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2015 R1 - Cheap mid pipe or best way to remove cat

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#1 ·
I keep looking at my new bike and I can't get over how ugly the exhaust is. I love pretty much everything about the bike other than that big belly pan. I was wondering if anybody had a solution that doesn't break the bank.

Thanks
 
#2 ·
Two Brothers has a cat eliminating slip on exhaust in stainless steel that can be had for about $630. In my opinion it is also the best looking exhaust out. I also understand MJS Performance has a steel Y-pipe nearing release that will work with the stock muffler or slip on. Not sure on the price of the MJS though I am sure it will relatively low.
 
#3 · (Edited)
Two Brothers has a cat eliminating slip on exhaust in stainless steel that can be had for about $630. In my opinion it is also the best looking exhaust out. I also understand MJS Performance has a steel Y-pipe nearing release that will work with the stock muffler or slip on. Not sure on the price of the MJS though I am sure it will relatively low.
I love it! The sound, looks and you eliminate the entire cat with its slip on kit. (its really a full system if you think about it) You get some simple HP gains and torque like the other systems. If you want the most HP in an exhaust, you have to flash/tune the bike. The pipe will not do it alone.

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#4 ·
Why do people insist on saying a cat eliminator exhaust system is the same as a full system if the oem headers are titanium? Firstly, full systems can be had in stainless steel. Secondly, the primary purpose of buying a full system is not for a titanium header. It's for a header with revised geometry giving different power output characteristics.
 
#9 ·
The cheapest option at the minute is definitely the MJS midpipe. Its available if you email them its just not on there site. I was $303 delivered to the UK so would be a fair bit cheeper for you guys. I paid extra aswell for a bracket to be added on so I could keep the standard heat shield so it wasnt left open.
Are you both running the stock pipe with this?

You couldnt pay me 4k to stick that junk mjs shit on my bike. All that thing is steel tubing they painted. It will rust from the inside out and it looks like something a ******* has on his 1985 ford f150
:icon_eek: lol!
 
#7 ·
The cheapest option at the minute is definitely the MJS midpipe. Its available if you email them its just not on there site. I was $303 delivered to the UK so would be a fair bit cheeper for you guys. I paid extra aswell for a bracket to be added on so I could keep the standard heat shield so it wasnt left open.
 
#15 · (Edited)
Graves designed their 3/4 system in such a way that only their end can will work, no other can, stock or aftermarket, will fit. It's quite proprietary.

As an aside, yesterday's dyno runs proved something interesting. The MJS mid pipe combined with the stock end can gave us, after altering the fueling to suit, a low-end just a smidge better than stock, a healthy bump in the midrange, and a top end that actually was lower than expected. KC put it down to the cobbled together system that is really not optimized for best flow. I replied that for now it'll do, but after serious suspension work next month, the next (and hopefully final!) step is a full system. On the fence between Arrow or Graves.
 
#18 ·
I will vouch that in the beginning the Mid pipe/stock can will sound okay but after a few months the stock can will start rattling and coming apart on the inside.

I don't have a sound clip of my bike with that set up but I do still have the can that i can turn end over end and hear the clinking and clanging of things moving around.