports on each side and reattached the caps, chrome, and mounted it back up. I was so excited on starting my bike up. I was relieved when I heard that raw V4 growl. It is the perfect project for those D.I.Yers. It sounds alot louder than stock but not overpowering.

 

Sweet, did you take any pictures?

 

Can you give more detail and pictures of what you did? Once you cut the exhaust, how did you reassemble things? I love the look of the stock exhaust and would love to be able to modify that to make the bike breathe easier as opposed to going aftermarket.

 

ya pictures and a sound clip would be great!

already blew 800 on staintunes.:frown:

 

Yes I can get some pictures of what work I performed. It is really easy but visual reference is always helpful.

 

If you like the look of the OEM's but want something aftermarket have a look at this: http://www.exoticsportbike.com/VFR800_V-TEC.jpg or http://www.bosexhausts.com

 

Did you weld the inner end cap back on? Shoot a picture to us.....With and with out the crome cover on. Speed Safe Will

 

WOW this is what ive been looking for... I cant afford aftermarket cans... can u send some pics or something. What did you remove from inside the pipes... etc... :strong:

 

Sounds like exactly what I did and it sounds GREAT!!!!!
She crackles and barks on down-shifts and sounds like a howling banshee pegged up to redline!!!
I have pics of where I cut my cans as well as a pic of the baffles/packing I removed on my member pics!!!
Check it out!!

 

anything bad happen to your engines since you've done this mod?