Suzuki V-Strom (VStrom) Owners Club DL250, DL650, DL1000 & DL1050
Oily Rag - Dedicated to Pat, Greywolf. 26/06/45 - 04/06/18 => Exhausts => Topic started by: stinkerbill on May 08, 2009, 08:13:15
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Just arrived!
Will get them fitted over the weekend and post pics
(http://s204787286.websitehome.co.uk/bike/beowulf_exhaust1.jpg)
They have a removable baffle, but judging by the fact that I can see straight through the silencer doesn't hold out much luck of them actually doing much to lessen the volume!
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Side note: The lady at Beowulf was very polite and was a pleasure dealing with them!
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Here they are - fitted and sounding great!
(http://s204787286.websitehome.co.uk/bike/beowulf1.jpg)
(http://s204787286.websitehome.co.uk/bike/beowulf2.jpg)
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can't see pics, is it just me?
Here they are - fitted and sounding great!
(http://www.eugenereisch.com/bike/beowulf1.jpg)
(http://www.eugenereisch.com/bike/beowulf2.jpg)
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Go on lets see your photos. All I got was a ? mark :shrug:
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Go on lets see your photos. All I got was a ? mark :shrug:
:shrug: Same here :shrug: :shrug:
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hi I can't see them either very interested as they seem good silencers looked on their site and they seem very helpfull :thumb:
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don't know why my pics never show up?
Anyway, here's links instead...
http://www.eugenereisch.com/bike/beowulf1.jpg
http://www.eugenereisch.com/bike/beowulf2.jpg
http://www.eugenereisch.com/bike/beowulf3.jpg
Note - they do come with 'BEOWULF' in black written on one side, but I preferred them not showing,so I just swapped sides so they sticker's on the inside edge
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They look nice, very shiny too
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Images fixed.... :thumb:
Cans look great.... :thumb:
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Ah, cool :thumb:
what had I done wrong?
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PM sent.... :thumb:
I really like these, if you don't mind me asking how much are they?
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same here look very good might be worth splashing on some shiny new ones instead of 2nd hand ones if the money is right what ones are they as they list alot on the site :thumb:
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I paid £300 but I think someone made a mistake!
The day after I ordered them, they move them to the second or third page of products - I think they'd been put on the site at the wrong price!
I paid £300 incl. delivery, but they're now listed at £390 (excl delivery):
http://beowulf-performance-products.com ... &catid=264 (http://beowulf-performance-products.com/shop/item.asp?itemid=7500&catid=264)
But they have standard outlet cans for £290 still:
http://beowulf-performance-products.com/shop/category.asp?catid=264
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you lucky so and so :thumb: if that was me they would of sent out the cheap ones instead :bawl:
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they look the dogs danglies :thumb:
are they much lighter than the original ones? any remapping or T.R.E. fitted?? :)))
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They're much lighter than the stock - I don't know exact figures.
They were super easy to fit and no, I've not remapped or done anything. Beowulf do say that nothing is required, but to be honest, it might benefit from it - that said it seem to be running fine.
I know I was lucky in benefitting from their mistake, but Hello, even the £290 ones with standard outlets look pretty nice!
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do they sound good ??
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Yeah - for me they're great - not silly loud but a nice proper V-Twin note - and that's with the baffles in
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are they loud enough to pi** the neighbours off if you was to go out early in the morning say before 5 :shrug:
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Loud enough for them to know when you're leaving and coming home, but (hopefully) not loud enough to have them come knocking on your door to complain
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are they loud enough to pi** the neighbours off if you was to go out early in the morning say before 5 :shrug:
good question, I was wondering the same :thumb:
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when I had my gsxr I had a remus can on it that was loud nobody complained but alot of people stop talking to us on the street which didn't bother me so much but hassle for her indoors when she goes up the school
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Yeah, whenever I've put new pipes on my bikes I try not to get silly-loud ones, but loud enough to make me grin.
At the end of the day I like my neighbours and respect the fact that they might not love the sound of an open-pipes V-twin!
When I leave each morning, I do my best to start and go, not sit around revving the nuts of my bike and if I leave early, I push it the 10 meters to the end of the road.
Little things but keeps everyone happy.
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another quick question......... are yours 380mm or 450mm?????? :thumb:
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They're the 380mm ones
I think the longer ones would look a bit too long
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Dan if you buy them I can have a listen to yours once fitted and see what they look like in the flesh as it were :thumb:
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Stinkerbill, do you have the kit to make a Youtube vid so we can all see and hear?
