My black 2006 FZ1 from belgium

[NJFZ1]

Now that will look fantastic!!! :tup:

 

[ballmead]

Much better marc, that's exactly what I did too.

I cut 80mm off from mine, yours looks like you cut 100mm off?

It's a fair bit louder now but not obscenely so.

 

[tatman2]

lovely, needs a belly pan tho

 

[NJFZ1]

February 2012

lovely, needs a belly pan tho

I guess you missed it, but it has one in the updated pic...

 

[tatman2]

I guess you missed it, but it has one in the updated pic...

ha, yep, missed it, love the can, and where did ya get the seat cowl?
im thinkin of changing my master cylinder for a red anodised one from rizoma but need to change the whole thing to suit the pazzo levers i have too

 

[tatman2]

yes, the exhaust is a bit of a problem; i like the yoshi, but a want an carbon exhaust. maybe this week a have a solution. a friend of mine has an akrapovic carbon and he asked me to trade with my yoshi. But then a have to make the akra shorter,because a find them original way to long. I already did this for another friend,so that's no problem. we wil see later this week ;-)

, have an akra on mine too and it is too long, might chop her down too, anything i should watch out for? what did you use to cut it?
how is it put back together?

 

[marc]

It's not so diffucult if you do it this way.
1. tape of the piece that needs to be removed. If you do this you are sure you cut it straigt.
2. first cut of 2 cm from the end,then you can easily remove the inner tube .
3. Now cut the desired piece of.
4. Then cut the soft material(don't know the name in english :shaking head
5. Now cut the soft iron material around the inner tube,but cut it 2 cm schorter than the inner tube itself. This is nessecarry for mounting it back together.
6. put some tape around the soft materail,it make's it easy to take it back in place.
7. mount the hole thing back together .

 

[marc]

Tha akra is mounted on the fz1. It needs a bd killer, because it's TO loud. I ordered new akrapovic stickers also.
Here some pics.

 

[NJFZ1]

Now that completes the look of the bike for sure! I would imagine that due to the decrease in volume of the muffler from cutting a piece of it, it got louder. With the dbkiller in place it shouldn't be bad.

 

[ballmead]

Tha akra is mounted on the fz1. It needs a bd killer, because it's TO loud. I ordered new akrapovic stickers also.
Here some pics.

Looking good marc, how much did you cut off it?

Mine is definitely louder but it's not too bad, my Mivv Suono by comparison was really loud and it droned like hell at cruising revs.

 

[marc]

I cut of 14 cm. It's a lot , but i really like a short exhaust.

 

[NJFZ1]

I cut of 14 cm. It's a lot , but i really like a short exhaust.

For those metrically challenged it's about 5.5" :nerd:

 

[ballmead]

I cut of 14 cm. It's a lot , but i really like a short exhaust.

No wonder it's loud

 

[Deftone]

I did this many years ago to my CBR900RR Streetfighter. Not for looks, initially, I did it to cut off the broken part of a crash pipe. Then more recently I wanted a stubby so I hacked a lot more of it off. There was a hole under the strap too, so now that's all gone.

This can is made up of parts from three different Yosh cans from various bikes put together.

Before:

Tip for old CF can: VHF makes a hight temp clear coating that brings back the glossy luster to old CF.

 

[marc]

Sunny today in belgium, so i took the fz1 out for a ride. :rmwl: Take the bike to my favorite place and road , and make some new pics of it. Let the summer begin

 

[ballmead]

Looking good marc

 

[Blanchy]

Looks great. Is that the Carbon Fiber factory in the background making more stuff for you?

 

[scottyd]

WOW, looks awesome Marc! Especially that exhaust!

 

[DenArnold]

favourite spot exactly marc at DOEL? Love the fast twisties around the harbour there :yes: Nice Pics

 

[marc]

favourite spot exactly marc at DOEL? Love the fast twisties around the harbour there :yes: Nice Pics

Yeah, thats my playground over there