Bring back Road Racing exhausts

Started by Travman, December 19, 2008, 12:24:42 PM

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Travman

I wish the Road Racing exhaust was still being produced.  This was one of the cleanest Monster exhaust designs ever made.  The Ex-box is cool, but this looks less bulky. 


swampduc

Beautiful design, and + 1 much cleaner than the Ex Box
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teddy037.2

speakin' of bulky, how much d'ya fig that footpeg setup weighs?  :o

Speeddog

Word on the street was that they were hella loud and cornering clearance was an issue.
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TAftonomos

Quote from: Speeddog on December 19, 2008, 01:20:19 PM
Word on the street was that they were hella loud and cornering clearance was an issue.
LOL, I think boom tubes have squashed the idea that people don't want a loud exhaust ;)


He Man

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Road Racing is out of buisness. sorry. :(

I love their stuff too. Heres some pics from when their site was still up..












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Travman

Quote from: Speeddog on December 19, 2008, 01:20:19 PM
Word on the street was that they were hella loud and cornering clearance was an issue.
They sure don't look like they could cause a cornering clearance issue any more than an Ex-box exhaust.  Maybe with the suspension compressed it is different.  I don't doubt they are loud though.  Maybe somebody will take the overall design and make it their own by tightening it up and quieting it down. 

Capo



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Magnus

Quote from: Speeddog on December 19, 2008, 01:20:19 PM
Word on the street was that they were hella loud and cornering clearance was an issue.

that is confirmed, saw them installed on a monster and sure enough, lean hard enough and they scraped the ground
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Travman

The Monsters from the Road Racing website (shown above in He Man's post) are the only Monsters I've seen with traditional, non-USD forks.  I wonder what the purpose was?  Perhaps to look more retro? 

Those RR spoked wheels look hot.  Duck-Stew is using a pair on his Cafe Racer re-do.

Capo

Quote from: Travman on December 19, 2008, 08:47:27 PM
The Monsters from the Road Racing website (shown above in He Man's post) are the only Monsters I've seen with traditional, non-USD forks.  I wonder what the purpose was?  Perhaps to look more retro? 

Those RR spoked wheels look hot.  Duck-Stew is using a pair on his Cafe Racer re-do.


In the last pic they are USD


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Travman

Quote from: Capo on December 20, 2008, 03:14:42 AM
In the last pic they are USD
I should have said, "In the top three pictures of Road Racing bikes".  But the question remains, why would anyone spend money putting traditional, non-USD forks on their Monster?

MotoCreations

I became aware of the Road Racing Exhausts after I had built my first set of BoomTubes.  They were available in late 2004 from a dealer in San Diego.  Unfortunately there is a ground clearance issue with them. (they wouldn't have work for myself in any configuration)  Only thing I really don't like about them is the exit point of the outlets -- left side of the bike.  I always considered the left side (alternator cover) being the ugly side of the bike -- especially when parked.  The right side (clutch cover) is pretty side and especially when parked on the kickstand.

On occasion, a set of the RoadRacing exhausts appear in the "Parts for Sale" section.  They were only applicable to the M900 engine series.

Howie

If I remember correctly, the dyno results were poor.