The New GSXR K8

[lawrence567]

Finally gotten round to uploading some photo's of the new bike:

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[oggs]

lawrence567 said:

Finally gotten round to uploading some photo's of the new bike:

[Rawwr]

Looks great but seriously, what the frig is going on with that can?

[lawrence567]

Yeah i know its the standard one blah blah blah!
I need to save £500 up to be able to buy the racefit one though, hopefully wont take too long!

[Rawwr]

You should have a look at MTC ones.

[lawrence567]

MTC?
Do you have a link?

[Rawwr]

http://www.mtcexhausts.co.uk/

I have the black under-frame stubby on mine and the bike doesn't actually look like it has an exhaust at all

[mitzy]

Very tasty , very tasty, but agree about the can.

What's the ride like?

[podman]

If you havent already joined a GSXR forum.....

http://www.gixerjunkies.net/forum/index.php

Dont bother with the Racefit,offensively loud,top dollar price and offers the least gain in out right BHP vs all of its competitors,despite the name, no one races with one fitted for a reason...budget in the price for your PC and set up as well as the exhaust.

[lawrence567]

I was only looking at the Racefit ones as i like dthe sound of the growler - the one you could fit a baffle too!
But i know what you mean about the price thing!
Are those MTC prices for real, they're so cheap!
Obviously i will need to call them and see if they do one for a K8 and how much etc!
Does anyone have any experience of them, sound, HP etc etc?

[Muffles]

Was going to go with a growler but was put off by what seemed to be a lack of development on the dyno. Only a slip-on, and I didn't care if I didn't get any more power, but I couldn't bear the thought of potentially losing it! Got a Yoshi instead!

[neenaw]

podman said:

If you havent already joined a GSXR forum.....

http://www.gixerjunkies.net/forum/index.php

Dont bother with the Racefit,offensively loud,top dollar price and offers the least gain in out right BHP vs all of its competitors,despite the name, no one races with one fitted for a reason...budget in the price for your PC and set up as well as the exhaust.

If it's the same as the K6/K7 you can get the standard ECU remapped by some dealers rather than spending £250 on a PCIII. I had it done on my K6 600.

[podman]

neenaw said:

podman said:

If you havent already joined a GSXR forum.....

http://www.gixerjunkies.net/forum/index.php

Dont bother with the Racefit,offensively loud,top dollar price and offers the least gain in out right BHP vs all of its competitors,despite the name, no one races with one fitted for a reason...budget in the price for your PC and set up as well as the exhaust.

If it's the same as the K6/K7 you can get the standard ECU remapped by some dealers rather than spending £250 on a PCIII. I had it done on my K6 600.

You can get the standard unit adjusted on a basic level but re-mapping it is not ,not to smaller RPM increments that a PC can offer...which is exactly what you need after you have junked the cat box and changed exhaust.

If I was you Lawrence, this late in the year, id wait for a PC to come up on either ebay on the the gixerjunkie forum...I got my (MTC) exhaust from the forum for £120 and im very pleased with it,well made, good sound and 173RWHP after PC set up..sure it hasnt got the kudos of a Yoshi or what have you but it was worth a punt at the price and the bike seems to like it.

[lawrence567]

I like ht eidea of the MTC one, i prefer the sound exhausts make to be honest.
Theres already enough power on my bike so i dont really want to be paying massive wedge for an exhaust!

[lawrence567]

Well i'm the new owner of a Yoshimura exhaust.
Wanted a racefit but couldnt justify paying £500 for one, picked the Yoshi can up from another forum. (gixerboyz) Its a month old has done about 100 miles & i've paid £290 for it inc delivery!
£500+ brand new!

[Muffles]

Which one is it?

Here's one I just got from the US (£250 new, but I did have to collect )

[Muffles]

Oh...it's the R-77 btw.

[lawrence567]

I'm fairly sure it's the R-77 actually.
Although my deal does'nt sound as amazing now - Although i'm not going to the US anytime soon so can't pick one up!
Yoshi's seem as stupidly expensve as racfits new, although i've been told they're the best for the GSXR?
How does yours sound Muffles?
Does it have removevable baffles?

[Muffles]

lawrence567 said:

I'm fairly sure it's the R-77 actually.
Although my deal does'nt sound as amazing now - Although i'm not going to the US anytime soon so can't pick one up!
Yoshi's seem as stupidly expensve as racfits new, although i've been told they're the best for the GSXR?
How does yours sound Muffles?
Does it have removevable baffles?

It actually sounds pretty quiet, not that impressed at the moment! I was expecting it to open up the sound a little more than it has, it could pass for a standard exhaust from the rider's position, although I think it sounds a bit fruitier when you listen from behind. It had a baffle....that came out after about 5 seconds

It's supposed to be a race exhaust, I'm quite surprised!

[lawrence567]

Yeah i didnt think it was overly loud, although i was under the impression that the stupid box that the exhaust connects to is what seems to quieten it down a lot.
I've researched vid's on google of full systems and they sound a hell of a lot louder.
Might have to save up for the other parts to make up a full system!