Re: Pipes

[Erik Miner <axeis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I bought the Triumph Carbon Silencer. The Triumph pipe sounds great, 
fits, and has welded in baffles like the Staintune, plus I could get 
Carbon fibre. I really didn't want a polished finish, carbon looks 
good and is easy to keep clean. Also the bike runs great since the 
"tune" is for this pipe.  The Staintune is well made and sounds 
great, with welded in baffles it does not need to be repacked every x 
amount of miles. I have had Staintunes in the past. What I don't like 
is the Stainless Steel turns golden colored in a few thousand miles, 
I don't care for that, just my opinion. The Two Bros. is very nicely 
finished great looking carbon fibre. BUT I didn't want a can that 
needs to be repacked every 10k miles as the guy at Two Bros told me. 
The D&D is for shit. I've seen too many rusted pitted and ratty 
looking, not a really quality product, IMO . I really  wanted a Remus 
can in carbon fibre but they don't have one YET.

Erik


>OK, OK, I don't mean to beat a dead horse, but I failed to find the kind
>of details I wanted during a search of past posts to the list.
>
>Lisa and I are on the verge of buying a pipe for each bike and would
>like to hear from those with experience.  There has been a lot of detail
>on the Triumph pipe, so I am looking to hear from those with other
>aftermarket pipes.  The Triumph pipe may get the nod though since it
>seems to be of very high quality.
>
>I hear Staintune is good choice for its all stainless construction.  D&D
>seems to be pretty good for its power increase.  And Two Brothers looks
>pretty good with a suitable power increase as well.  The latter two seem
>to have "glass pack" construction. Is this an issue worth considering?
>Our criteria is a reasonable power increase without degrading the
>usability.  Also would like a little more engine noise, but at speed for
>cross country runs, we don't want it to be too invasive.  Saving weight
>is not too big of an issue since we ride with the bags on most of the
>time.
>
>Since there has been a significant amount of bandwidth on this, feel
>free to e-mail me off list if you have the time to share your thoughts.
>We have no experience with the results of changing pipes except what we
>hear and see other bikes, i.e. we have no seat time before and after a
>pipe change.
>
>For those who selected the Triumph pipe, i would be interested in why
>you chose that pipe vs. other aftermarket pipes.  Quality, sound,
>triumph badge, etc...
>
>Thanks,
>
>..Richard White
>
>
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