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if you are in the low cash category, pull the pipes and knock out the cats!! More sound and less weight...I did it.
When I first bought the bike the pipes that were on it were knocked out zx11 pipes, and they sounded like shit. I drove 200 miles one way and spent 200 bucks on a set of like-new oem take offs courtesy of another member here. The stockers are heavy but they're quiet. I'm not a fan of noise. In the 80s when every inline 4 bike on the road had to have a Kirker 4-1 header on them I always kept my stock pipes on because the noise meant nothing to me.
2004 ZZR1200 moonlight gray, Dunlop Roadsmart 3 tires, 1.25" bar risers, color matched Corbin Beetle Bags, stock exhaust, KLEEN system removed.
Mine are not that loud. I am not a fan of noise either. The Delks just sound good. Low tone
until you twist her right ear and then they can come on line really good. I did this mod for
3 reasons, the good tone sound, the looks (carbon and stainless) and the weight savings
was just a bonus. The biggest change was the damn heat. The stockers with those cats,
you could make horseshoes on those things after a long ride. The carbons, you can reach
back and touch after a ride (not the stainless part though). I really noticed the heat difference
in the summer months. Those stockers stayed hot for some time after a ride.
"If it ain't broke, don't fix it...
but sometimes it just needs a mod"
Sorry I'm late to notice this poll. I did this exact thing: wanted to drop weight and went first to Black Widows. They cut 16 lb compared to the stock pipes but I found the noise too loud and rowdy in traffic. Delkevics are slightly heavier (only drop 14 lb) but I like the sound a lot. They are keepers.
One side note: I could tell these muffs flow better because the lean stumble at 3500-4000 rpm was made worse. Finally pushed me to shim the carb needles. All's good now.
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