Exhaust Mod

I have been told by numerous people, that if I want my stock exhaust pipe to be loud, then I should pour a gallon of water down the pipe.  Doing that will burn the packing in the exhaust, thus making it louder.  Is this a myth and will it damage the bike at all?

 my god you are kidding right?

if you want your exhaust to be louder drill holes through the back of it with an 18" extension and a 1 inch hole saw or get an aftermarket pipe

whats the big deal about a loud pipe anyway. the better performing pipe are quieter

ughhh i wouldnt want to pour water down my pipes.. or my bikes pipes! 

There's no packing in there, just baffle plates. Water wouldn't do a thing.

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ORIGINAL: mininsx

 Water wouldn't do a thing.

 
Except make a huge mess!

I hope them numerous people are not you friends.
 

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ORIGINAL: JohnnyRock31

I have been told by numerous people, that if I want my stock exhaust pipe to be loud, then I should pour a gallon of water down the pipe.  Doing that will burn the packing in the exhaust, thus making it louder.  Is this a myth and will it damage the bike at all?

Funny stuff

wow i really hope he was serious and posted what the result was and thats when we would see a private wanted ad for his new engine lol

LOL, wtf. never heard of this before. plus, if you put water into your exhaust, you'll ruin your exhaust(rust). if you want a loud exhaust, get an aftermarket exhaust.
 

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Hey Guys! I like to establish on my CBR1000RR6 Jardine RT-1 carbon exhaust. Unfortunately, I cannot find this exhaust in Europe. I need your advice - good on-line shop with worldwide delivery! Thanks in advance!

Can you drop a couple eggs in for me? I like 'em hard boiled and a little soft in the center with a touch of salt and pepper please.

run no pipe, all the cool kids do  :)

There is a new member that we will probably never hear from again. Sorry Johnny Rock31

You guys give the new member a break. man.... u got to have tough skin for this site. anyways maybe this will help you. I removed 2 inches of the inside diameter 2 ea from my stock pipe and the sound was very deep and awesome. I used a dremel and it took me 30 minutes. very loud and noticed an increase in throttle. the only reason i decided to do this was I got tired of being ran off the road with oncoming cars off a ramp. I would revvv up my throttle and they wouldn't here me. Well.... It's not an issue now everybody can hear me...

stupidest thing ive ever heard and he called it a mod LMAO

don't listen to everyone go for it and post pics

Wow , um yea, try a drill and drill bits first.

No, no, no. You got it all wrong......The gallon of water goes in the ENGINE, not the exhaust.

Just bustin your chops man. I've never heard of that, and the people that told you that was probably some jackasses screwing with you. As said above, your best bet is to drill out the stock exhaust.......but I would just get on eBay and try to find a good, used slipon. Your bike is worth more on trade-in if it's un-modded than if you modded the hell out of it. So I would keep the stock exhaust in-tact for trade-in/warranty sake.

dont knock it till you try it. its clean and sounds good. im sold on the stock look. didnt have to cut no welds, just removed 2 inches from the inside pipes.

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ORIGINAL: stink

You guys give the new member a break. man.... u got to have tough skin for this site. anyways maybe this will help you. I removed 2 inches of the inside diameter 2 ea from my stock pipe and the sound was very deep and awesome. I used a dremel and it took me 30 minutes. very loud and noticed an increase in throttle. the only reason i decided to do this was I got tired of being ran off the road with oncoming cars off a ramp. I would revvv up my throttle and they wouldn't here me. Well.... It's not an issue now everybody can hear me...

Can you explain what it was you did in a bit more detail?  I have a stock exhaust on my F2 and would love to get a bit more throat out of it but without loosing too much power.  Also, I know what everyone else would say, buy an aftermarket...but at the moment and for the time being I can't justify the cost.

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ORIGINAL: stink

dont knock it till you try it. its clean and sounds good. im sold on the stock look. didnt have to cut no welds, just removed 2 inches from the inside pipes.

Can you give a buit more detail?  How do you get to the inside pipe without cutting any welds?

I've got a nice ride planned for tomorrow afternoon and would love to do a bit for my sound first thing tomorrow morning.

As a side note, I found this site which explains how to do this on a system similar to those that are on stock F2s and F3s (not sure about F4 and beyond).

http://roadstarclinic.com/content/view/50/105/

make sure u stand behind ur bike when u start it :)

Thought I'd post another reply here since I did in fact make some minor mods to my exhaust.

On the advice of a few other forums Iw as reading, as well as the adice from a good friend that's a mechanic, I went the REALLY easy and cheap route.

All I did was took a 1/4" drill bit and started with 4 holes in the stock exhaust.  The holes are between the inner and outter ring of the tip, the part that is like a spacer between them. (I'll get pics soon, at work now and bike is at home)  After the 4 holes I started it up and just heard a slignt pppbbb noise from them, needed more.  So, each time I drilled 4 more holes and listened, eventually the sound began to really come out.  After 16 yeah, 16 holes) the sound was great.  It's lounder without being obnoxious and from the many rides I have been on since there seems to be no loss in power, at least none that I have been able to notice.

So, if you want better sound from that stock exhaust drill a few holes and listen after each set of 4.  16 was all Iw as even able to fit so I was kind of lucky that's all it took to sound good.