what's the best can...

[bugjuice]

in general, and what's the thinnnnest, smallllllest can I can get away wiv on me 636? I have an idea, but I need a can that's not much bigger than my fatass pipes that's on it at theee moment. Wud like not to have one, but the fuzzzzzz :sleep: wud wanna talk wiv me all the time.. so i need a shaved muff in place. ideas?
gettin a PCU for 'der management' so dats almost sussed, as long as it can [love]handle my changes.. :love:

[NhuanH]

spaghetti can?

[Quasievil]

Buy a 2005 and save the trouble, you know you want one, Oh yes you do dont you ? common you can tell us.

PS My New bike bloody rocks love it, smoother and much more comfy and when it roars it roars:devil2:
Im i love

[bugjuice]

Buy a 2005 and save the trouble, you know you want one, Oh yes you do dont you ? common you can tell us.

PS My New bike bloody rocks love it, smoother and much more comfy and when it roars it roars:devil2:
Im i love
nah, mine will be even sexier still (if that could ever happen..)
ain't no trouble, just means I'll have to wait at junctions a little longer

[Motoracer]

Buy a 2005 and save the trouble, you know you want one, Oh yes you do dont you ? common you can tell us.

PS My New bike bloody rocks love it, smoother and much more comfy and when it roars it roars:devil2:
Im i love

I've had a lot going on with heaps of stuff right now so I haven't really been on KB much. So I can't belive I missed this.

CONGRATULATIONS Quasi! I didn't even realise that you got a new bike. Mint!:niceone:

[Motoracer]

spaghetti can?

Fucken ell! You too! Selling like hot cakes has a new meaning now with all these new 05 636s hitting the road!

Congrats Nhuan!!:niceone:

[NhuanH]

Fucken ell! You too! Selling like hot cakes has a new meaning now with all these new 05 636s hitting the road!

Congrats Nhuan!!:niceone:
thanks bro. However, I'ma gonna try and keep only rubber bits against the road with this one, unlike some of my previous bikes.

Buggy is feeling lonely, being Mr 04. :grouphug:

Why's you been so busy man?

[bugjuice]

Buggy is feeling lonely, being Mr 04. :grouphug:
lonely up the front waiting for you 05 lot.. Keeper has an 03 still..

anyway, what about my can dagnamit...

[Motoracer]

Why's you been so busy man?

Pretty much having to work harder and harder to pay for repairs, maintainance and nececites like the expensive race tires for the bike. Then it's always a bit difficult when dealing with girl problems etc etc.

But things are just coming right now. :niceone:

P.S. BJ, There is no better pipe for a Kawasaki than an Akrapovic exhaust system. :love:. Fuck she'll look and sound the part after you get that!!

[Quasievil]

mate I dont know much about the can thing other than they cost alot, is it worth it ?? Im not convinced

you bike sounds good anyway dude, keep ya money in your pocket or save it up for something else.

[bugjuice]

well it won't cost a heap, if I can help it, and it'll sound even better (does sound good at the moment tho, don't they.. See, you'll miss that on your 05).. and it'll look 'kin sexy..

have you actually got the 05 parked in the garage now, or are you still waiting for it?

[TonyB]

mate I dont know much about the can thing other than they cost alot, is it worth it ?? Im not convinced

you bike sounds good anyway dude, keep ya money in your pocket or save it up for something else.
Agreed! As someone wise said recently, if we all spent the money we spend on cans, K&N's, power commanders etc on SUSPENSION, we'd all go heaps faster, and get real bang for bucks.

[bugjuice]

Agreed! As someone wise said recently, if we all spent the money we spend on cans, K&N's, power commanders etc on SUSPENSION, we'd all go heaps faster, and get real bang for bucks.
the suspension is pretty good stock, but point taken..
brakes are also on the 'todo' list too, but I have those figured, it's just the can that I'm wondering about. I could go to a couple of custom places, and they'd give me their opinion, but that'd be a few guys, where as on the forum, there's a few hundy that might grace my thread with info I need..

[TonyB]

Weeeeelll, I been into Autobend (http://www.autobend.co.nz/) here in Chch a couple of times lately to have stainless bent up (they do an awesome job by the way- try bending 50.8 x 1.5 stainless round tube into a 180° bend at a centre line radius of 153mm and see how you go- they do it so it doesn't even have a dimple). They make Rage exausts and mufflers for da boi racers. Do a real nice job too. Even have carbon ones. I wonder if they would consider making cans for bikes?

From what I can tell, you could take a whole system in there, they can 3D scan it and replicate it exactly, or in a bigger diameter pipe/ different metal. Handy to know eh!

[bugjuice]

great!!!! now if only they could move to Auckland..
Actually, that's reminded me of Wolf Mufflers on Dominion Rd.. Anyone had any dealings with them? They seem to do the same thing

[Two Smoker]

Im tossing up between getting a Yoshimura Tri oval or a Micron Serpant system...

If you want cheap send a PM to Arven, or check out www.atomic13.co.nz (http://www.atomic13.co.nz)

[Toast]

Agreed! As someone wise said recently, if we all spent the money we spend on cans, K&N's, power commanders etc on SUSPENSION, we'd all go heaps faster, and get real bang for bucks.

