exhaust? or stock exhaust?

[kbark519]

Im debating getting an exhaust thinking if its really worth the money. I know it will sound better but....I wonder how the stock exhaust sounds around 6,000 RPM its very hard to tell riding your own bike on how it sounds at high rpm. Do you guys think spending money on an exhaust is worth it or does the stock sound decent?

[Yev]

Aftermarket. That is all!

[black and silver twin]

stock is weak, sounds like a sewing machine and is restrictive ass hell. get a jardine full system, its the best. period.

[jeremy_nash]

if your doing it for power, just buy some diet pills, that will be more productive.  if you want it to sound more aggressive, then by all means, pipe it! keep in mind that you will need to rejet the carbs to keep from running lean

[kbark519]

what about a yosh slip on?? do i need to rejet with that? and can i install a slip on myself?

[bill14224]

Im debating getting an exhaust thinking if its really worth the money. I know it will sound better but....I wonder how the stock exhaust sounds around 6,000 RPM its very hard to tell riding your own bike on how it sounds at high rpm. Do you guys think spending money on an exhaust is worth it or does the stock sound decnt?

An aftermarket system gives your bike all kinds of growl but maybe 2 more HP.  That's until you up the jets and get a racing air filter.  Then you'll be up about 4-5 HP but you'll be out about several hundred bucks and about 8 mpg.  The best pipes for this bike are Yoshimura but they stopped making them about 15 years ago.  Vance & Hines and Jardine are the only ones I know of that remain.  V&H pipes are considerably cheaper but the black paint they use is crap.  Other than that they're fine.  I learned that by doing it!  I left the stock air filter and jets in.  It can't run too lean if the stock air filter doesn't let any more air in.  You can't exhale more than you can inhale, can you?  

If you want best performance now or someday get a system with equal length pipes, meaning you'll have to drop the system from the engine to change the oil filter.  If the system allows oil filter changing without taking it off it's not a high performance system.

[007brendan]

what about a yosh slip on?? do i need to rejet with that? and can i install a slip on myself?

Rejetting is what gets you more fuel, which gets you more power, which makes it suck more air, which makes it sound badass (well, less like a sewing machine).  There's no point to an exhaust if you're not going to do a rejet and lunchbox.  You should rejet even with stock exhaust.

[tt_four]

I wish my bike had the stock exhaust on it. I think the vance and hines on it now is obnoxious. If that's your thing then go for it.

I've seen one or two other new pipes for sale that looked pretty decent, I can't remember who made them though.

[black and silver twin]

A slip on is more expensive and harder to install than a full system. the Jardine full system is $380 and takes 30min to install and requires only hand tools. a slip on requires cutting and welding (the stock system is one huge peice) and costs more (usually) and doesnt flow as well as a full system.

[mdduhon]

I feel my V&H with lunchbox sounds amazing! You can hear it faintly even when up to 8k at freeway speeds! Besides that it sounds great around town as well. If a car can't see you they sure will hear you.

[007brendan]

I agree, if you're considering a new slip-on vs. a new full system, get the full system, it will be cheaper and easier.  But if you're willing to look around, and are willing to buy a used slip-on, you could do it for a good deal less than a complete system.  There's a WileyCo on the For Sale Forum for $50.  You could cut your old exhaust off and have the WileyCo welded on by a shop for $30-50.  

You could look for a used full system, but there's really only 2 -- the V&H and the Jardine -- and they only pop-up occasionally on the for sale forum.  On the other hand, a slip-on for almost any other bike with a similar sized exhaust will work on the GS500, and you can find those all over the place.

[Yev]

Full SS Laser Deeptone!

[Toogoofy317]

Hey TT I'll trade ya!

Was worth a shot right?

Mary

[O.C.D.]

I love the V&H sound!  It may only be a 500, but with the V&H full it is a mean sounding bike.  Just this morning I was thinking about how others around me are definitely aware when I am near.

I cannot attest to any other exhaust so I cannot say the V&H is the best.

[kbark519]

Wow a full system only takes a short time i thought with a full system there was welding and with a slip on there wasnt? anyways i have no idea on rejetting a bike should i have a shop do it for me afterwards how much do you think that will cost? i dont want to try and touch something i have no idea what im doing.

[O.C.D.]

A full system means a full system usually held together with exhaust springs - no welding.

Learn to rejet.  Learn carbs.  I am no expert but I took mine apart and cleaned it and rejetted and they work fine.  It is a mental hurdle with carbs.  Yes you have a lot of possible issues that can go wrong but that is if you take it apart hastily or improperly.  Do one side at a time and learn how they work.  The floats hide the mains, the needles come out easily, the o-rings are a snap.  Just try it!

[romulux]

hate loud bikes.

[black and silver twin]

hate loud bikes.

LOVE loud bikes

[O.C.D.]

hate loud bikes.

Don't come near my street when the "liter-boys" run around.  I absolutely love hearing them!  Makes my little GS with sound like a hamster wheel.  But then again they are revving around 13 grand when they go by.

[kbark519]

I wonder if i were to get the yoshi slip on pipe with the silencer, i wonder how loud that would be im guessing it would be fine with a silencer for ma inspections and all that cant be too loud.