Thruxton 12 & 12R exhaust surgery

Here it is mate.

http://www.thetriumphforum.co.uk/threads/se-baffle-removal.7586/

 

There's a pair of 1200 exhausts just gone up on eBay.....make him an offer.

 

I drilled the back of my v-rod cans with pleasing results but I cannae see a respectable way of drilling these . I removed my w800 baffles with a hole saw but they werent that far in . I guess a member wots bought posh cans would gladly sacrifice their meagre cans for the greater good.

 

..I quite like the noise of stock on my 12 but a tad more would be ok. Bluetooth speaker ?

 

I don't think chrome polishes does it ? you could try your anusol on it for starters.
I had to have a tanker of autosol for my vrods solid ally wheels .

 

Are you sure that's the word you wanted ?????

 

Removable baffles on the US Vance & Hines don't make much difference, guys have actually removed both end cans and still the bike is quite! The Cat is acting like a large baffle.....

 

He could always borrow yours Dave !

 

Is that similar to "Preparation H" - or more along the lines of KY Jelly ?

 

My what Steve ? End cans ? Arse ? Words ?

 

Ye, I toured the factory, all white cream is the same stuff. Anusol, nivea, autosol , aftersun.

 

Here are a couple of pics of Thruxton R cans that have had the outer restriction removed using a hole-saw, not mine, stole them of that other Triumph Rat forum before the banned me for life for being me

Last pic was a 50mm hole-saw (I think) and the second was a 60mm (again, I think)....The first pic shows the inner restriction..

 

Well, I called some guy an idiot...which he was, and probably still is. He complained to some moderator called Bonnieblack who banned me for around 4 days and the only way I could post anything was if it had been read and passed by him. So when I pointed out to someone else that what he had posted was wrong and included links to prove it he said I had a bad attitude (which I have ) but he also complained and that tosser of a moderator threatened me with a life ban, so I told him to go fu*k himself, simple really....No malice from me, I just say it as I see it.....

Anyway, the thing with these bikes is the catalytic converter, its very restrictive and you don't really get much more out of them until you remove it along with opening up the exhaust. There are about four companies that do X pipe type replacements for the cat ranging from about $100 to $350, but IMO they are a wast of time unless you are just looking for a cheap fix to get more sound, if you are looking from a performance point of view you would be far better waiting and getting some straight through header pipes so you have an uninterrupted flow. There are some header pipes being made in the UK just now but I cant tell you much about them as of yet because I am waiting for more details. Also Arrow are making some headers you can find them on their website here http://www.arrow.it/en/assembled/1494 but less expensive alternatives will be available soon I'm sure..
I've heard a Thruxton R run with the V&H (off road) silencers which are around £600 and it doesn't sound much different from the stock bike...because of the cat restriction. Simple way to see how restrictive the cat is would be to remove the silencers and run the bike round the block, it wont do any harm...

Downside of straight through headers and open exhaust would be that it probably would need remapping and right now the only way that can be done is with a Power Commander so this turns expensive very quickly....

The cheapest way to go is the X pipe cat replacement and cut the hole into the rear of the stock silencers, that should make quite a noticeable difference...video here of Free Spirits cat delete (X pipe) with some slip on mufflers https://www.instagram.com/p/BPOn4dSDyeS/

Manufacturers of X-pipes are..
Free Spirits (Italy)
Moto Trio (Thailand)
Meerkat (Australia)