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uh.. actually I might. I'll try to get one done next weekend (one I've replaced my tyre!)
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You ask and I deliver!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAc4zyOWBw
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Use the Youtube button and you get this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpAc4zyOWBw :power:
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They sound great. :thumb:
I looked at their web site, they don't list an exhaust for the 650 but I might still give them a call when the time comes. Who knows, if there is enough interest they might add it to their range.
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they look and sound good was the baffles in or out I noticed a bloke at work has 1 on his bandit and that sounds good but run it with the baffle out all the time :thumb:
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Ah, thanks Admin!
(I didn't even think to look for a YouTube button!)
Oh and that's with the baffles in - plenty loud enough without being offensive
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Any chance of another vid with the Baffles out? :shy:
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That might have to wait until next weekend
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I've got a coupla questions please...
been out for long enough to see if it affects fuel efficiency?
what about needing to remap/power commander?
like the looks and the price (half cost of akras)
cheers
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Followed this review with interest, so imagine my delight when I stumbled across the Beowolf stand at the BMF today and picked up a pair for £220!!!!
Vroomazoomzoom.
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Wow! £220's too good to argue with!
AS for for fuel efficiency... I have no idea. To be honest it's not something I've ever even considered worrying about when buying new exhausts!
And no, I've not done any re-mapping. I'm sure it'd help, but having not done it hasn't really affected the bike at all.
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Followed this review with interest, so imagine my delight when I stumbled across the Beowolf stand at the BMF today and picked up a pair for £220!!!!
how lucky is that just looked at their site but doesn't seem like they are comming to the gems show in a couple of weeks in Kent :bawl: :bawl:
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Followed this review with interest, so imagine my delight when I stumbled across the Beowolf stand at the BMF today and picked up a pair for £220!!!!
how lucky is that just looked at their site but doesn't seem like they are comming to the gems show in a couple of weeks in Kent :bawl: :bawl:
bummer, I was banking on them being there! :GRR:
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bummer, I was banking on them being there! :GRR:
so was I more so if I could have saved myself £70 again :bawl: :bawl:
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I've got a cheque coming to me soon from Dartag for £320 so I think I might be spending it very very quickly!!! :thumb:
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spoke to beowulf earlier and they are not going to gems rung back a bit later to order the exhausts but think they had already closed for the night
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They look great, any issues with loosing the heat shields?
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not really - the way the pillion's legs are positioned it's not really a problem
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I have only gone and done it
I have I have
I have just ordered my exhausts today
just got to tell her indoors now
I have gone for the black oval ones they should be here next tuesday or wednesday due to bank holiday :thumb:
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Exhaust envy.... :shy: :shy:
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now they've been on for a week or so have you found any problems or issues??
any running or fueling problems??
also did your insurance go up or didn't you mention it to them (just wondering, no hidden or alternative motives) :thumb:
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No, to all of the above!
They're still sounding, looking and running great!
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they are here and fitted took about 20 mins to do with the aid of my 14 year old son who like to help now and again will post some pics up later and poss a vid
very nice looking cans and good finish and also a bit louder than stock(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/DSC00097.jpg)
trying the video(http://[url=http://s458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/?action=view¤t=MOV00099.flv][IMG]http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/th_MOV00099.jpg)[/url][/img]
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They look the business :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Sound good too. I just know I'm going to get a pair, the question is which ones!?!?!?!?!
I'm going to the GEMS BMF this weekend at Detling and I'll mull it over, but it IS going to happen :grin:
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They look the business :thumb: :thumb: :thumb:
Sound good too. I just know I'm going to get a pair, the question is which ones!?!?!?!?!
I'm going to the GEMS BMF this weekend at Detling and I'll mull it over, but it IS going to happen :grin:
Get the MTC's for £260 they look very well made but I havent had the chance to fit them yet, I will post when I have.
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Dan
Does that mean I have to put my leo vince ones back on and wake everyone up again at 5.30am
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Dan
Does that mean I have to put my leo vince ones back on and wake everyone up again at 5.30am
We can have a 'Pi$$ the residents off' session. That will make us even more popular!!!!
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they are here and fitted took about 20 mins to do with the aid of my 14 year old son who like to help now and again will post some pics up later and poss a vid
very nice looking cans and good finish and also a bit louder than stock(http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/DSC00097.jpg)
trying the video(http://[url=http://s458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/?action=view¤t=MOV00099.flv][IMG]http://i458.photobucket.com/albums/qq307/badger1000/th_MOV00099.jpg)[/url][/img]
Yeah, they look nice! I should have got mine in black!
