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MikeH
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PostPosted: 22:42 - 12 Jan 2006    Post subject: ER5 Exhaust question Reply with quote
Quick question, on the ER5 I noticed that there is a link pipe between the downpipes, what's it do ?

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Bezzer
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PostPosted: 23:50 - 12 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It's a balance pipe, equalizes the pressure between the exhausts and supposed to smooth the pulses to give better low down power when close to the manifolds. Lot of old Brit bikes used to have them, don't see them as much now but they are about still.
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PostPosted: 00:46 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It rusts away in winter road conditions with frightening rapidity and means you have to buy an after market 2-1 system six months earlier than you would have done if you waited for the rest of the exhaust to rot off.
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PostPosted: 02:33 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
If you buy a performance after market system it won't have that link pipe Thumbs Up
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MikeH
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PostPosted: 08:47 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Cheers fellas, the KLE doesn't have one so I wondered if it was a performance enhancing thing, viagra for bikes but sounds more like bromide Wink Mr. Green
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stinkwheel
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PostPosted: 12:45 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
MikeH wrote:
Cheers fellas, the KLE doesn't have one so I wondered if it was a performance enhancing thing, viagra for bikes but sounds more like bromide Wink Mr. Green


The KLE has a two into one exhaust and so doesn't need a link pipe. You only need one if you have a two into two (well you don't actually NEED one at all, but a 2-2 is better with one).
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PostPosted: 23:11 - 13 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
stinkwheel wrote:
MikeH wrote:
Cheers fellas, the KLE doesn't have one so I wondered if it was a performance enhancing thing, viagra for bikes but sounds more like bromide Wink Mr. Green


The KLE has a two into one exhaust and so doesn't need a link pipe. You only need one if you have a two into two (well you don't actually NEED one at all, but a 2-2 is better with one).


The ER'5 is a 2-1 though Confused . guess Kawasaki found that it helps with something somewhere. Maybe emissions are lower with it?
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PostPosted: 01:03 - 14 Jan 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Who cares? Razz

It'll rot anyway, so just buy a decent system for it! Thumbs Up
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