We all have different budgets and priorities but anyone paying three grand simply to change the exhaust note definitely has different priorities to me. Having said that my last bike had cans and the current bike has a full system, neither at my expense though.
Your point about the cost of OEM is valid.
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Re the H2; It's come up at least a 1/2 dozen times on this thread. I can't remember TradeMe pre that listing. My pet theory is Sam Morgan accidentally hard coded it in as a test so it can't be removed.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Ideally you would optimise fueling every change to find the true worth of modifications. A lot of stuff is sold no jetting changes required I suspect to remove impediments to purchase.
Airflow is a funny thing. Indeed I've sent people home with more power and a cone filter in their toolbox on several occasions.
Years back I fitted a k&n airbox filter to my YZF750SP before and after dyno runs.
112hp std filter
95hp k&n std jets
112hp k&n think we got to 3 sizes bigger before gains stopped.
So clearly the k&n was flowing better requiring richer jetting.
But, many buyers wouldn't have realised that.
Also the restriction to producing still more power was further upstream. Likely in the 5v heads, but that's another story.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...f97801a28b5794
Yeah but it has really expensive headlights, so I suppose it's not optimistic after all..........
If the KMs were a bit lower, that would be a quite reasonable price.
R6 from '07 and later are fairly desirable to a lot of people and seem to hold value really well - so he'll still probably get $7k or more for it.
And you could buy an '04 GSXR 1k for $5k.
People want what they want I guess
Good one. The exhaust system is lighter than standard, a single carbon fibre can, no cat, etc...
Really though I wouldn't look out of place on a FatBob, and as much as it might bother me when trying on kit in the shop, I didn't retire so I could go on another bloody diet.
Cheers
There is a grey blur, and a green blur. I try to stay on the grey one. - Joey Dunlop
Who are you? Jesus? Preachy preachy.
Next you'll be saying we shouldn't covet our neighbour's arse.
Ohh, ohh, I have another one. Thou shall not kill. Unless it's someone from another religion. Or a witch. Or Gay. Or, the same religion but with a slightly different interpretation.
Ok I'm done.
Don't you look at my accountant.
He's the only one I've got.
Better yet, buy this for 12K -13K
https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/mot...c9ace2f4d39542
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