hi this is my first sport bike i picked it up the other day i have hear various things about octain ratings that i should be running in the bike i did not recive an owners manual in with the bike but what is the recomended octain rating for the bike.


also the bike came with an aftermarket exuast system wich is loud im looking to make the bike really quit i dont care if it robs horse power any recomandations

 

congradulations and welcome! recommended octane is 87 as far as a quite exhaust stock is going the be the quietest bust yoshimura makes a zyclone street baffle...pretty much every exhaust manuf makes a "street baffle" exhaust whice will bring the volume down.

 

thanks for the information. yah i want to try to go as quit as i can i like the look of the exuast on it its just way to loud losing hp isnt an issue for me. i think the prior owner said it was an m4 . so im probly beter off going back to the stock exuast system then?

 

I have a perfect stock exhaust from an 01. I'll send you a pick tomorrow if you want - you can probably pick on up on ebay pretty cheap too.

 

okay thanks

 

you need horsepower... the F4i handles great , but has no *****

 

You need to know that the "noise" isn't just for having noise. it makes other drivers aware that you are around. HP gain or not a little noise is a good thing.

 

yah thats a really good point painetedblue i didnt think of thanks for the heads up. and i really dont need the hp it goes good for me i dont drive fast at all im very happy with the it i dont need any more hp. when we first ran it was ultra loud though i couldnt even here my self talking but after the eingine warmed up and the it idealed down it wasnt so bad it actually was right where i wanted it.

 

chances are it's really noisey bc it A) doesn't have a baffle or B) the baffle needs to be replaced. my old EX had no baffle and it was loud as hell, set off car alarms it was so loud. personally i loved it. bike looked like hell but you could sure as **** hear it coming. if you need to replace or put in new packing it's typically less then $20.

 

thanks for all the info blue point.

here is a pic of the bike [IMG][/IMG]. i was wondering where i could get a set of grafics to replace the ones that are torn he said the bike was like that when he got it the wired part to me is there are no scratches in the the paint just the graffic were like that so i want to have them replaced any ideas where i can get a set . also im looking for a good shop in my area to change the cct from auto to manual i could do the install but im worried about ajusting it properly.

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