Aftermarket exhaust with centerstand?
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Aftermarket exhaust with centerstand?
I've seen pics of a 2nd gen CBR1000 w. a 4-1 pipe on it, and the centerstand in place. My bike has an older VH SS2R pipe and no centerstand (came that way). I assume it's like that because the center stand wouldn't fit, although I haven't tried. Do any of you know of a pipe that will definitely work with the centerstand? I'd go back to OEM, but I'd rather have the 40 pound savings than the slightly improved bottom end.
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Ya could have a welding shop "custom" one up for ya..
One of my neighbors is a Welding Guru (In the welding business)
He says ..........it's a snap
My thinking for myself is to get a used Stock Set and have him mod
the end box to a single outlet to suit whatever can I decide to use.
I'm leaning towards a good Arrow or Remus Dual Out Single Can.
One of my neighbors is a Welding Guru (In the welding business)
He says ..........it's a snap
My thinking for myself is to get a used Stock Set and have him mod
the end box to a single outlet to suit whatever can I decide to use.
I'm leaning towards a good Arrow or Remus Dual Out Single Can.
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The best of both worlds would be to fit a slip-on to the factory system. The trouble you have now is, if the bike is running fine, someone has re-jetted the carbs. If you go with something other than 4-1 you may have to re-jet back to factory.
The factory 4-1-2 gives good top, mid and low end performance. The slip-on takes you to 4-1-1 with the same end results while keeping what's under the bike that you can't see. The 1 in the x-1-x is a collector box that helps mid and low end. You may have been looking at a bike with a slip-on thinking it was a 4-1 set-up.
The V&H systems needed the center stand to be removed for installation. They are an all out performance pipe for racing where high end is needed. V&H made the pipes knowing that the racer would remove the center stand for racing and did not care.
The re-jetting thing may be a pain if you use something other than a pure performance system.
The factory 4-1-2 gives good top, mid and low end performance. The slip-on takes you to 4-1-1 with the same end results while keeping what's under the bike that you can't see. The 1 in the x-1-x is a collector box that helps mid and low end. You may have been looking at a bike with a slip-on thinking it was a 4-1 set-up.
The V&H systems needed the center stand to be removed for installation. They are an all out performance pipe for racing where high end is needed. V&H made the pipes knowing that the racer would remove the center stand for racing and did not care.
The re-jetting thing may be a pain if you use something other than a pure performance system.
Last edited by TimBucTwo; Jul 31, 2009 at 01:24 PM. Reason: added more high tech stuff.
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These would be lighter than factory but you they slip on to the original x-1-x collector.
http://shop.wemoto.com/pictures.dyn?k=MT-XH10L
http://shop.wemoto.com/pictures.dyn?k=MT-XH10L
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I've just modded my standard system. Chopped off most of the collector, removed the remaining gauze & then used two 2 1/2" 90 deg mandrel bends to make the rest of the pipe. I then put an old slip on from my 1100 on. This configuration gives me 4-2-1 & I can still use the centre stand as long as I weld the stop for it when it's in the up position.If it does what I hope I'll later take it to Redline Exhaust & have it done properly. Redline told me to use 2 1/4 bends but 2 1/2 were just easier. He also said that he modified a set of stock pipes the same as ours for a racing bike. That year the bike won the superbike championship using the stock headers. By the way. Redline exhaust are here in Adelaide South Australia & he only does bike exhausts.
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The best of both worlds would be to fit a slip-on to the factory system. The trouble you have now is, if the bike is running fine, someone has re-jetted the carbs. If you go with something other than 4-1 you may have to re-jet back to factory.
The factory 4-1-2 gives good top, mid and low end performance. The slip-on takes you to 4-1-1 with the same end results while keeping what's under the bike that you can't see. The 1 in the x-1-x is a collector box that helps mid and low end. You may have been looking at a bike with a slip-on thinking it was a 4-1 set-up.
The V&H systems needed the center stand to be removed for installation. They are an all out performance pipe for racing where high end is needed. V&H made the pipes knowing that the racer would remove the center stand for racing and did not care.
The re-jetting thing may be a pain if you use something other than a pure performance system.
The factory 4-1-2 gives good top, mid and low end performance. The slip-on takes you to 4-1-1 with the same end results while keeping what's under the bike that you can't see. The 1 in the x-1-x is a collector box that helps mid and low end. You may have been looking at a bike with a slip-on thinking it was a 4-1 set-up.
The V&H systems needed the center stand to be removed for installation. They are an all out performance pipe for racing where high end is needed. V&H made the pipes knowing that the racer would remove the center stand for racing and did not care.
The re-jetting thing may be a pain if you use something other than a pure performance system.
re: various pipes. Most of that is correct, but the VH SS2 pipe is a street pipe, not a race pipe (the 'SS' stands for 'super street'). Nobody ever raced a 2nd gen CBR1000 (nobody who wanted to win anyway
) and if they did, it was drag racing, not road racing, and that pipe is not a drag racing pipe. The big marketing point of the SS2 pipes when they came out was that they were quiet enough for street use, but still worked well/looked cool. Nobody racing cares how quiet it is.The bike I saw had a full pipe on it, not a slip-on. I'm interested in trying a stand now that the bloke above said that it worked with his...I'll post up and let folks now what happens.
