Going back to stock exhaust?

About to pick up my new vfr1200 dct and this is probably going to sound like an outrageous question but I'm most likely going back from the aftermarket exhaust fitted to it to the standard exhaust it came with. Several reasons including excessively loud and want the missus to want to be on the back not avoid riding with me, a few others but the main one would be getting it past the registration process or roadworthy when transferring the rego from one state to the other.

Now I know because of the secondary valve in the stock exhaust there is a cable or pulley or something that has to be fitted somewhere to the bike to make it work. Its not just a process of sliding the pipe straight back on but does anyone have instructions or pictures on how to do that?

As I don't have it yet I don't know if I'll just figure it out or not but thought I'd fish around while waiting for its arrival.

 

Do you mean "new" to you or new? Have you ridden the bike and know for a fact it is too loud or put your wife on the back to see what she thinks? What kind of skidlids are you going to be wearing? Some folks ride with earplugs that come in all sorts of configurations. Some folks have comm devices in their helmets. So they can tune in to audio versions of Oprah re-runs , and the ability to call ahead to WalMart customer service for the price of cottage cheese.

Downloading a service manual may be a little iffy. Your local more than friendly dealer will be more than happy to sell you one, or even two in case you lose the first one.

Do you have the stock muffler and linkage?

Maybe access an online parts source stocking Honda parts and look for a drawing on to get a look at what is involved. Utube maybe?

 

Ok its not new, its a used bike or second hand, I've owned a VT1000, 2 VFR800 VTEC's, ZX-14, BMW 120GSA and currently ride a BMW F800GS with aftermarket pipe. Most of my bikes have had aftermarket pipes and yes I have test ridden the VFR1200 in several incarnations including the one I'm about to pick up and even compared to my current and previous bikes it is loud.

I normally ride with either spongey ear protection or earmold custom molded rubber/plastic ear protection with small speakers in them for music. The last time I rode a stock VFR1200 the wind noise was louder than anything else but the one I'm getting the exhaust note was ridiculously loud, almost harley davidson or ducati loud.

I will be picking up the stock muffler and linkage as spares when I pick up the bike and know its not just a case of slipping the muffler back on. Its the other part beyond slipping it on that I'm looking for help with, any advice will be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the reply though.

 

Hey Redviffer, welcome to the world of VFRness!

Oh and congrats on finding a 7th gen that suits you needs and wants. On the subject of the exhaust valve and sundry attachments I'm confident that one our members here will be able to provide you with detailed information on re-installation of the OEM unit. I'm sure they will also be in line to buy your aftermarket system as well which is what brand exactly?. We just need to wait for them to wake up this morning and log in. I'm actually pretty confident that when you get an OEM system in your hands it will all make sense and you will have no issue installing it on your bike.

So post up some pics of the new machine when you get a chance and fill us in on the back story, the whole W5 (who, what,when, where, why) because some of us are still under several feet of snow and have nothing better to do than read your story and live vicariously through it. We are a monster that needs to be fed daily!

 

Have you checked to see if the aftermarket pipe has the baffle installed? The majority of us who buy a slip on, remove the baffle. I would give it a test ride with the baffle in before you choose to go back to stock. Then you could have the best of both worlds... baffle in for those rides with the mrs and long tours, baffle out for solo canyon runs. Just a thought.

 

I'm pretty sure it was baffles out but as it's a second hand bike I'm pretty sure the baffles didn't come with it or if they did the salesman never mentioned it. Might have to look at purchasing a set of baffles perhaps......

 

Redviffer, I'm guessing that at the moment you don't know which brand that exhaust is. Have any pictures (or pictures to link) of the bike your purchasing?
John

 

Make the dealer provide them as a condition of the sale. Chances are, the noise level of the pipe does not meet local laws without the baffle. Dealer is required by law to make the bike legal for street use prior to sale.

 

Now that I am properly impressed, what you may find is that the aftermarket muffler has not been installed correctly either by a dealership or by the previous owner.

If you have not picked up the OEM unit and linkage with out at least looking for a parts breakdown or drawing on the net, all the help you might get here is not worth a dime if you don't have all the parts or the parts should have been installed on the aftermarket muffler and are MIA.

Other areas that may be in need of attention in the way of homework are any and all instructions that came with the aftermarket unit.

Your response is typical of a noob on a forum and making the error that you are dealing with a shitload of yokels who just got dropped off a cabbage wagon.

Loved the misuse of the word "incarnation" We have a Carnation, Washington here and even a Carnation research dairy farm. Pretty country and part of an almost 30 year history of my MC's Spring Opener. The ride goes thought cow country and years ago I named it the "Ride of a thousand fragrances" because of the smell of bullshit.

Other than that you are entirely welcome.

If you find at some point that the aftermarket unit is in fact HD or Ducati loud with proper installation, sharing that with the owners of 1200's might be a welcome entre' I have one mself..

 

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Badbilly you are the reason people leave forums. Got to hand it to you though, your keyboard warriorness is impressive, maybe I should follow your posts and take notes on how to be a better badass!

This is the exhaust but couldn't find any fitting instructions on that site:

http://www.damexhaust.com/mybike.php?lang=en&brand_id=75&model_id=214&type_id=359

I've watched some videos on it now and according to their tests with a sound meter (or whatever it's called, I know badbilly is just waiting to pounce again for an incorrect use of a word) is actually only two decibels louder than stock without a baffle in which I have to say has completely stumped me.

Maybe it is actually fitted incorrectly. Now to pick it up and find out. Thanks for all your replies, badbilly not so much.

 

With any luck you may find someone in your area who wants to change the exhaust on their bike and may be interested in swapping you or their stock exhaust. It might also be worth it to check with your local dealer and mention that you have an after market exhaust on your bike, and would be interested in trading with someone buying a new or newer VFR1200. Never hurts to ask..

Good luck with the search and Welcome to the Forum.

 

Since you were stumped in the first place, have I made it worse or better for you? LOL Accurate sound levels expressed in Db are relative at best and in digital term of not much value. Until you hear this can with and without the baffles all the rest including your BP is bullshit mixed mixed with advertising hype.

A little factoid in language not of the incarnate word but in elementary Spanish, Advertising in Spanish is "propaganda'.

The question now is are you leaving or staying? Most of the dudes from OZ and NZ are here to stay. I would hate to think they might have to admit that even some dudes from OZ are pussies.