Wait until you get the mid pipes, it will be bone crushing loud. Although i haven't taken measurements yet (I will include my initial Leo Vince review below from TOB), I figure the mid pipes brought the volume up to around 90db. When this dam snow melts off the road I will measure it.
KNG
Leo Vince S2R800 Ti Slip on install first impressions
Postby killerniceguy on Fri Apr 25, 2008 10:41 pm
I received my Leo Vince Ti slip on from Bayside Performance last week and today was the install day.
Purchase - Wanted carbon but none available for at least 6 weeks. They had the Ti in stock so I took it. Bayside spent sometime with me on the phone and delivered as promissed. Pricing was competitive and the fact they are located in Canada is a nice touch too. Check out
http://www.baysideperformance.comfor details.
Product - Everything was in the box, not a part missing. A real bonus is they included a carbon exhaust shield for your right heal (I will post pics when the bike is clean and there is no snow on the ground
). This seems to be a new addition as this is the first I have heard or seen of it. Most people add an aftermarket one, mine came with...bonus. It also comes with the necessary passenger peg extentions.
Fit and finish - Quality of the welds and mounting brackets are top notch. 1/4" clearances at the turn signal and under the passenger peg. Great attention to detail, I was pleasantly surprised.
Installation - Very easy. As these are slip ons you simply take the old one off and put the new 2-1 collector pipe on the utter and slip on the muffler. Took less then an hour start to finish being very careful. I could do it in 15min now.
Sound - Before I took the stock pipes off I took out the trusty SPL meter and took some measurements, I also took measurements with the stock pipes off running only the utter and the new pipe with the baffle removed. All measurements were taken from the same location relative to the bike and the bike was parked in the same location each time. I tried to keep as much as I could consistent.
Here is how they compare, all measurements were taken at idle:
Stock:
5' from bike on right side 80db
5' from behind bike 82db
SPL meter placed on seat 88db
No pipes at all
5' from bike on right side NA
5' from behind bike NA
SPL meter placed on seat 100db
Leo Vince
5' from bike on right side 85db
5' from behind bike 87db
SPL meter placed on seat 92db
At idle they are louder and deeper sounding than stock. As there is still snow on the ground and can't give you a "how they sound from the bike" perspective, but bringing it up to 6k sure sounds good. I have heard a set of Zards so I will compare them to that as far as volume goes. If Zards are a 10 and a Goldwing is a 1 I would rate the stock system as a 5 and the Leo Vince as a 7. Very neighbour friendly, just be gentle.
The weight difference is as follows:
Stock pipes including all hardware and heat shield: 14lbs 3oz
Leo Vince slip on including all hardware and heat shield: 6lbs 14oz
Test ride - With snow in the driveway getting out for a rip would have been a stupid idea.
I hope this provides help/information to someone.
at idle, no. without the muffler it was a little more high pitched but at speed it got drowned out by the wind. with the muffler it's obviously muffled while idling, but when the engine is under load the wind doesn't drown the sound out. it's literally painful when i ride under 50mph and i've had to put in ear plugs when i normally don't.
