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Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: cozy on April 20, 2004, 12:51:31 PM
Tell me how loud it is compared to stock - specifically the F1R.  I need some noise.
Thanks!
:cheers:
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: pizzleboy on April 20, 2004, 01:50:05 PM
Very.  I love mine.  Only takes about 30 minutes to install.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: jangofett on April 20, 2004, 01:53:17 PM
Nice and loud. Mine is mellow at low RPM's but really rips when I get into it. The only problem with mine is that it has sprung a leak on the seam. I think this might be pretty common on the cobra, but I am not sure. I like the way they look to. I have the f1r.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: sanityfree on April 20, 2004, 02:40:43 PM
i want to hear it. a video clip like john has posted of his V&H.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: dmp221 on April 20, 2004, 03:09:51 PM
I have a Cobra, and I'd decribe it as a throaty growl...not too loud, but enough so you hear it...and MUCH nicer than the stocker.  
Cheap, and a quick install.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Frost on April 20, 2004, 03:20:45 PM
how much are the cobra or the F1?

doi need to weld or cut the exhaust?
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: 96gs on April 20, 2004, 03:22:58 PM
Well, when I bought my bike, it already had a Cobra F1R installed so I don't know how loud the stock one is. But, I can hear my engine on the interstate doin 90 and it sounds pretty good. It sounds awsome when your accelerating really hard.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Frost on April 20, 2004, 03:23:53 PM
it doesn't give more power does it?
how much are they?
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: cozy on April 20, 2004, 03:36:24 PM
Quote from: Frostit doesn't give more power does it?
how much are they?

No just some noise, which i need in a city.
Prolly cost @150.00 us shipped. :cheers:
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Adam R on April 20, 2004, 03:53:05 PM
I've got an extra Cobra F1R  for sale for  $50


Adam
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Frost on April 20, 2004, 07:01:11 PM
I WANT IT!!!
how's the condition of it?
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: sprint_9 on April 20, 2004, 09:55:13 PM
Does anyone know how it relates with the exhaust drilling mod?
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: ash999 on April 21, 2004, 03:58:00 AM
Dunno about comparison, but when my sister crashed the GS i replaced the exhaust as well, for a second hand stock which already had the drilling mod. It only just passed the UK MOT cos the guy was very leanient.

The bike sounds nice, a lot different to stock, more GGGRRRROOOWWLLL!
and people notice ya when you go through town thinking your on a bigger bike, i also had this like DIY metal disc that is put in  between the inner and outer hole on you exhaust, like a doughnut shape disc held in with two screws so its quieter for MOT's!! But i just pulled it out because i liked the MOD!!  :lol:
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Frost on April 21, 2004, 04:25:24 AM
so...the drilling mod DOES work??
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: WAP on April 21, 2004, 08:10:39 AM
Pardon my ignorance, but we're talking about the F1R/S being just a CAN right, not a full pipe system? And what exactly is involved in installation...any welding, or is it strictly a bolt-on affair?
Title: PIpe...
Post by: The Buddha on April 21, 2004, 08:45:26 AM
OK the drilling mod does make it louder... but only slightly. To get it really screaming your only real option is a slip on. Cobra or otherwise... all will be louder than the drilled stock. Performance increase is there with a slip on as well... the bike spins up much faster, and if jetted right... makes for a much nicer bike... you get more of a mellow feeling like the bike is breathing right and getting enough fuel air mix etc etc... and the predictable throttle and quick spin up is a bonus.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: cozy on April 21, 2004, 08:47:13 AM
Quote from: WAPPardon my ignorance, but we're talking about the F1R/S being just a CAN right, not a full pipe system? And what exactly is involved in installation...any welding, or is it strictly a bolt-on affair?

For the Cobra you just need a hacksaw and elbow grease.  It's a can.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: pizzleboy on April 21, 2004, 01:27:53 PM
...and a wrench
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Jace009 on April 21, 2004, 02:22:20 PM
anyone have a link or a part #er to the F1S? I'm psyched on getting one  over the V&H system ...I'm not performance minded just want to make alot of noise 8) [some what near 5x the decibils of the stock one would be ideal :thumb: ]
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: dorian chapman on April 22, 2004, 03:21:11 PM
I too am interested in this.  If anyone has pics of the F1 on their bike (so i could see what the installation looks like, and what it looks like on the bike.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: dorian chapman on April 22, 2004, 03:32:33 PM
ok on their site....
http://www.cobrausa.com/atv/index_atv.cfm?pg=ex&catID=8&subCatID=22&manID=4

They dates for the GS go till 1997...it will stoll work for my 2003 correct ?
And that is the F1r as upposed to the F1.  You guys have been using the F1r right ? On the Cobra site they don't list "suzuki" under the F1 pipe.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Jace009 on April 22, 2004, 03:42:27 PM
from my reading the F1S contains a silincer [the little nozle part at the end] however the F1R isi just a straight canister=max power and noise. I personaly just ordered an f1r because I'm all about the sound :lol:  and a few more hp dosn't hurt.  There is a pic of the f1s on the wall of fame page 16 [last one] it's the teal bike If i remember correctly.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: Jace009 on April 22, 2004, 03:42:44 PM
from my reading the F1S contains a silincer [the little nozle part at the end] however the F1R isi just a straight canister=max power and noise. I personaly just ordered an f1r because I'm all about the sound :lol:  and a few more hp dosn't hurt.  There is a pic of the f1s on the wall of fame page 16 [last one] it's the teal bike If i remember correctly.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: 96gs on April 22, 2004, 03:46:27 PM
Quote from: Jace009from my reading the F1S contains a silincer [the little nozle part at the end] however the F1R isi just a straight canister=max power and noise. I personaly just ordered an f1r because I'm all about the sound :lol:  and a few more hp dosn't hurt.  There is a pic of the f1s on the wall of fame page 16 [last one] it's the teal bike If i remember correctly.

The F1R will ONLY get you sound. At the most maybe .2 HP. Look on page 16, look for the red one (3 pics). Thats mine and I have a F1R on it.
Title: Got Cobra?
Post by: dorian chapman on April 22, 2004, 04:13:39 PM
Yeah I am looking for just sound.
I found a site that has one, 170 US then shipping.  Then being in Canada I'd probalbly have to pay duty or whatever it is coming over the border.