Teebs
King of the Ass-Hats
Cool. So, can you tell me what it means?
Why didn't you say that sooner? You could have said that instead of calling me a douchebag.Since I owned a Bonnie with those pipes, have seen them on a hundred other scoots and I've been around motorcycles my whole life, I'm willing to bet my "opinion" (based on a fuck-ton of experience) is more than slightly valid.
gggGary, It's not so much that your input isn't wanted as I'm just trying to connect with someone who has installed these mufflers and get the info.I guess my input isn't wanted but I think the maker would be as important as the shape.
Thanks TonyCI have the Mike's copy and original BSA mufflers and both are far from being restrictive.
I see this is an old thread, but it still shows up in search engines...
I ran an XS650SE ('US Custom' UK model) for around 10 years. During this time it always has 'pea shooters' fitted. First a set that the previous owner fitted, then one of them rusted a bit and I fitted a new set that were sold as 'Norton Peashooters'. They looked just like the photo posted above by Cooltouch, and had great chrome, I'm pretty sure they were UK aftermarket specialties made for Norton Commandos.
Anyway, the performance of that bike was great. I never had the original Yamaha silencers to compare with, but it pulled like a train, no dead zones in the mid range and maxed out at about 110mph indicated, so I'd say the performance was good.
And of course the exhaust note was gorgeous - loud enough but without being too noisy. Perosnally I think a great note is one that is loud and deep and even spits a bit at low revs but then actually gets a bit quieter and smoother at high revs. Peashooters will give you this.
In summary, I lived with them for many years on an otherwise stock XS650 and they were great.