Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by Kayla » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:38 pm

slow codger wrote::D My carbon Microns weigh the same as a single standard silencer (which I also have for finnicky MOT testers - I think the not for road use on the back of the Microns puts them off!)

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The standard ones are horrendously heavy, yes. Using aftermarket cans saves about 6kg or so which is the weight of a standard silencer. Using a 2-1 would save a further 2.5 to 3kg I think. I know I'm obsessing but I can and I will :D I had a couple of aluminium cans on mine but fancied something different.
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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by dandywarhol » Thu Feb 25, 2010 3:56 pm

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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by Jak » Thu Feb 25, 2010 9:39 pm

slow codger wrote::D My carbon Microns weigh the same as a single standard silencer (which I also have for finnicky MOT testers - I think the not for road use on the back of the Microns puts them off!)

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Can't you just put a plate over that? or polish it out (as has allegedly been done to a pair of Scorpion cans I might've seen somewhere) ... as long as the MOT tester can't read the words "not for road use" then they just use their judgement on the noise level. I think ... I might be wrong though.
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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by Kayla » Fri Feb 26, 2010 4:59 am

Jak wrote:as long as the MOT tester can't read the words "not for road use" then they just use their judgement on the noise level. I think ... I might be wrong though.
That's right. As long as there's nothing on the exhaust that says otherwise it's all down to the tester's discretion. For the time it takes to swap them over though, it's not worth taking the pee and risking a fail, only to have to come back down to the garage a half an hour later with the legal ones on for a 'retest'. Don't ask how I know :x
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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by slow codger » Fri Feb 26, 2010 7:04 pm

:twisted: Apart from which it just looks better with the 'Not for road use'

I believe that you can cover them with tape as well, MOT person is not allowed to remove it in case they cause damage!!

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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by gregs656 » Fri Feb 26, 2010 9:45 pm

If your day to day cans are not loud enough to fail an MOT, they are not loud enough :lol:
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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by slow codger » Sat Feb 27, 2010 10:13 pm

:twisted: 96 db at 5000 revs, measured at Cadwell Park !!

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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by phuk72 » Sun Feb 28, 2010 11:12 am

slow codger wrote::twisted: 96 db at 5000 revs, measured at Cadwell Park !!

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Blimey that's quiet - my Devil was measurd at 107.2 at Cadwell! Even with the baffle in it was over 105 :lol:
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Re: Standard bore 2-1 exhaust? Anyone interested?

Post by slow codger » Sun Feb 28, 2010 7:36 pm

:shock: But not as good as the gixxer thou in front of me that went past 115db, they wouldnt let him on the track!!

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