Ex-Box Vs. Open "Udder" - 07 S2R1K

[He Man]

FWIW, i ran my s2r1k for most of the first 6k with nothing but the udder. i did not experience any of the issues that you describe. only reason i switched to the ex-box was it was just too loud for my taste.

+1, but each bike has its own set of problems and you may have had some sort of issues with yours.

open udder is loud as hell. Exbox....just istn worth the money since its almost hte same sound, just muted. looks sexy...but its 2nd place to these GP cans, if only they had a different header and midpipe setup.

[herm]

+1, but each bike has its own set of problems and you may have had some sort of issues with yours.

no, no problems at all.

open udder is loud as hell. Exbox....just istn worth the money since its almost hte same sound, just muted. looks sexy...but its 2nd place to these GP cans, if only they had a different header and midpipe setup.

i dont think they sound anything alike. besides, there was nothing close in price which i like, and which removed the udder

[He Man]

i was talking about the jarv. His bike may have been an oddity.

Its a matter of ear i suppose, with thousands of miles under my belt with the open udder, im pretty tone deft. 

[ProTeal55]

Its a matter of ear i suppose, with thousands of miles under my belt with the open udder, im pretty tone deft. 

Huh ? What ?
I am in the same boat as you. I am ALL about having a loud bike, just need to direct the sound behind me and not have it be directly under me.
Rode from Chicago to Miluwaukee for Rockerbox (yearly bike show) this past summer and by the time I got there I literally thought I had a head cold..
Took about a hour (and a few PBR's) to go away...

I am talking with that guy who makes those GP cans. Looks like they are anywhere from $250 and up (depending on what you want. material, etc..)
I am trying to get him to make me two on the cheap (reg alum. vs. c.fiber) and so on. I am most likely going to ceramic coat the entire system black anyways plus
god forbid I say it on this forum, I am really not that big of a fan of Carbon Fiber to begin wth. Figure doing the system in black and then having the cans ceramic coated silver will look pretty good
with the "low key" theme I have going on with my bike..

[Raux]

eh CF functionally is all about lightness. if you aren't going for that then it's just bling. (can't believe i said bling)

anyway, get what works for you.

i am getting the cheapess CF cans i can find for my bike. (i do want to lighten up the rear - i think it drops 10lbs)

[ProTeal55]

I am all about making the bike as light as possibile, but I also have to build a monster garage come spring, have a 55 Bel-Air that needs some TLC, and am also wanting to do a 1200 HD Sporster hardtail/bobber project as well. So as you can see it isnt the price of the cans, I just have to justify that dumping $500 for mufflers is worth it in the grand scheme of things..

[Jarvicious]

Excuse the minimal engine knowledge, but I was under the impression that if you let more air out, you gotta let more air in otherwise the ignition won't be able to keep up with the A/F ratio properly.  Maybe the S2R1ks have an ecu that compensates more than the 800, but I definitely get some heavy duty backfire if I decel too quickly. 

You're right, CF is nothing more than bling.  I mean it would be great to have a CF tank, imagine how flickable that thing would be!  But (especially in the euro tuner scene) carbon does nothing but display how much money you dumped into your ride.  I guess a hood would give some weight savings......

[Airborne]

Running the gp cans attached to the udder like the one pictured is not going to change back pressure as compared to just open udder. If you leave the udder on theres still a hold up of pressure from the presilencer in the udder itself.

[He Man]

Huh ? What ?
I am in the same boat as you. I am ALL about having a loud bike, just need to direct the sound behind me and not have it be directly under me.
Rode from Chicago to Miluwaukee for Rockerbox (yearly bike show) this past summer and by the time I got there I literally thought I had a head cold..
Took about a hour (and a few PBR's) to go away...

I am talking with that guy who makes those GP cans. Looks like they are anywhere from $250 and up (depending on what you want. material, etc..)
I am trying to get him to make me two on the cheap (reg alum. vs. c.fiber) and so on. I am most likely going to ceramic coat the entire system black anyways plus
god forbid I say it on this forum, I am really not that big of a fan of Carbon Fiber to begin wth. Figure doing the system in black and then having the cans ceramic coated silver will look pretty good
with the "low key" theme I have going on with my bike..

hey man, id be interested in jumping on that bandwagon. let me know how that turns out, those cans are really nice, i like it the way it was (aluminum i guess?) i just dont like how they connect.

[ProTeal55]

From what we have talked about thus far, it looks like he might be able to make me a "cheap-e" can for $200.
This would be out of plain materials and nothing too exotic. I still cant jump the gun just yet, as it is still Feb and the high today was still uder the freezing point.
Plus I am not sure I wanna dump that kinda cash into the bike just yet...

[elyk]

any pics of the GP style cans? the link is dead. and any updates?

[Itsasickness]

I have an Ex Box on my 695 for the past two years..i wear earplugs almost always and my ears ring all the time now....WORTH IT!!!, well I also have POD air filters on it, they are louder the the exhaust, plus its directly in your face. The ExBox sounds better than any other exhaust, and aesthetically it makes the back look so much cleaner 

[MostroS2R]

I thought you couldn't run without the exhaust cans. Wouldn't it run lean if you just leave the udder on and no cans?
If not, the cans are coming off this weekend, bike is too quiet.

[ProTeal55]

I ran my Monster with the Udder only (no muflers) and the thing ran fine.

[duccarlos]

It does run lean. You get popping in decel. I ran it on udder for 2 years.