XT600E question

I have also posted this to the trailriding group - but it (the group) does
not seem much attended.
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My new XT600E is now run in (1250 miles) and I'd like to buy it a new
exhaust. I think the original might be stifling it a bit.

If anyone has experience of changing the exhaust system please let me know;
what make and whether it made any difference to the bike.

I imagine that in time the steel pipes and box will rust through and I'll
end up with a stainless system anyway - it might as well be now as later.

Thanks

John

 

"Clutchman" <> spouted the following
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Got a dyno read out to back that up?

 

tallbloke said:

No, but he spoke to a bloke who told him it was well screwed together.

 

Popcorn - stat!

 

I'd be very surprised if you can find another 14bhp on a bloody single
just from an exhaust and intake change.

Or someone's got a dodgy dyno.

 

Orange Boulevard Racing used to get 60HP out of their XT motors using
the Cosworth piston and White Power cam.

IIRC Yamaha claimed 43HP for the XT600 anyway, so maybe your air filter
was a bit fouled up before you ditched it?

 

Oooh, pass some here, yum.

 

I think figures like that are achievable - IIRC Tony Huck used to get
mid-50s out of an XT and the engine rideable for the street.

Just that tyou need rather more than a carb and can change for another
14bhp....

 

I've still got my popcorn here ...

 

Go round and cram a handful in Bears mouth would you? ;-)

 

(The Older Gentleman) spouted the
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Laser Pro-Duro is the way to go. You

Or the air filter was so stuffed it was strangling what should have been
a 43HP engine down to 35...

 

I thought I heard a late popper earlier on, you know. It turned out
to be Loz's brain exploding.

 

Loss of more than 15 % ? Quite a lot, I'd say. Probably the one
Yamaha got the 42 hp out of was for some reason one of the
few where all tolerances were a their best, every casting came
out nice and smooth and every alignment during assembly was
perfect. Just a coincidence of course. Not really cheating and
they would be daft if they put the worst they could find in the
test stand.

But why do we discuss this at all, let's face it, the XT600 is a
slow lump for old farts.

 

BSA Copy!

 

<small voice>

I like them.....

</sv>

 

Never tried one. Was it actually an improvement over the old 500?

 

Huge. More poke, while just as soft and torquey low down, smoother, and
(allegedly) much more reliable.

As for the bike - well, all the improvements of 10-15 years plus a disc
brake front end instead of an SLS front drum.

 

So it's like a sanitised version then? OK, I suppose, but if it's lost
the rawness of the original...

What's the top speed, BTW? The old XT500 could only just top 90 on a
good day (as measured by HM Police) - I always felt it could have
coped with 10-15mph more.

 

A 600E will *just* hit a ton in perfect conditions. Otherwise 95-ish.
It's a little bit quicker than the 500, but not much.

Decent brakes and suspesnion are the main benefit, but even I admit that
it doesn't look as good as the 500.

Especially the late 500 with alloy tank and gold wheel rtims... yummy.