ok what do you guys and gals think about a GSXR1000 exhaust on a GS500E.Please tell me what you think because i am getting it tommorow and i am going to put it on friday. :icon_mrgreen:
I think it sounds great! I would like to see that.
can you put any exhaust on any bike? understanding it's not a straight bolt on...
i am guessing you can as long as you can make it work
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1469725779814335926&q=gs500f
I think someone from gstwin made this video
I was considering a V&H exhaust, that is supposedly made for GS and should be as easy to install as stock (i.e. just screw in the manifold) - now welding, cutting, etc. Is V&H considered better than stock? Also I heard that there is some issue with oil changes and V&H exhaust, not sure what that is about :dunno_white:
How are you planning to install the system, is it going to require a lot of machine-shop type work?
little bit of welding and a little bit of cutting.but not a lot already got it planed out i will post pics when i am done.
i just watched the soundtest video that mike posted and i think it sounds alot better with the 1000 exhaust than with what is on it. :thumb:
still sounds like a four wheeler to me :| and to tell you the truth .. it dont sound much diffrent then the stock . if you listen to the sound on the wheelie videos i did it almost sounds the same
yeah it's not a big change in sound...just makes the bike heavier and takes up money. For the bucks you'll invest you could buy a used bolt on and actually get something out of it.
its free not paying anything for it.got a friend that took it off told me i can have it.
cant beat free :)
I've got a Wileyco bolted on and it is louder for sure and sounds a lot better. Lower. Rumble. That might be something to look into. The GSXR exhaust should look better. I think Roadstergal put a GSXR exhaust on her last GS.
Quote from: Jake D on February 23, 2006, 08:35:40 AM
I've got a Wileyco bolted on and it is louder for sure and sounds a lot better. Lower. Rumble. That might be something to look into. The GSXR exhaust should look better. I think Roadstergal put a GSXR exhaust on her last GS.
TL1000 exhaust actually. I don't remember what her verdict on it was. It's still a stock exhaust so the weight isn't significantly lower than ours. I think she put it on there mainly for looks.
The TL cans are very constrictive...I speak from expereince.
Quote from: makenzie71 on February 23, 2006, 11:01:20 AM
The TL cans are very constrictive...I "can" speak from expereince.
Fixed.
Quote from: Jake D on February 23, 2006, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: makenzie71 on February 23, 2006, 11:01:20 AM
The TL cans are very constrictive...I "can" speak from expereince.
Fixed.
(http://foostew.com/uhoh/grammarnazi-sm.jpg)
It seems to me that swapping a stock exhaust for another stocker would be a waste. There are always stock gixxer exhausts on craigslist for cheap, but it would have to be free and come with a free filter and rejet kit to even be worth the time involved in installing it.
But then again, I don't know shiat about this...
Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDX on February 23, 2006, 12:24:11 PM
It seems to me that swapping a stock exhaust for another stocker would be a waste. There are always stock gixxer exhausts on craigslist for cheap, but it would have to be free and come with a free filter and rejet kit to even be worth the time involved in installing it.
But then again, I don't know shiat about this...
I think it'd be cool to fit an R1 undertail muffler on. They look pretty cool.
Totally, but the problems are too many. That would be a tough mod. But it would go well with the '05 R6 taillight I'm about to try to install.
Quote from: AlphaFire X5 on February 23, 2006, 12:30:03 PM
Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDX on February 23, 2006, 12:24:11 PM
It seems to me that swapping a stock exhaust for another stocker would be a waste. There are always stock gixxer exhausts on craigslist for cheap, but it would have to be free and come with a free filter and rejet kit to even be worth the time involved in installing it.
But then again, I don't know shiat about this...
I think it'd be cool to fit an R1 undertail muffler on. They look pretty cool.
:thumb: :thumb:
Quote from: Jake D on February 23, 2006, 12:16:31 PM
Quote from: makenzie71 on February 23, 2006, 11:01:20 AM
The TL cans are very constrictive...I "can" speak from expereince.
Fixed.
Alpha, I just turned it into a pun. Nazi's HATED puns. So I'm not sweating it either!
I'm actually looking for the new short 2006 gsx-r600 muffler. I want to replace my undertail one with that one.
But they are hard to find. I wonder how much they are new?
I have an R6 exhaust that I am putting on my GS. It is a bit heavier than the one i had on it, which wasnt stock. But it sounds good, well, it doesnt make any sound at all. It's nearly silent and I love it.
for some reason i've been wanting to chop up a stock exhaust header a little bit, find a smallish muffler, and try to fit most everything out of sight under the engine (pretty much no exhaust showing). i think this would be cool, but my gs is an hour away at my parents place until it gets warm enough to ride regularly, so i can't really investigate the feasibility of this. i'm sure the center stand would have to be removed at the very least... i DO have a welder, and i know how to use it :icon_twisted:
Quote from: seamax on February 23, 2006, 01:55:36 PM
I'm actually looking for the new short 2006 gsx-r600 muffler. I want to replace my undertail one with that one.
But they are hard to find. I wonder how much they are new?
From what I understand, the little shorty thing that sticks out isn't actually the muffler. It's just a tip. The muffler is actually under the bike in an effort to centralize the weight.
Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDX on February 23, 2006, 12:33:45 PM
Totally, but the problems are too many. That would be a tough mod. But it would go well with the '05 R6 taillight I'm about to try to install.
I'm talking about one of these.
(http://i19.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/55/95/4c_1.JPG) Wouldn't be too difficult.
Quote from: Slowe30 on February 23, 2006, 04:06:02 PM
for some reason i've been wanting to chop up a stock exhaust header a little bit, find a smallish muffler, and try to fit most everything out of sight under the engine (pretty much no exhaust showing). i think this would be cool, but my gs is an hour away at my parents place until it gets warm enough to ride regularly, so i can't really investigate the feasibility of this. i'm sure the center stand would have to be removed at the very least... i DO have a welder, and i know how to use it :icon_twisted:
So something along the lins of the Ninja 650 exhaust? That would be bad to the bone marrow.
(http://www.cmgonline.com/bikes/models/Kawasaki/Ninja650R/2006/BigP/2006_Ninja650R_1_bg.jpg)
OK, first of all I'm not trying to win any awards for using GIMP here, so please no comments about how bad the edit is. I'm at work and don't have time to F around with it, so I just pasted the Ninja 650 exhaust where it may work on a GS and blacked out the stock exhaust. So again, I know it looks like shiat, I just wanted to give an idea of what it could look like:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/all_out_of_gum/GS500NinjaExhaust.jpg)
Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDX on February 24, 2006, 11:13:08 AM
So again, I know it looks like shiat, I just wanted to give an idea of what it could look like:
You mean like shiat? Photo editing won't help THAT look good! :laugh:
PDX,
Can you edit in a 2006 GSX-r600 muffler. I would like to see that one. Thanks.
Servus,
do something like that:
(http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2372/album6zy.jpg)
Alphafire- buzz off.
Seamax- yeah, I'll whip something up really fast.
Dave :cheers:
Jim, does that bike have a GS swing arm or has it been swapped? Is that a GS rear wheel? I can't tell for sure.
That is a good location for the exhaust, but the 650R can would look better.
Quote from: Jake D on February 24, 2006, 02:18:59 PM
Jim, does that bike have a GS swing arm or has it been swapped? Is that a GS rear wheel? I can't tell for sure.
Servus,
its a bandit 1200 swingarm with 5,5x17 wheel and 180/50-17 tyre! ;)
Quote from: seamax on February 24, 2006, 12:01:56 PM
PDX,
Can you edit in a 2006 GSX-r600 muffler. I would like to see that one. Thanks.
Again, I KNOW IT IS A BAD EDIT. I don't have time to make a clean one, so this is just to get an idea of how it would look:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/all_out_of_gum/GS500Gixxer6Exhaust.jpg)
Quote from: 2005-GS500-PDX on February 24, 2006, 02:26:57 PM
Quote from: seamax on February 24, 2006, 12:01:56 PM
PDX,
Can you edit in a 2006 GSX-r600 muffler. I would like to see that one. Thanks.
Again, I KNOW IT IS A BAD EDIT. I don't have time to make a clean one, so this is just to get an idea of how it would look:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v604/all_out_of_gum/GS500Gixxer6Exhaust.jpg)
wow, I was hoping that it would look nicer. Maybe the buell exhaust is the way to go for under the boady exhaust mod.
i wish i lived in the land of the streetfighters, love the bike jim.
Quote from: Church6360 on February 28, 2006, 06:26:54 AM
i wish i lived in the land of the streetfighters, love the bike jim.
Servus,
come to Germany! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Here another Exhaust on the GS:
(http://www.stusak.de/bilder%20web/gs_neu2.jpg)
Greetz Jim
Quote from: Jim Knopf on February 28, 2006, 07:58:53 AM
Quote from: Church6360 on February 28, 2006, 06:26:54 AM
i wish i lived in the land of the streetfighters, love the bike jim.
Servus,
come to Germany! :) :) :) :) :) :) :)
Here another Exhaust on the GS:
(http://www.stusak.de/bilder%20web/gs_neu2.jpg)
Greetz Jim
Jim,
You got a side-view of that bad boy. Something that would also look cool are dual mufflers under the body splitting horizontally to both sides so it doesn't blow on the tire. Like this buell exhaust..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/2003-2004-Buell-XB9-Polished-Race-Exhaust-Muffler_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ35557QQitemZ4616716920QQrdZ1
Quote from: seamax on February 28, 2006, 10:17:37 AM
You got a side-view of that bad boy.
Servus,
here the side view:
(http://www.stusak.de/bilder%20web/gs_neu1.jpg)
Greetz Jim
Interesting seat. You can ride upright on a GS, leaned forward on an R6, or completely horizontal on that thing...
Superman should have had one of those.
been to germany once, honestly one of my favorite countries, stayed with in a town called Veihingen(?) some 50 miles from stuttgart, and traveled to a few areas near there mostly by train. great place, sadly i was too young when i visited, and did not know the joys of motorcycling. if i'm ever in the area i'll let you know.
(http://www.leehelzer.com/church6360/smaller.JPG)
CBR exhausts work too.