2006 Exhaust

i just picked up my 06 in Pearl white and couldn't be happier with the bike, but i need put a new exhuast on it as fast as i can. The bike has great looks but needs a sound to go along with it. Does anyone have a recommendation for a great sounding exhaust for this bike?

thanks in advance...

duke

 

Hi duke and welcome to the group. Some will recommend Staintune but it is really personal preference. You can find some sound clips here:http://vfrworld.com/forums/modifications/3310-exhaust-sound-clips.html: I have a 93 with a D&D canister on it and I like the sound. In fact, if you have ever heard a gto class race car (with a v-8) on TV, it kinda sounds like one those. Keep in mind that the clips may not do the real thing justice and that the rel thing may sound better or worse depending on your personal preferences for db level.

 

D&D doesnt make exhaust for the 06 VFR (Not that I can find) Thats what I wanted.. A buddy has the d&d on his 98 and I like the way they sound..

I am also looking for a set of pipes for my 06 VFR.. New or Used.. Cheaper the better..LOL..

 

You can always gut the stock cans. Everyone loves the sound of mine. And it is real chaep.

 

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You just remove the pretty end caps, Cut off where the weld marks are, then place pretty end caps back on and you just save yourself 800+++ dollars:smile:
Greg

 

Really?? you just cut the end off and put the cap back on or do you have to reweld the peice that you cut off after you take the guts out??

 

Yeah it's harder than it sounds. I got the idea on the other board. Cut off the end caps, remove baffles and weld end caps back on. It sounds real easy but it is alot of work. It all depends on what tools and ability you have as to how easy it is. I got a set of cans from a guy who put on some microns. I had a welder cut the end caps off with a band saw. I removed the baffles with an air chisel. And then I had the welder weld the end caps back on. I am a honda auto tech so the tools were no problem. I like the sound a whole lot and so does everyone who has heard them. Louder than staintunes, I think they are about perfect. I spent like 65 bucks including the cost of the mufflers. It took a little while to figure it out, but I could do a set now in less than an hour. Now I have 800 bucks to spend elsewhere.

 

so the baffle(is that the plate at the second weld toward the front of the bike ) I took a flash light and looked in to the pipe and it looks like a plate with a couple small holes in it.. It looks like I could take a long drill bit and punch out a bunch of hole and get a little better flow..and not even take the pipes apart or unmount them from the bike.. Would that work.??

 

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You do not have to re weld. It took me about an hour to do the whole thing(if you have a hole saw (sp). This is the process I did as guys on the VFRDISCUSSION board said to do.

Take exhaust off bike-just where it meets the cat
Take the pretty end caps off-alan wrench
Now if you cut the cans right before the weld mark the pretty end caps could still go on from where you took them off.
After I cut them off I just put the end caps back on. (you can put hight temp exhaust fill in the end caps so they do not turn yellow after a long period of time.


I did not take the baffles out. I feel that you do not need to do this process if you do not re-weld the exhaust end back in. By leaveing them off and just using the pretty end caps to cover you get plenty of nice noise. If all this does not help go to vfrdiscussion.com and go to mods and do a search it will come up on pictures and everything.

Me being cheep and having no money spending close to a grand for noise was not an option, I rather by, GPS, autocom, Hard bags, and the list goes on for more useful items. You get the point. The hardest thing about this is to just get the saw and start cutting. You can alsways get a back up exhaust from e-bay. Hope this helps.
Greg
N.J.
00vfr800

 

I see what you are saying.. But if you just cut the end off and leave it off.. How did you seal off the pretty end cap so you dont have exhaust leaks around the end cap..

 

Precisely, There are several ways to do it. All are disscussed on vfrd. Some folks have left the end caps off, but I think that is a crappy way to do it. What about all the black stains from exhaust not coming out of the holes. Seems dirty to me.

