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About Us
I've been riding motorbikes for over 10 years now and during that time I've owned eight different bikes (alright seven, see below) and eleven different exhausts. No sooner have I bought a bike than I'm in the market for a new exhaust. And I'm not alone. On my daily commute into work it seems almost every other bike, new or old, race-rep, trailie or cruiser is sporting upgraded pipes.
Why do we do it? Is it the sound? The power increase? Wanting to release the full potential of the bike we paid all that money for? Sticking two fingers up at emission restrictions that are stifling our engines? The shine of titanium or the lustre of carbon? Who knows, but we do and long may we continue!
I've put this site together to help riders like me find their way through the minefield of options when it comes to buying a new performance exhaust for their bike. Who makes cans that fit? Slip-on or full system? Road use or race? Rejetting required? What kind of power increase can I expect? What kind of sound?
These are just some of questions I've set out to answer on Exhaust-Notes.com. I've started with the most popular bikes but it’s my intention to broaden the range of models covered over time. This is a labour of love and as such the quality of the information is only as good as the person who sourced it - me! Manufacturer data comes from the manufacturers but where possible I've tried to supplement this with actual data from real riders who've been through the pain of fitting the damn thing and have the dyno to prove it.
A few of you have asked so here's my 'canography' if you will detailing my bikes and pipes to date
Vespa Ciao - Look it up, I'm not proud. No exhaust mods (come on, the thing has pedals!)
Honda MT50 - Drilled out standard exhaust (increased max power to .. ohh ... 5bhp!) and made it sound like a lawnmower on steroids
Yamaha TZR - Purchased 'race exhaust' off a mate. No branding on pipe so I couldn't tell you who made it. Howled like a banshee which got me into hot water on my paper round.
Yamaha 600 Diversion - First proper bike, downpipes rotted so bought second hand Motad pipework and Nexxus silencers. Slightly more shiney than the originals, with badge. No discernable difference in power or peformance. Solution? Change bike
Ducati Monster 600 - Bought with high-level carbon termis fitted, incorrectly jetted. On the dyno, whopping 42bhp at the rear wheel. Sounded sublimed though.
Yamaha TRX850 - Hooked on the sound of the twin see? But wanted Japanese reliability. Very underated bike this one, especially once I'd ditched the stock twin exhausts and replaced with Micron carbon fibre end cans. Also had spell with Scorpion pipes when I went off the carbon and fancied some more shine. Micron were lighter by some stretch but the Scorpions sounded better. Nothing between them on the dyno.
Kawasaki GPZ 500 - Winter in hack with aftermarket yellow spray job. Known to my mates as the 'raging banana'. Thought I'd bought a pair of Sato racing pipes from some guy in Brazil. Exhausts never arrived and I was £120 worse off. Yes the price was too good to be true. Ended up going with Nexxus again when standard pipes rusted through, very limited upgrade options for the GPZ 500
Honda Hornet 600 - Went for a Yoshimura end can. You're seated far enough back on a Hornet to really enjoy the exhaust note. Neighbours weren't so keen on early morning starts before work.
