Is this any good to me??!!

[chilli]

Would this be "better" than the standard one I have on at the mo?


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/YAMAHA-R6-AKRAP
Cheers.

[Andy Oh]

I will give you more noise if that's what you're after. I have always put Akrapovic cans on all my bikes.

[chilli]

Andy Oh said:

I will give you more noise if that's what you're after. I have always put Akrapovic cans on all my bikes.

Is that all they do? Would there be any performance diffs that I would notice?
Cheers.

[Andy Oh]

chilli said:

Andy Oh said:

I will give you more noise if that's what you're after. I have always put Akrapovic cans on all my bikes.

Is that all they do? Would there be any performance diffs that I would notice?
Cheers.

Probably not, but if you fitted a Power Commander and a K&N filter (or equivalent life time filter) then had a bespoke Dyno run and in turn parted with another approx £500 for this little lot, you may see some gains.

As I said I have always put Akrapovic cans on my bikes for the noise and most importantly so that other road users (i.e. cars, etc) can hear you and know you're there.

Edited by Andy Oh on Monday 2nd October 12:59

[pesty]

It will give the police more leverage to you up the arse every time they see you and give you and your mate following you a headache

Pesty misserable old sod.

[mtbr]

Chilli,
Unlikely you will even feel the difference, it will however make lots more noise.
Which apart from getting petty tugs from the Bib, will also restrict your choice of track days to 105Db days.

As Andy Oh has already said, power comander, pipe and bespoke map, developed on a dyno will make a lot of difference.
The R6 and R1 can be tuned to a limited extent, using a facility built into (and hidden) in the standard dash / ecu. You wouldn't need to buy any parts, but you would still need an hour or so of dyno time to get it right.

If you decide to tune your bike, I would recommend Mick at Total Traction, on the Hythe.
Not far from you and I personally, wouldn't let anyone else work on my bikes.

M

[Steve_T]

Useful in town to persuade pedestrians not to dive under your wheels and to notify other vehicles of your presence at close quarters. No purpose on a track apart from the pleasant noise.

Steve.

[Mad Dave]

If you're only after performance gains then instead of tuning the bike, tune yourself - modern sports bikes are usually capable of far more than their riders IME, so before you start bunging bundles of cash at dyno tuners, make sure you're already capable of riding it to it's limits.

Just my 2p. If on the other hand you just like the noise, then go for it - I did

[chilli]

Actually, wasn't really thinking of tuning for performance gains...I've got a dent in my can, and just thought it looked rather nice! However, if it's gonna be really load, the neighbours will kill me waking them up at 05:55!!

Cheers though.

[hobo]

Looks similar to mine Chilli.

Whilst there is no performance gain to be had (although maybe weights a bit less) they 'clean' the back of the bike up even more.

It won't be any louder, just pop & bang on over-run.

[chilli]

hobo said:

Looks similar to mine Chilli.

Whilst there is no performance gain to be had (although maybe weights a bit less) they 'clean' the back of the bike up even more.

It won't be any louder, just pop & bang on over-run.

I agree, think they look good. Just wondered if I was gonna get laughed at!

Cheers.