"It'll bark like a dog"

Which is exactly what the bloke said my XT would sound like[1] with some
Akrapovic pipes on it after I mentioned the stifled popping and flame-
spitting from the overly silenced standard items.

So I bought some.

Directly from the importers. Saved myself a bundle[2].

They will (should) be here tomorrow.

Game on.

[1] And the noise I wanted.
[2] But spent quite a bit at the same time.

 

Only if they come with a jet kit...

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Krusty belched forth and ejected the following:

" "

 

The bike sounded shit hot with the standard pipes.

PaulV (Formerly GPZ)
ZX636

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck belched forth and ejected the following:

PFCT;

Next on the list is a K&N type filter and power commander.

I reckon I should just about eek out 60bhp with that lot on there.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, belched forth and ejected
the following:

Well, it's gonna sound like a fucking helicopter with the Akras on ;-)

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Klaatu belched forth and ejected the following:

That's what I'm after. I will also be doing some passes of large shop
windows in the dark and go down hard on the overrun whilst doing so :-D

 

<curses>

--
Krusty
www.MuddyStuff.co.uk
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'02 MV Senna '03 Tiger 955i '96 Tiger '79 Fantic Hiro 250

 

Muck says...

Gixer thous have 165bhp as standard with titanium valves and no-one
changes them when they tune the engines for racing, so I doubt a few
more bhp on WC's bike will make much difference to the valve's lifespan.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Muck belched forth and ejected the following:

I have it on good authority (well, Ginge told me) that you can get 15bhp
more without sacrificing reliability.

As for the valves, I have no idea; I've been Googling for the last three
weeks trying to find a service manual for it. I mean, they're on eBay,
so they must be on the web/internet somewhere!

 

Whinging Courier wrote

You mean that the bike only comes with 45bhp as standard?

Bwaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

 

He might need larger injectors..

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, steve auvache belched forth and ejected the
following:

48bhp, yes.

 

"... like a herd of shotguns."

 

HTH http://www.yam-xt.com/manual/XT660manualenglish.pdf googled for it
2nd hit.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Peter Jones belched forth and ejected the
following:

Good Lord.

Many thanks!

 

It's no bother. Whinge and you shall get (to certain limits)

 

Whinging Courier wrote

So I will be able to easily keep up in traffic then and leave you for
dust on the open road.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Peter Jones belched forth and ejected the
following:

I don't have limits. What I don't think is worth whinging about now,
I'll have a full-on rant about next week.

Not finding and keeping the perfect woman would be a good start.

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Klaatu belched forth and ejected the following:

I'll admit I was in the novice group, but whilst on the Mallory track
day, I did seem to accelerate up the arse of at least two litre bikes
when leaving the pit lane and then staying with them and overtaking a
few round the corners.

The best bit was when they took me on the straights but I had my fun
when I nipped up the inside and took 'em all on the hairpin.

No idea.

Taken from the manual (thanks PJ):

1st 30/12 (2.500)
2nd 26/16 (1.625)
3rd 23/20 (1.150)
4th 20/22 (0.909)
5th 20/26 (0.769)

I have no idea what these values mean btw, I was just showing off that
1) I now have the info and 2) I can put it on a NG or somewhere similar
if somebody asks about it.