Wired1
Kiwi bike nutter
In New Zealand we have very strict noise rules and the pipes on my recently purchased '72 XS2 aren't even close. My bike has a two-into-one lake pipe thing. To register the bike here it has to first pass a very strict test called the "Warrant of Fitness" or WoF and as well as brakes, lights, indicators (turn signals) and general structural integrity it cannot exceed 95 dB at 3000 rpm. My XS2 idles at about 95 dB and at 3000 it's more like 105-110 dB.
I am looking at MikesXS and trying to work out which ones are quiet and I even asked them to tell me which ones are quiet and which are noisy but they say they haven't got time to rate them all and I need to be more specific so I'm asking you guys if you know if any of the ones they sell are quiet.
So I need a stock set of headers https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-chrome-xs-perf-headpipe-set.html and a couple of very quiet mufflers that are not too long like these:
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-commando-style-universal-megaphone-muffler-26.html
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-megaphone-reverse-cone-19-05.html
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-xs-perf-reverse-cone-megaphone-muffler.html
The name "megaphone" makes me think they might be loud so might be a bad idea.
I am looking at MikesXS and trying to work out which ones are quiet and I even asked them to tell me which ones are quiet and which are noisy but they say they haven't got time to rate them all and I need to be more specific so I'm asking you guys if you know if any of the ones they sell are quiet.
So I need a stock set of headers https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-chrome-xs-perf-headpipe-set.html and a couple of very quiet mufflers that are not too long like these:
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-commando-style-universal-megaphone-muffler-26.html
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-megaphone-reverse-cone-19-05.html
https://www.mikesxs.net/yamaha-xs650-xs-perf-reverse-cone-megaphone-muffler.html
The name "megaphone" makes me think they might be loud so might be a bad idea.
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