 

Yeah well I tried to gut the stockers and F@#$ing scraped the pipes.. Now I have no choice but to but aftermarket because I can ride untill I do.. What a joke.. I dont know what year they are gutting but the 06 is BS.. It took 6 hours to get one side off and I had to cut the heat sheild the is welded to the cans.. and then trimed the sheild to try to reweld the one side.. and smoked the can. on the lowest heat.. Man I should have known better than to try that chit.. Oh well leason learned.. I am so pissed.. What a waste of my time and my riding time..

 

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What?? Did you look at vfrdiscussion.com???? I think you did way too much hacking?? There will be no color issues if you wash your bike and put the exhaust sealant in the end caps. The end caps go right back where they should go, IF you did not cut too far down into the main cans. LOOK at the VFR discussion site there is a step by step and pictures on how to do. Many riders did this mode that I know, and yes there is different ways to do it. I just would not give up a $1000.00. Hell I would meet you in PA or WV if you would pay me to save you a $1,000.Plus that would give me a good reason to go on a trip.:smile:
Greg

 

That is were I got my step by step instructions.. And I geuss those instructions are for other years but dont work on the 06.. I made clean cuts were they said to and had to end up chopping the pipe up to get the guts out.. And went to weld it back up and the lowest setting on my welder fried the metal.. and now it is unfixable..

 

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Sorry to hear about your bad fortune. Staintunes sound good, but I like the look of Lasers. Try e-bay you might get lucky.
Greg

 

I have been looking to get some aftermarkets for a while(just thought I would see how well the gutted stock would sound) It just didnt work out for me.. I have looked on ebay everyday for a month now and no 06 VFR pipes.. I have ask around what is the best sounding pipes for the VFR and everyone says Staintunes (but I cant bring myself to the $900 for a set of exhast) so I am thinking Remus,Micron, or go really cheap and get the Scorpions for $450..

I have heard ppl say good and bad about all of them so I dont know which is better out of the 3 pipes I am looking at. This is turning into a pain in the arse.. to be honest.. I dont have any 6th gen VFR's around so I cant hear any aftermarket exhaust in person so I dont know which to get.

 

Damn I dont inderstand how the pipes got ruined. I guess he didnt know they are stainless, not pure but stainless. I had to wait three months to find a set of takeoff pipes, I studied what I needed to do the whole waiting time, so that I understood what I was doing. I dont think you studied it enough, rather just went for out of impatience. Which I understand because the stock is stupid quiet. I didnt want to ruin my stock set. I now have two sets, stock and gutted. I think you didnt take enough time. like I said in my previous post you have to have the right tools. The units are very robust and a hacksaw just wont do it easily. I have never heard of this happening before. The pipes are not ruined, They can be fixed by a GOOD welder. With the polished covers on you will never be able to see it. Send them to me and I will fix them up. Dont throw them away please they can be fixed. Do you realize they are near a grand from honda.

 

Well bud I have about 12 years of welding behind me stick,mig,tig, So I know how to weld.. And as of not taking enough time.. I have been reading post about gutting for over a month now.. Also I spend 4 hours on just one side of the exhaust..I dont see how you can say they are robust.. the metal is paper thin.. I hit the metal and it burnt up like a sheet of paper on fire.. I've never seen anything like it.. I was going to spot weld all the way around and then finish weld it.. I hit the first spot weld and like I said it burnt up like a piece of paper on fire it just spread to a good 2"hole.. ANd YES I was set up for stainless.. Maybe it was a material defect I dont know but I tried to repair it and it was a no go.. SO IN A RAGE OD ANGER.. I got the slugde hammer from hell.. If you want it I will pull it out of the trash and mail it to you.. LMAO..

 

Sorry man I didnt mean any disrespect. I didnt know you were the welder. I didnt weld mine, had an expert do it. He had no problem at all. I wonder if you did have something wrong with your metal. I dont know what you mean about paper thin. At the welds the cans have to be 5-7mm thick. I know I was surprised how thick mine were. Did you really smash em? I just hope you can get some soon. The set you get will probably be the set you can get first. I have heard of people waiting a month or 3 for theirs. Good luck.