Greetings from a very hot Melbourne Australia. (currently 35 celcius)
First time poster but long time lurker.
I'm about to receive a 25000km old set of staintunes and wanted to ask you lot a few questions.
I will retain all the air filters etc. as stock and only replace the cat and mufflers.
1. Is there a need to chip the bike?
2. How easy is it to replace the current pipes? What do I have to look out for in order to remove/replace the pipes?
All your help is greatly appreciated.
cheers.
Smeegles wrote:Greetings from a very hot Melbourne Australia. (currently 35 celcius)
First time poster but long time lurker.
I'm about to receive a 25000km old set of staintunes and wanted to ask you lot a few questions.
I will retain all the air filters etc. as stock and only replace the cat and mufflers.
1. Is there a need to chip the bike?
2. How easy is it to replace the current pipes? What do I have to look out for in order to remove/replace the pipes?
All your help is greatly appreciated.
cheers.
Ahh Melborne. Nice. The only thing I didn;t like is those stupid wait on the left lights to turn right where the trams are. Some old bint pulled right out accross the front of me, scared me shitless! (Might have been my fault but I didn't think so)
Removing the stock exhaust isn't too bad unless it's been on there for a while. The little m6 bolts at the join of the headers/cat can shear easily - probably not such a problem as you're replacing your exhaust anyway, but a right royal pain in the arse if you're putting the same system back on. You have to remove a little bit of the rear bodywork and number the number plate assembly has to come right off too. My boxes were really tight on their splines and had to be persuaded off with my rubber hammer though.
Is the nutter who thinks Iggy pop is satan still plying his trade in Melbourne city centre?I had a really interesting conversation with him when i was there.
gus
Just been having a gander at the Staintune website, and it appears a chip isn't strictly necessary as their systems are designed to run with the OEM sparky bits.
I have Staintunes fitted. I ran it with the baffles removed at first which gave a great sound but was a little flat up to 3500rpm and more freely revving after. Putting the baffles baffles back in has made the bottom end torque reappear with little apparent effect higher up - i.e. it still spins up much more easily than standard. Bad or good bit is that the noise is now nearly standard, so I'm thinking about making some baffles that are part way between the two.
gus wrote:Is the nutter who thinks Iggy pop is satan still plying his trade in Melbourne city centre?I had a really interesting conversation with him when i was there.
gus
LOL Yep he is still there and has assistants with him.
Christmas in Bourke street is a case of avoiding the religious nutters and the guy in the diamond placard for the australian diamond company.
Smeegles, you might want to contact Brad Black at Moto One in Oakleigh. He's played around with different combinations of exhaust/filter/chip/you-name-it!
Gary Rose.
'06 R1200S Titanium with farkles - Moristech Pro Sequential Interceptor, full Remus system, carbon bits
'12 Tiger Explorer, loaded
'15 Triumph Thruxton ACE Cafe (hers)
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A little inaccuracy saves a tonne of explanation.
OK all fitted.
Was piss easy didn't even need to change the header bolts.
Everything came off nicely and the staintunes fitted well.
Did that little brake master cylinder holder reversal but its being held on with nuts and bolts so got to get to my parents house and borrow the rivet gun and rivet it in place.
Sounds awesome.
Deep and loud without being intrusive without the baffles.
Power comes on cleanly from all rev ranges and really the top end is much improved!.
Only complaint is I have to adjust the idle as it's idling at 1200-1300 when its warm as opposed to 1100 before.
No discernible popping or backfiring as far as I can tell.
Thanks for all the advice these forums are terrific!
Have a great christmas.