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At the BMF I spoke to Scorpion and Laser............. how much!!!!!! :wtf:
They want between £450 and over £800 for a set depending on colour/style and from what I saw the Beowulfs are a far better pipe for the Strom. :thumb:
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are good but maybe a bit loud at 4 in the morning run them without the baffle today to the show and they are louder if you want you can come round and have a listen dan just pm me and we can sort it out :thumb:
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are they stubbies at 380mm or full size at 450mm???
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380 the other ones seem abit long but they sit nice and neat at the back of the bike I have put some other baffles in yesterday that my mate lent me from his ackro's just to see if it was not as loud in the morning when going to work
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DONE IT!!! :lala: :lala:
Ordered the black oval stubbies for £310.
woo hoo :metal:
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great hope you like them and the neighbours like them aswell
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I never thought you would stoop so low as I did............well done :welcome: to the noise club
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Do they not have a mounting to the link pipe on the footrest hanger like the OE pipes?
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Nope
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Just wondered.
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If anyone is interested ......... just got a set of Beowulf fitted, more for the weight saving (significant) then anything else - went for the slightly longer ones because alledgedly the 1000 exhaust pulses are hard on the internals of all exhausts and the bigger they are the longer they may last? In my opinion they look nicer than the standard pipes and the carbon caps finishes them off nicely. Build quality is good considering the price and the lifetime warranty is a nice touch. Noise - what a difference, with the baffles in they sound deep, purposeful and entertaining, changes the very nature of the bike - but the good news is that at cruising speeds the sound lowers and it just becomes a background 'thrum' which is good for distance work. Baffles out ..... if you want to hear what a Ducati on open race cans sounds like then just pop round and ignore the badge on the tank - I rode past my girlfriends house who had her windows closed and TV on and the text message read 'that better not be you!', not for the faint hearted but fun never the less. Fuelling seems OK with a small flat spot at 3750rpm but a much more prenounced pull past 6000rpm. It may be all in the mind but I think that the weight saving helps the rear suspension do less work and seems to have balanced the bike a bit better, who knows .........
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If anyone is interested ......... just got a set of Beowulf fitted, more for the weight saving (significant) then anything else - went for the slightly longer ones because alledgedly the 1000 exhaust pulses are hard on the internals of all exhausts and the bigger they are the longer they may last? In my opinion they look nicer than the standard pipes and the carbon caps finishes them off nicely. Build quality is good considering the price and the lifetime warranty is a nice touch. Noise - what a difference, with the baffles in they sound deep, purposeful and entertaining, changes the very nature of the bike - but the good news is that at cruising speeds the sound lowers and it just becomes a background 'thrum' which is good for distance work. Baffles out ..... if you want to hear what a Ducati on open race cans sounds like then just pop round and ignore the badge on the tank - I rode past my girlfriends house who had her windows closed and TV on and the text message read 'that better not be you!', not for the faint hearted but fun never the less. Fuelling seems OK with a small flat spot at 3750rpm but a much more prenounced pull past 6000rpm. It may be all in the mind but I think that the weight saving helps the rear suspension do less work and seems to have balanced the bike a bit better, who knows .........
I agree with all of the above :thumb:
seriously loud but what a difference. I've had mine a while now and never get tired of them. By far the best pipes for the strom :thumb: :thumb:
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I've bought a set of stainless 380mm. Great sound, loads lighter and look good too. Got them from moore speed racing in poole who were exceptionally helpfull and gave me some discount. Recommend the exhausts and the shop. :thumb:
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So for my K5 1000, are you all recommending the 380mm or longer ones, what's the best price anyone has got, and how easy are they for a bloke who know about both ends of a hammer to fit!?
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for me, its the 380 stubbies!
I think they finish the back end of the bike off perfectly.
I'm as mechanically minded as a one armed, bind, senile gibbon, but I fitted mine with ease.
Prices jump around but check out the MCN show or similar in your area and you’ll get a good price. The saving you make will have to be spent on ear plugs!
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Those carbon end caps look great, they really set the can's off - sound good too. It's got to be money well spent :thumb:
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I agree with all of the above :thumb:
seriously loud but what a difference. I've had mine a while now and never get tired of them. By far the best pipes for the strom :thumb: :thumb:
I'm sorry but I'll have to go for the arrow system :sarc:
These are nice looking cans well finished. like the carbon tail pieces.
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Anything would be lighter than originals they are real heavy muthas.