G12 new pipe

[belfastguzzi]

Follow the links to see / hear video. You may need to have QuickTime 7 to see it.

 

We had one day of dry weather this week so I took some time and went out on the Griso with a video recorder, to capture the exhaust sound. There aren't loads of high speed roars as I kept to small roads, where the police wouldn't be. I don't think that they would take kindly to finding a bike with both a loud exhaust and a video camera on it.

 

The ride does show a range of conditions: low revs, high revs, up hill, down hill, level.

 

The sound should be pretty good with decent in-ear phones or headphones, or a mighty hi-fi!

There is a short snippet that will download quickly. The main movie is 12 minutes long, so you need broadband and a bit of patience, but once it starts loading you can play it while it continues to download.

 

 

 

Short snippet

 

The ride – the full 12 minute movie

[HaydnR]

Oooooooo that excites! Very nice video, it captured the sound great. It opens up the left side of the bike giving full effect of the single side swingarm.

[dlaing]

http://www.moviewavs.com/0038475992/MP3S/M...stein/alive.mp3

[belfastguzzi]

har har

 

 

 

that's the last time I stand behind that moto-bicycle!

[Guzzirider]

Nice work BFG. Great sound- also a good demonstration of how hard the 4V motor pulls over 5k revs in comparison to the old 2V.

[DeBenGuzzi]

THAT exhaust is STELLAR, I wish the griso was more comfortable for my 6'3" frame, I just felt cramped and that was at the bike show on a stand, I don't think I could ride it all day like I would want to

[macguzzi]

That almost sounds as good as my Scura, have you changed the handlebars

[HaydnR]

That almost sounds as good as my Scura, have you changed the handlebars

 

 

Does changing the handlebars make it sound even better?

[macguzzi]

Does changing the handlebars make it sound even better?

only if they are cowhorns

[belfastguzzi]

Part 2

 

The exhaust, fitted with a db killer insert. The sound is more socially acceptable and less intrusive / fatiguing. It does lose some presence and doesn't have the same visceral effect, but still sounds good.

I wish I had recorded the stock can for a full comparison. I'll do that sometime.

 

QuickTime video here

 

Prepare for a longish download time: I wanted to keep the quality high, so it's a big file.

It's the same route as before so that it can be compared to the original straight-through pipe's sound in the various conditions: even has pretty much the same uphill overtake.