racing exhaust for road use !

[romperstomper...]

my new shiney exhaust system arived today ,sounds and looks great but havent noticed the 2bhp gain .

Anyway when i purchased over the net ,it stated "performance" ,noticed after i fitted it,it was a racing exhaust .

My local bike shop told me 70% of bikes use these.

Well worry is you can't tell insurance company you have a racing exhaust for road use,so just wondering if anyone has been done for this or had there insurance voided after an accident !
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[Fruit'n'nut]

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I've never seen anyone being or been fined myself.

However I prefer to stay with road legal cans for several reasons.

First, I'd prefer not to inform police that I'm coming from miles away.

Also I'd prefer not to get people's back's to up.


The tarty side of me does like the sound, but I'd have to be having some serious tuning work to justify spending the money if it wasn't on a bike when I got it.

[Fruit'n'nut]

[RealNinja]

I have had race cans fitted to all my bikes (with the exception of the 400, which is my wife's officially) and have never had a problem.

This includes being stopped for speeding, and once cos I was 'riding dangerously' in trafffic (so where was my ticket then?!)

I have coppers living all round me, and live between the police training ground and HQ in Stafford, so you would think that if anybody is going to get hassle, it would be me.....

You won't get much of a Hp gain from just the can, you need to fit a full system and have the relevant work done to get a proper gain.
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[G]

Along those lines - a while ago I was stopped for doing 119 while undertaking, they also got a car with a digital camera so they could take a picture of my slightly scrubed up track tyres and dodgy headlight - but ignored the race exhaust.

[Fruit'n'nut]

[Jewell]

i think everyone has gotta come to Avon And Somerset......

Even the bike cops are easy to get on with......

Always been let off with a race exhaust.....as long as you dont rev it high in town,no problems i find.

[G]

It was Avon and Somerset that I got caught .

[minesweeper]

Get a full system like mine with spring mounts for the can, then pick one according to the conditions.

Matt

[yzf750r]

I have always had a race can on my bike. I have only been pulled once, just for a spot check, they just advised me to change it, but never fined me or anything!
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[DukeRed]

I've got two very loud cans.
I think the engine type makes a big difference. On my 400-4 I had a race can and I got lots of nasty looks because it seemed like I was screaming everywhere.
On the 850-twin people smile when they hear it cos it's not a fast sound just very cool.

Well maybe .
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[craigs23]

Imported exhaust system, custom made exhaust can. blatantly not for road use, but not obscene. Have passed multiple cops, haven't been stopped yet.

[bigdazz]

I Have an Art can on my Fireblade with a bsau rivet on band to replace the not for road use one,also a decibel killer wich is a slip in baffle that cuts the noise down and is really easy to fit,it only costs £14.95 see fuel exhausts on ebay

https://stores.ebay.co.uk/Fuel-Exhausts_Items-for-any-motorcycle_W0QQcolZ4QQdirZ1QQftidZ2QQtZkm

I think race cans are a safety feature because car are more aware of you.
just stay off the gas in towns and you are ok.

[romperstomper...]

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[EuropeanNC30R...]

I'd be mindful of telling an insurance company you'd made a modification. I've heard of some of them asking for 90% percent price hikes for huggers, nevermind cans.

[romperstomper...]

[ZZRman]

There is a grey area as to what is deemed to be of insurance impotance like huggers they dont improve performance and if its a aftermarket fit who is to know whats original or not...exhausts on the other hand aredeemd to be of impotance because they know you need to tinker with the feul system....loud cans dont do it for me, ever been on a long trip with one and they do nothing more than annoy people, there is no evidence to support the theory that loud cans gets car drivers to hear you, in my car I drive with loud music, think I can hear, can I F.... but I can hear a siren

[MarkyPancake]

I had an Akrapovic bolt-on on my ZX-6R J2 without any problems. Most of time it was on the bike it had the "Not for road use" etching near the exit pipe until I removed it. It sounded really nice.