That is true, but some of us just love a good sound...and the can on my bike stock was waaaay to quiet, such that I couldn't even heard the engine when downshifting for the hairpin at Puke.

Having said that, the '04 6r is decently louder stock than my bike, and has a cool sound to it in my opinion. Still, if more sound turns someone on, they'll likely not care if it doesn't make them much faster, if any.

[vifferman]

Weeeeelll, I been into Autobend (http://www.autobend.co.nz/) here in Chch a couple of times lately to have stainless bent up ....
Don't you guys have Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists down there too? They used to be near the town centre, but I believe they shifted to Rangiora. (??)

When I lived there, they made some very nice custom s/steel mufflers for my VF500; cost about the same as the cheapest aftermarket OEM replica ones I could get, and were much nicer.

[vifferman]

That is true, but some of us just love a good sound...and the can on my bike stock was waaaay to quiet, such that I couldn't even heard the engine when downshifting for the hairpin at Puke.

Having said that, the '04 6r is decently louder stock than my bike, and has a cool sound to it in my opinion. Still, if more sound turns someone on, they'll likely not care if it doesn't make them much faster, if any.
True.
After all motorcycling isn't just about logic - most of it has to do with more visceral considerations: how the bike feels, how it makes us feel. And that's all about our senses. F'rinstance the Satantune on my bike isn't the best one for performance (only adds maybe 2HP at most), but it shows off the SSS really well, and it looks very nice when it's clean'n'shiny. Sounds OK too, but there are others that sound better, like Micron, but they don't look as good.
Do I care?
No.
The bike came with the Satantune on, and I knew if I'd bought a bike without an aftermarket can, the accountant wouldn't have approved the expenditure (hard to justify on a safety basis).
If I'd had a choice of two bikes of similar mileage,condition and price, but one had worked suspension, then it would've been a different matter. Yes, not all my decisions are logical (like buying the VFR in the first place), but I'm not entirely stupid.

Or at least I hope I'm not. :confused:

[TonyB]

Don't you guys have Motorcycle Exhaust Specialists down there too? They used to be near the town centre, but I believe they shifted to Rangiora. (??)
...*thumbs thru phone book*...Why yes, we do. They're in Hamner Springs.
Gotta admit, I can see the merits of a great sounding pipe. On the Greta Valley run a few weeks back I was drooling over the noise SuzyQ's GSX750F makes...loverly. 30UTD's Busa makes a nice throaty sound too. It's just that what my old girl needs at the mo is decent springy bits.

[vifferman]

...*thumbs thru phone book*...Why yes, we do. They're in Hamner Springs.
Gotta admit, I can see the merits of a great sounding pipe. On the Greta Valley run a few weeks back I was drooling over the noise SuzyQ's GSX750F makes...loverly. 30UTD's Busa makes a nice throaty sound too. It's just that what my old girl needs at the mo is decent springy bits.
Oh yeah - that's what I meant - Hamner or Hanmer. Oops...
Yeah, springy bits are more important.

[FEINT]

Buggy, on ebay there are quite a few slip on systems for sale for '03 and '04.

I personally like the sound of "Two Brothers" or as MR said "Akrapovic"..

[bugjuice]

Buggy, on ebay there are quite a few slip on systems for sale for '03 and '04.

I personally like the sound of "Two Brothers" or as MR said "Akrapovic"..
Thanks, will check it out, but I'm planning on doing something that isn't off the rack.. :msn-wink:

[FEINT]

Thanks, will check it out, but I'm planning on doing something that isn't off the rack.. :msn-wink:

That sounds interesting... like 2 pipes on each side of your bike (in other words 1 pipe per cylinder?) ????

:weird: :weird:

[HDTboy]

great!!!! now if only they could move to Auckland..
Actually, that's reminded me of Wolf Mufflers on Dominion Rd.. Anyone had any dealings with them? They seem to do the same thing

Woolf mufflers are very good when it comes to car stuff, I've not dealt with them for anything bike related

[DEATH_INC.]

Woolf mufflers are very good when it comes to car stuff, I've not dealt with them for anything bike related
Ditto.

hmm need to make up 10 characters.....what am I gonna say.....shit this isn't easy .....ummmmmm....must be something.......

[Big Dave]

Mark at Neptune mufflers in welly is a craftsman.
http://www.neptunemufflers.co.nz
He also provides excellent after sales service.
I'm a very satisfied customer.

[HDTboy]

Took a bike muffler into woolf for some work today and can say they rock! Give them business as they're good guys

[SPman]

Kerker.
Cheap and cheerful
and light
and loud
and gave me an extra 6HP
although mainly at the top end.

[Lord Pac]

Tried Vance and Hines was so so, got Akrapovic- wicked! BUT the next one for my new bike will definitely be Termignoni! :niceone:

Damn SPman I still have your disc- will call you tmrw. Cher

[bugjuice]

Took a bike muffler into woolf for some work today and can say they rock! Give them business as they're good guys
sweet, thanks for that.. I'll swing by and see if they can help me out at all..