A real Exhaust thread.

[CirclesCenter]

Ok nerds. I've looked a bit an no one makes the exhaust I want.

Passengers? Screw'em.
Noise? Oh yes lotsa noise!
Power? In heaping steamy globs!

But the number one concern? Ground clearance. I want more lean.

I have access to a pipe bender, and I'm a damn fine welder. (And willing to go through 50 feet of pipe to get it right.) So there will be no problems there.


What I'm thinking is needed is a nice glasspack straight through muffler, small and short. That's where I'm having trouble. Most of my exhaust knowledge is for cars.

So help me out!

[Susuki_Jah]

http://gstwins.com/gsboard/index.php?topic=32964.0

I have been talking about building an exhuast as well. last year I tig welded a 3" exhaust , including the DP for my 83 volvo turbo wagon.

if you look at the pic with the susuki racer in there he has small cans. and basically you described a Vance & Hines system thats what I have now. I am happy with it I just want somthing more cosmeticly really. I dont like the look of a big can or the exhuast sticking up so that is why I an thinking about it. 

[pingpong]

For ground clearance, maybe you can reroute the exhaust so it's undertail? I saw a GS with an undertail exhaust a couple months ago, and I thought it was pretty cool.

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

The problem with going undertail is that you either need a custom tail to produce more space, or a new shock to bump the rear up, to create more space, or both.

[Susuki_Jah]

The problem with going undertail is that you either need a custom tail to produce more space, or a new shock to bump the rear up, to create more space, or both.

what about a crimped tube? they do this with cars a lot to route the exhuast over the axle.

[ledfingers]

you rob power any time theres a slight change in that tube, the crimp exhaust to clear axels when the car doesn't need power. besides, it alters the sound, muffles it, changes it.

[natedawg120]

I think the easiest way to get more lean would be to go with an underbike style exhaust.  It shouldn't be to hard to mod something up in that fashion.

[dgyver]

You can use a Ducati exhaust mid-pipe to fab an undertail. BobB has a couple of pics of his posted in the WOF. IIRC it is from a 996. I am going to try using a 999 mid-pipe.

[CirclesCenter]

I don't think an undertail is required just yet.

I think at that point you'd be scraping the side of the engine.