Ricardo S
20th May 2011, 15:47
my brother just bought his first motorbike, a bandit 250.
it came with the original exhaust. it was a bit loud, the bike wouldn't start moving if not rev'd to about 6krpm and the consumption was really bad too.
my first thoughts were that the packing in the muffler was long gonne and the exhaust was open so the vacuum/compression on the cylinders weren't ideal.
after calling around and trying to get someone to do the packing service (had a bad experience doing it by myself before) couldn't find a decent response - either they didn't know about how to do it on a street bike, couldn't get me a quote or would charge 2 hours + $50 for the fiber to do the service.
luckily i came across to Peter from custom chambers http://www.customchambers.co.nz/, on the phone he sounded like someone who knew what he was talking about and was happy to have a look at it.
went there and the service was great, he looked at it and knew all that needed to be done to fix the issue, (the original muffler was messed up with - probably a boy trying to make it sound better or go faster) after 30min cool down and 1 hour of work, cutting, welding, etc. the service was done and what a difference, the bike sounded way better and it now has much more torque on lower RPM's. i believe it will improve the fuel consumption as well. time will tell.
really nice chap to talk with, i got to learn that he is this business of custom/performance exhaust systems for a number of years and enjoys some off road riding :)
i'm happy to find someone that has a good knowledge and provides a great service and value and i would like to share the experience, maybe others will see it and re-think about their customer service standards.
cheers,
Ricardo
it came with the original exhaust. it was a bit loud, the bike wouldn't start moving if not rev'd to about 6krpm and the consumption was really bad too.
my first thoughts were that the packing in the muffler was long gonne and the exhaust was open so the vacuum/compression on the cylinders weren't ideal.
after calling around and trying to get someone to do the packing service (had a bad experience doing it by myself before) couldn't find a decent response - either they didn't know about how to do it on a street bike, couldn't get me a quote or would charge 2 hours + $50 for the fiber to do the service.
luckily i came across to Peter from custom chambers http://www.customchambers.co.nz/, on the phone he sounded like someone who knew what he was talking about and was happy to have a look at it.
went there and the service was great, he looked at it and knew all that needed to be done to fix the issue, (the original muffler was messed up with - probably a boy trying to make it sound better or go faster) after 30min cool down and 1 hour of work, cutting, welding, etc. the service was done and what a difference, the bike sounded way better and it now has much more torque on lower RPM's. i believe it will improve the fuel consumption as well. time will tell.
really nice chap to talk with, i got to learn that he is this business of custom/performance exhaust systems for a number of years and enjoys some off road riding :)
i'm happy to find someone that has a good knowledge and provides a great service and value and i would like to share the experience, maybe others will see it and re-think about their customer service standards.
cheers,
Ricardo