Ok, so awhile ago on the old board I read about this super cheap pipe mod that was supposed to sound awesome, be easy to do, and most of all, cheap. I've always kept it in the back of my mind and the past couple of weeks I decided to give it a try.
I started off by ordering two hedman hedder hot tips (the same that were used in the previous thread I had read about) and waited for them to arrive. Once I received them from the friendly ups guy, I went to the garage to see what kind of fitting issues I was going to run into. First, the header on the monster is about 1.5" in diameter, and the new exhaust tips were 2". Now in the previous thread, the OP said he simply crushed the tip onto his header via a muffler clamp. That was a little too much to crush IMO, so I went to the local auto parts store to see what I could find. I ended up picking out two exhaust adapters, 1 7/8 by 1 3/4 I believe, and brought them home...the fit was almost perfect, not snug, but it was going to be much easier to crush the tips to the adapters, then the headers themselves.
After figuring the adapters would do the trick, I cut two slits on opposite sides of the adapters, as well as the tips, with a dremel so the muffler clamps would be able to crush them onto the headers. I then went back to the auto parts store and picked up a two 2", and two 1 3/4" exhaust clamps and did some test fitting. I liked how they looked, so I figured I'd see how they sounded. Fired the bike up, and...wow, just make the beast with two backsing wow. They sound amazing. To be honest, I've never heard arrows or termis in person, but these put a smile across my face. Somebody in the original thread about these tips said they made their bike sound like a harley. I completely disagree. There is a harley with straight pipes in my garage and it sounds absolutely nothing like it.
Now that I've determined I like the way they sound, I decided I'd paint everything matte black. So this weekend I started painting. Put three coats on everything, let em dry for a couple days, then went to do the final install last night, putting some red rtv silicone to help with any leaks. I like the look, the exhaust clamps are a little bulky, but blend in nicely now that they are painted. They do leak a bit, but that may be because I didn't use enough rtv.
All in all this mod was everything the OP in the other thread said it was. Sounds freaking amazing, looks good, easy, and CHEAP.
Here's a list of the costs involved:
Tips - 2 at $24
http://store.summitracing.com/partdetail.asp?autofilter=1&part=HED-17120&N=700+115&autoview=skuAdapters - 2 at $2.95
Clamps - 4 at $2
Paint - 1 can at $6
Total - about $70
Here are some pics for ya, and a crappy vid I took inside the garage, I'll try to get a better one later this week.
And the vid....
No experience with them out on the road yet, as there is about 3 feet of snow outside.
Oh, and btw, I probably shaved about 5 lbs or more from the bike. The stock pipes are HEAVY.
