Blowing exhaust

[Westbeef]

Ive developed a hole in my exhaust, it appears to be an attempted patch up that has now failed. Pic below, its on the bottom where the down pipes come together. Any advice on if it can be welded and how much I can expect to pay? I know I can get some stainless pipes but if I can get it patched cheap I'd rather do that for now. I wouldn't be changing any header pipes myself after my track record .

http://i.imgur.com/bjL6iR7.jpg

[Stu]

stainless full race system with power commander all set up on a dyno ....there is no other way

Its hard to see what the material around it is like! if its solid enough then a good welder would be able to sort it for you although I suspect the system will need to come off to get to it properly!

[Westbeef]

stainless full race system with power commander all set up on a dyno ....there is no other way

Its hard to see what the material around it is like! if its solid enough then a good welder would be able to sort it for you although I suspect the system will need to come off to get to it properly!

 

it would only be stainless like for like replacement I can just about afford that but it means going delkevic and I didn't want their end can.

[Mr Fro]

Could you bodge it up with a bit of exhaust bandage, fire gum and beer cans until an eBay special turns up?

If you're going to the hassle of taking it off to be welded, you might as well pop something nicer on.

[Westbeef]

Could you bodge it up with a bit of exhaust bandage, fire gum and beer cans until an eBay special turns up?

If you're going to the hassle of taking it off to be welded, you might as well pop something nicer on.

I was gonna do so with some RTV however if it could be welded in situ I might get away with £20-£30 rather than doubling what I was going to pay for the end can .

[Mr Fro]

Shame you're not closer Beefs, I would have slapped a patch on for *insert price of full titanium/carbon akropovic system minus £4*.

Or biscuits.

[Westbeef]

GUtted thanks though

[Tango]

Don't Delkevic do just headers for your bike?.......then you can stick whichever end can you like on it......

[Westbeef]

Don't Delkevic do just headers for your bike?.......then you can stick whichever end can you like on it......

 

They do but its expensive to do it that way, bit over my budget! 200 for the headers and 200 for the exhaust I want. Its 310 for the set from delkevic, Ive also gotta pay someone else to fit it and hope they don't snap the studs as I defo would end up snapping them

[eastanglianbiker]

http://www.delkevic.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=870_1276_1357_1361&category_string=Motorcycles%20%26gt%3B%20Honda%20%26gt%3B%20600%20%26gt%3B%20CBR600F1-F6%20%282001-2006%29%20%3E%20Downpipes

[Tango]

What about these?.........http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/2001-2007-f1-f7-222-c.asp

[Westbeef]

What about these?.........http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/2001-2007-f1-f7-222-c.asp

 

They look quite good actually! I'm tempted by this one, I just don't think it's road legal.

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/cbr600-cbr-600-f1-f2-f3-f4-f5-f6-f7-2001-2007-exhaust-system-with-230mm-round-gp-style-stainless-steel-silencer-9969-p.asp

[Tango]

What about these?.........http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/2001-2007-f1-f7-222-c.asp

 

They look quite good actually! I'm tempted by this one, I just don't think it's road legal.

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/cbr600-cbr-600-f1-f2-f3-f4-f5-f6-f7-2001-2007-exhaust-system-with-230mm-round-gp-style-stainless-steel-silencer-9969-p.asp

Contact them and ask if it's road legal........If it's not stamped "off road use only" you're most likely ok.....

[Bob]

Ive developed a hole in my exhaust, it appears to be an attempted patch up that has now failed. Pic below, its on the bottom where the down pipes come together. Any advice on if it can be welded and how much I can expect to pay? I know I can get some stainless pipes but if I can get it patched cheap I'd rather do that for now. I wouldn't be changing any header pipes myself after my track record .

http://i.imgur.com/bjL6iR7.jpg

 

Halfords sell some metal putty..it's in a plastic tube..tear off the amount you need and need it into a putty...clean the area first then put it into and around the hole,,,it can stand extreme temperatures ..it does the job ..i've used it on a car exhaust in the past and it works well

[Westbeef]

I was thinking about doing something like that Bob, but it'll eventually fail again and I plan on keeping this one for a while . So if I'm doing the end can anyway I may as well get a full system and save me having to sort it out in 6 months time .

[Joeman]

What about these?.........http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/2001-2007-f1-f7-222-c.asp

 

They look quite good actually! I'm tempted by this one, I just don't think it's road legal.

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/cbr600-cbr-600-f1-f2-f3-f4-f5-f6-f7-2001-2007-exhaust-system-with-230mm-round-gp-style-stainless-steel-silencer-9969-p.asp

Contact them and ask if it's road legal........If it's not stamped "off road use only" you're most likely ok.....

 

Says they are here with baffle

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/silencer-specifications-23-w.asp

[Westbeef]

They look quite good actually! I'm tempted by this one, I just don't think it's road legal.

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/cbr600-cbr-600-f1-f2-f3-f4-f5-f6-f7-2001-2007-exhaust-system-with-230mm-round-gp-style-stainless-steel-silencer-9969-p.asp

Contact them and ask if it's road legal........If it's not stamped "off road use only" you're most likely ok.....

 

Says they are here with baffle

http://www.blackwidowexhausts.co.uk/silencer-specifications-23-w.asp

 

Ah not for the 230 one only the ones with the *.

However I'm sure I can manage with a 300mm

[Westbeef]

Plan of action sorted, going for a full stainless system. Spoke to a new-ish garage, local that had been recommended quite highly, showed me around the place and everything he had going on. Couple of hours labour to fit the exhaust(providing the studs don't snap) when I get it, he'll even see if he can source the same one cheaper AND he will throw it on the dyno for free after and get me a power reading .

With me changing the whole system, it's a like for like so I wont need a power commander will I? He's going to tune it a bit on the dyno and get it running leaner for me, says it's better for on the road.

[ThePhatomfart]

Hi Beefy , if that's what you doing a PC would help for mapping and do the Clean air mod before the Dyno , that doesn't cost anything

[Westbeef]

Hi Beefy , if that's what you doing a PC would help for mapping and do the Clean air mod before the Dyno , that doesn't cost anything

 

Edit: didn't read properly.

Yeah a PC is out of the question £350 that's more than the system I'm buying

Edited March 20, 2017 by Westbeef

[ThePhatomfart]

Would check out the K&N experience , a lot said on both sides for and against , he might not do the Clean air mod, its not necessarily part of the Dyno run

[Mawsley]

Bought a Black Widow system for the XJ - I'm very impressed.

Lovely exhaust note with and without the baffle, it turned the bike from a slow boring barge into something a bit more fruity. If they had one for the XT I'd have bought it.

[Stu]

With me changing the whole system, it's a like for like so I wont need a power commander will I? He's going to tune it a bit on the dyno and get it running leaner for me, says it's better for on the road.

 

It was going so well!

He can't touch any fueling without a power commander so how he is going to tune it I don't know

[Mr Fro]

Yeah a PC is out of the question £350 that's more than the system I'm buying

PC my nob. Have a look at these.

Injection, ignition or a combined unit. Fully mappable and all that jazz - it's so easy that even I can do it!

[Westbeef]

Maybe I misunderstood him then, and he was just showing me what he does to other bikes. It might just be a power reading he is doing me, I'll find out for defo .