Oh, man, now I've got exhaust envy, too. Why cover the flanges? they look real good.
john
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Oh, man, now I've got exhaust envy, too. Why cover the flanges? they look real good.
john
Those dual look awesome, I would sure love a set up like that for my SE5 just for looks. I was never a fan of single side exhaust, I believe dual side exhaust makes any motorcycle look great a single looks like they forgot to add the other one.
Thanks, guys. If I can get the stock GSXR covers to work, you'll see why. They make it look gooooooooood. :D
But, I'm "exhausted" :yikes: right now. Will be a few weeks before I get back at it. This was fun when it started but now....
How long til you make some type of crossover between the exhausts? I have heard that a one exhaust per cylinder design such as you have does not perform as well as duals with a crossover pipe between the two.
I've heard the same thing... it has to do with the exhaust from one cylinder helping to scavenge (suck) the exhaust gases out from the other. But, I do like the sound so... that will be last, if at all. And, I'm not ready to be crawling on the garage floor again... at least for a while.
Next up will be Ken's airbox eliminator setup and the Two Brother's fuel box. Already have the fuel box and the filter should be in today.
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Any of you technically savvy guys, who know all this sh...tuff can come over to my house any time. Mod parts (for my Spyder of course) and beer on me. BYOT....Bring your own tools.:D
Hey ATADUDE how are your A-Arm driving lights working. You mentioned that the vibration eventually causes them to loosen up and swivel up and that you used RTV as a quick a dirty fix. Have you come up with a more permanent solution. I have the exact same lights and before I mount them as you did it would be nice to know what otehr problems/challenges I may encountered with them.
Thanks in advance.
The small, invisible blob of ATV is still working even after those runs (where I loan my bike to a maniac) of triple-digit speeds... doesn't need a fix... it is fixed.
I must note, however, that guy only does that on deserted farm roads. Most of the time, he drives sanely. :D
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I made the intentional mistake of putting on two performance goodies at the same time... now, I'll not be able to definitively say one or the other is good... or bad... only that the combination works or doesn't.
The evoluzion.net race air filter was installed... and it eliminates the entire greasy, oily stock airbox... and it was bad this time. The new filter plumbing shoots any blow-by directly back into the FI throttle bodies.
The install took maybe an hour... top and side panels require removal. Then, the airbox cover and box itself must be removed. Don't try this unless you have a very short, torx driver... like a ratcheting type.... for the six torx bolts holding the box to the FI intakes.
The Two Brother's Racing Juice Box was also installed... now that I'm running freer flowing pipes and air intake. It was pretty much an easy install (45 minutes) except that the wiring for the Box to the O2 sensor is still short... by about 12-15 inches. Cut/add/solder/shrink wrap added maybe 15 minutes.
I placed the Juice Box controller about where Lamont did... there's not too many choices if you want easy access to it. (see bottom of second pic).
Performance? Will have to wait until this weekend... it's raining... but we need it. :(
Update 4 April 2009: From a performance perspective, the combination appears to work very, very well. The benchmark DL1000 bike's typical 8-10 bike-length advantage was decreased to next to nothing. I'm guessing a 7-10 HP increase from the two mods combined.
However, as bjt stated below, the intake noise is bothersome at best... head-pounding at the worst. I can't imagine a trip with this intake on... it's just too noisy for me behind a full shield.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/p...pictureid=1611
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/p...pictureid=1610
I like the looks of the race airflow system but I'm guessing you get quite a bit more air intake noise and I'm aiming for a quieter ride. I did see an aftermarket pipe advertised at my dealer today that stated it had good performance gains while maintaining a quieter ride. I may consider that along with the Magic Man 90 if they are compatible with each other. The exhaust was a White Bros. I think. :dontknow: ..... Enough about me, your setup looks good. :D :thumbup:
EDIT: Well I just did a Google search on the White Bros. exhaust and it seems they are no longer in business. One link took me to Two Brothers, maybe some type of business change, buyout or partnership? Maybe I should tell the dealer its time to update his product posters...
