my ballabio

[Thorsten]

Hello,

 

here some new pix of my ballabio:

 

 

 

I hope you like it

[v50man]

It's bee- yoo - ti - ful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[biesel]

Moin Thorsten,

Greetings from the neigborhood

 

Your images should also be found here!:

http://35229.rapidforum.com/topic=100871698455

[FalcoLion]

Moin Thorsten,

Greetings from the neigborhood

 

Your images should also be found here!:

http://35229.rapidforum.com/topic=100871698455

 

 

Biesel,

 

Thank you for posting pics of my bike on dutch (?) forum. You made me feel as a proud papa The only question I got for everyone that actually post pics of their bikes is how come you actually ride with those ugly looking boat anchors stock exhausts? Please don't come back and say thta you liked them more then anything out there If you actually do that would be pretty lame excuse These bikes are ment to have something much nicer then those anchors

[biesel]

on dutch (?) forum

Uh oh ... no no it is the German V11 Forum

[Skeeve]

The only question I got for everyone that actually post pics of their bikes is how come you actually ride with those ugly looking boat anchors stock exhausts? Please don't come back and say thta you liked them more then anything out there

 

Well, I actually do think they look pretty good, but you're right: they're absolutely boat anchors! When I was doing the dissection pix I tried weighing them on the [woefully inaccurate] bathroom scale & they came out to something close to 20 pounds each! The stock collector is no lightweight either. If it wasn't for how heavy the stock cans are, I think Guzzi would have sold far fewer of their ex$pen$ive Ti "race" pipe kit...

 

Ride on!

[richard100t]

Well, I actually do think they look pretty good, but you're right: they're absolutely boat anchors! When I was doing the dissection pix I tried weighing them on the [woefully inaccurate] bathroom scale & they came out to something close to 20 pounds each! The stock collector is no lightweight either. If it wasn't for how heavy the stock cans are, I think Guzzi would have sold far fewer of their ex$pen$ive Ti "race" pipe kit...

 

Ride on!

My stock cans weigh 9lbs each. That aint light, but its hard to justify the expense of new cans to save maybe 10lbs. The crossover looks really heavy but I have never weighed it.

[Skeeve]

My stock cans weigh 9lbs each. That aint light, but its hard to justify the expense of new cans to save maybe 10lbs. The crossover looks really heavy but I have never weighed it.

 

That sounds more reasonable: I knew my scale was suspect! I should try my zippy new "digital" scale to see what it says. But as for the "hard to justify the expense," it's worth remembering that most people are expecting power gains from swapping out the cans in addition to the "rapid wt. loss plan." So if you got a 1hp across the board boost from new pipes and lost 7 lbs. of wt. [& let's not forget, it's from off the rear of the bike], it would be like getting a 2 hp boost across the board & dropping the forks in the triple clamps a tad due to the better wt. distribution!

 

Of course, some people just want new pipes 'cause they think the stockers sound "strangled" & want their Geese to honk!

 

Ride on,

[Thorsten]

Moin Thorsten,

Greetings from the neigborhood

 

Your images should also be found here!:

http://35229.rapidforum.com/topic=100871698455

 

 

@ biesel

 

klar, meine bilder habe ich zum teil im v11 forum gezeigt, bin auch hier aus versehen in die falsche rubrik gerutscht. trotzdem grüße in den schleswiger raum; vielleicht sieht man sich ja nächstes jahr mal im norddeutschen raum!!!

 

gruß thorsten

[richard100t]

That sounds more reasonable: I knew my scale was suspect! I should try my zippy new "digital" scale to see what it says. But as for the "hard to justify the expense," it's worth remembering that most people are expecting power gains from swapping out the cans in addition to the "rapid wt. loss plan." So if you got a 1hp across the board boost from new pipes and lost 7 lbs. of wt. [& let's not forget, it's from off the rear of the bike], it would be like getting a 2 hp boost across the board & dropping the forks in the triple clamps a tad due to the better wt. distribution!

 

Of course, some people just want new pipes 'cause they think the stockers sound "strangled" & want their Geese to honk!

 

Ride on,

I was thinking earlier that shedding 10lbs off a 500 plus pound motorcycle is kinda like throwing a deck chair off the Queen Mary. However...the louder pipes make the bike sound so much better & faster it could be worth it. "worth" is of course a relative term