Hey everyone, im new to the forum. Ive been riding for about 5 years now and I just bought a new 2006 cbr1000rr, i love it, althought im thinking of putting on a yoshi rs-5 slip on ....what do you do with the stock heat shield? does titanium or carbon fiber or stainless need a heat shield?? any help would be greatly appreciated... how easy is it to put on??

 

lose the shield
you dont need it with titanium or carbon fiber

or you can use the Cool-It brand thermal tape under the tail if you are worried about plastics

do a search on the yosh for this bike on www.1000rr.net

they basically are only good for about 5hp

 

is there any need in changing the exhaust then?? how bout fender eliminator kits? i bought one and had to take it back, cause it looked like **** because you could see the heat sheild

 

I have the full rs-5 system, and I removed the stock heat shield. The new exhaust comes with heat shield paper with sticky back.. It's working good so far.

 

pipes like sato or arata
have been proven to add anywhere from 10 to 15 horses depending on the map
plus they sound great but cost about twice what the yosh does

i have the sportbikecreation race kit
on my arata pipe

there are two arata slip ons
the one like i have that comes out crooked like the sato pipe and the arata box style
it comes out straight
there is no difference in performance

for the crooked pipe you will have to trim some plastic off of this FE kit to clear the pipe
straight pipes fit fine

i removed both the heat shield under the tail and the one by my right leg

there is Cool It thermal tape painted black under my rear tray

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you will also find on 1000rr.net that one of the mods (Speedy) had a conversation with Yosh about their pipe and even they told him that both the full and slip on will only net 5-7 horses

the only advantage to the yosh full is weight
and price
you can get a full yosh for the same price as an arata or sato slip on