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White Brothers makes good stuff... and they have a very good reputation!
And, I hooked up my ear bud extension for the Garmin Nuvi MP3 player at the same time as installing the intake. You're right... it is louder... but music will make it OK... I hope. :D
I've got the Valentine One now visual only... with very bright LEDs right in front.
And, as much as I "piddle", not having the large plastic hunk under the hood will be pleasant.
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I forget how the spyder sounded before putting the race airflow on. Recently I put a CalSci shield on until it warms up a bit more - and noticed that I really hear a lot more since I don't have as much wind blowing on my helmet.
I hear the intake more than the Hindle - LOL.
It is nice not to worry about the oil box leakage, um - I mean air box leaking oil -
I'm building a small insulated box to go around the race airflow setup, that will connect via ducts to dual vents I'm installing on the front of Spyder - for a cold-air intake setup. This will get cool air into the intake, keep the hot engine air away, and quiet the intake down a bit.
I finally got this same throttle lock put on my Spyder the other day. Took a little bit of futzing around to get to where I think it works okay. I may still need some tweaking to the mount as the one screw in the bottom seems to force it to lean into the grip. As far as locking the throttle and ease of use, its great. If I don't have the mount dialed in by the time we meet in Oklahoma, maybe you can give me some tips. :thumbup:
Thanks, I think I did that. If not, its too late now as I have the hole drilled. Probably wouldn't be too good if I ended up with the Vista Cruise or my right control module looking like swiss cheese trying to get it 100%. :D I'm thinking of finding a piece of the 3M VHB tape and affixing it to the lower, stationary portion of the Vista Cruise and to the right controls. I think that'll do what I think I need. I'll see how it goes during the next few weeks as is. Right now, I have totally free throttle motion when the Vista Cruise is unlocked and it appears to hold the throttle rock solid when locked. I'll find out better when we take our first long trip of the season tomorrow. :thumbup:
ps. I don't know how many of these they make for different bikes and how different each one is but it appears that the one Vista Cruise they had at the dealership is the same one you had sitting in your garage... :f_spider: Looks to me like they could make a Spyder specific one by just making that tab with the screw mount longer to fit the Spyder's controls. There is a screw on the bottom of the controls that the tab could use. http://smileys.on-my-web.com/reposit...inking-020.gif
I just installed the vista cruise latnight on my Spyder. If you have the ISO/Flame Kuryakyn grips have the dremel handy. To get it to fit clush against the control mechanism you have to sand out part of the inner circle to fit over the large lip at the end of the grip. Works great though now that its complete took about 45 minutes to install.
I'm a little slow... have had these on for more than a month, now.
Rear lighting doesn't get any better than this: the No Magic Neon Triple Play unit (with LED turn signal lights) and the NMN center LED light. This set-up is great! The turn and brake lights flash on/off three times when the brake is applied... if you so choose.
Visibility for those following is wonderful... this setup should remove any excuses of "I didn't see you..." except for the most negligent folks... as we read about on this forum just this week.
The install is relatively easy and includes dropping the center black plastic cover directly over the rear wheel... seven #30 Torx screws... the same that holds the rest of the plastic together.
If you can read and following directions, the total install time should be less than 45-60 minutes... tops.
On a scale of 1-10 (10 being difficult), the installation is a "2". All required wiring/plugs/taps are included.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/p...pictureid=2281
This week's entry is the No Magic Neon "Double Play" with LED turn signals... most excellent... more front end visibility to encourage the cagers to not turn in front of you. :clap:
Pic is at night, in my garage, with emergency flashers on.
http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/p...pictureid=2364
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I like seeing the mods...although one of them was way over my head. I've been on a spending spree since Doru, Forest and Mike came to help me put them all on. And they are even coming back to finish the project. Cool.:ohyea::2thumbs: