What to do with catalytic converter? Sell it, or keep it?

[seagravesg]

Deleted OEM catalytic converter. Can the old converter be sold? Or should an owner keep it for possible future needs?

[bigbadbrucie]

Deleted OEM catalytic converter. Can the old converter be sold? Or should an owner keep it for possible future needs?

I kept mine so if I decide to sell the bike in the future, I can give it to the new owner.

[UtahPete]

Hang onto it. Or sell it. They're worth a lot of money.

Don't dispose of it!

[Tonylmiller]

You who delete them, do you know what it does?
I could not see going out of my way to make more pollution.

[bigbadbrucie]

You who delete them, do you know what it does?
I could not see going out of my way to make more pollution.

Good for you.....Glad to hear!

[Bfromla]

Deleted OEM catalytic converter. Can the old converter be sold? Or should an owner keep it for possible future needs?

If keeping recommend tag/label it accordingly. Including vin# somehow or another (Helps the memory filing process too)

[DGoebel]

Keep it, when I sold my '13 I reverted it back to stock for the new owner to have the choice and joy of farkling their way.

[fredgal]

Keep it. I also did the cat delete, but I've switched back and forth, I put it back on for now, I like it quieter... only takes a couple min. to change. I also would put it back on when taking it to dealer under warranty.

[Little Blue]

...I agree with what others have Posted.
Definitely keep it a and have it labeled so you know what it is moving forward.

Stay Healthy. ....

[troop]

Keep it..

[C. Lee]

I put mine back on my RTL because I didn't like the exhaust smell without it. Chris

[rays hell]

I put mine back on my 16 F3T (to sell) and moved my bypass with 2 baffles, one on either end, to my 21 F3T.
Will be storing that cat as well.

[robtdonna]

Hey Ray. A 21 eh. Good on you. Did you wear Monique out?

[Motorcycledave]

Deleted OEM catalytic converter. Can the old converter be sold? Or should an owner keep it for possible future needs?

There are some states that require a SAFETY & SMOG INSPECTION every year and that is the first thing they look for. KEEP IT.

[rays hell]

Not really, 58k miles of smiles,
She still runs like a champ, just thought I would upgrade before the prices go beyond the moon, and before I retire.
Retired, no work, no worries, and you guessed it no money.
I'll be selling Monique so if you know of anyone looking....

[BanditoRS]

I was told by a Spyder Tech. that those are not actual catalytic converters but just a "pre-muffler". I saw a photo of one that was cut opened and there were just tubes inside. No cat converter material. They are relatively heavy as are stock mufflers. I don't remember where I saw the cut away photo but this is what I was told. Take it for what it is.

[Peter Aawen]

I was told by a Spyder Tech. that those are not actual catalytic converters but just a "pre-muffler". I saw a photo of one that was cut opened and there were just tubes inside. No cat converter material. They are relatively heavy as are stock mufflers. I don't remember where I saw the cut away photo but this is what I was told. Take it for what it is.

Dunno about that Spyder Tech, nor about your 2016 F3 T Bandito, but the Catalytic Converter or pre-muffler or whatever you want to call it that came off my 2013 RT was VERY DEFINITELY a catalytic converter with a catalytic honeycomb inside one of those tubes contained inside the box. Admittedly, it's a very small amount of catalytic honeycomb; but still, it's there so it does sorta qualify as being a cat converter, despite the very small amount of converting it might do!! .

IIRC, there was only about 1.5" or so of honeycomb material filling the inside of the middle one of those 2" dia 'just tubes' contained in the cat converter box - the rest of the box and all the baffles/restrictions on free-flowing exhaust etc are simply there to create sufficient/excessive exhaust back-pressure so that the trapped & choked exhaust gasses will heat up that catalytic honeycomb to the something well over 600°C that's necessary for them to effectively do anything 'worthwhile'!! . There again, there's such a tiny amount of catalyst material in there that for all the excess back-pressure & excessive heat produced, the 'worthwhile' bit in that previous sentence is questionable, as the tiny amount of catalyst contained will only be capable of 'converting' about 2/5ths of 5/8ths of s**; - altho that too is really not such a biggie, cos most (any large engined Boss Hoss or similar bikes possibly excluded ) modern 4 stroke EFI motorcycle engines are small enough & (can be/should be??) tuned well enough that they produce very little in the way of harmful emissions anyway - there's quite a few 'experts' who argue that the harmful by-products resulting from creating & eventually disposing of the cat converters installed on modern motorcycles far exceeds anything they may clean out of the exhaust they produce during their working life; but hey, they're ICE's that aren't electric, therefore they must be harmful!

[TerryTheSpyderRyder]

Did deleting the cat add any kind of performance? I know it "adds" sound!