Meet Keiser Steinbock

[Pie man]

Picked up the Katoom today. Just missing the pillion heated Ergo seat, which will be fitted at first service, then all set for Scotland in September

[Guest]

Very nice!

[Guest]

That looks superb. If have to put a smaller exhaust on it though.

[MikeHorton]

What a beast! Looks great in those colours too

[Bender]

Picked up the Katoom today. Just missing the pillion heated Ergo seat, which will be fitted at first service, then all set for Scotland in September GOPR5411.JPG

 

So you named it after a German bombing campaign?

Other than that looks good

[skyrider]

yes nice bike but loose that dustbin and get smaller can on it

[MikeHorton]

They are all staring to look that way, the xt1050 vstrom has a huge can too

[Bender]

They are all staring to look that way, the xt1050 vstrom has a huge can too

 

[fastbob]

No need .

[Pie man]

Picked up the Katoom today. Just missing the pillion heated Ergo seat, which will be fitted at first service, then all set for Scotland in September GOPR5411.JPG

 

So you named it after a German bombing campaign?

Other than that looks good

Nooooo. I named it after an Austrian mountain goat, also known as an Alpine Ibex

[Pie man]

yes nice bike but loose that dustbin and get smaller can on it

Yes totally agree.

[Bender]

Picked up the Katoom today. Just missing the pillion heated Ergo seat, which will be fitted at first service, then all set for Scotland in September GOPR5411.JPG

 

So you named it after a German bombing campaign?

Other than that looks good

Nooooo. I named it after an Austrian mountain goat, also known as an Alpine Ibex

Ohhhhh no you didn't

[fastbob]

I thought it was the bloke wot done it in the film The Usual Suspects .

[Marino]

I think that end can is so big because of catalytic converter is in. Is it?

[Marino]

Picked up the Katoom today. Just missing the pillion heated Ergo seat, which will be fitted at first service, then all set for Scotland in September GOPR5411.JPG

 

Superb bike, very nice colour, neutral, love it

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I think that end can is so big because of catalytic converter is in. Is it?

 

Cats are usually nearer the engine due to the heat the need to operate at. I think it's a trend with a lot of new bikes to have huge exhausts.

[Guest Swagman]

I think there are some bikes now with the cat fitted in to the end can. Edited July 25, 2020 by Swagman

[Gerontious]

I think that end can is so big because of catalytic converter is in. Is it?

 

Cats are usually nearer the engine due to the heat the need to operate at. I think it's a trend with a lot of new bikes to have huge exhausts.

 

its more a requirement of euro 4 (and now euro 5), manufacturers have been forced to use bigger mufflers to keep the volume under 80db.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

I think that end can is so big because of catalytic converter is in. Is it?

 

Cats are usually nearer the engine due to the heat the need to operate at. I think it's a trend with a lot of new bikes to have huge exhausts.

 

its more a requirement of euro 4 (and now euro 5), manufacturers have been forced to use bigger mufflers to keep the volume under 80db.

 

Might as well go electric then.

[S-Westerly]

Cats are usually nearer the engine due to the heat the need to operate at. I think it's a trend with a lot of new bikes to have huge exhausts.

 

its more a requirement of euro 4 (and now euro 5), manufacturers have been forced to use bigger mufflers to keep the volume under 80db.

 

Might as well go electric then.

 

Oooh! Someone's looking for trouble!

[skyrider]

thats the thing with modern bikes the original silencer looks like those big american silver caravans and probably nearly as heavy

[Guest Swagman]

Trying to stop people changing them as removing the cat makes the bike illegal with the emissions laws.

[Mississippi Bullfrog]

Trying to stop people changing them as removing the cat makes the bike illegal with the emissions laws.

 

Is that so? A lot of people decat their Bobbers. How does that go at MOT time? I've never had emissions tested at MOT.

[Guest Swagman]

Trying to stop people changing them as removing the cat makes the bike illegal with the emissions laws.

 

Is that so? A lot of people decat their Bobbers. How does that go at MOT time? I've never had emissions tested at MOT.

 

No they don’t test at mot yet, but the cops supposedly can place a hefty fine on you if they wish as the emissions are supposed to be the same as when manufactured, that’s what I read came from White Dalton Motorcycle Solicitors I believe,

The law has evolved over the years and long story short, it states it is an offence to use on the a road a vehicle which has been modified in such a way that it no longer complies with the air pollutant emissions standards it was designed to meet (if you are ever struggling to sleep I recommended reading the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations and the Road Traffic Act 1988. It is WAY more effective than counting sheep).

If you get caught doing this i.e. ‘de-catting’ a motorbike that should have a catalytic converter etc. you could be looking at a hefty fine. Bizarrely though, as matters currently stand, motorbikes do not have their emissions tested as part of the MOT and there are load of companies out there ‘de-catting’ bikes.

[skyrider]

emissions testing for bikes will be coming right round the corner at us and be here before we know it

Edited July 25, 2020 by skyrider