Has anybody used an exhaust wrap on their Girly?
I was just wondering if using it does give any slight increase in power?? I need to squeeze every little extra from my 955i that is possible....I know the best way is to shed some weight, from me, but that is not going to happen any time soon as Easter is here :hat10
Hi Nige
If I remember rightly your mate has a Multistrada so engine wise your always going to come up sucking your thumb!! the exhaust wrap is a new one on me I've only ever come across it used to either stop you burning you leg on high level pipes or just for pure fashion.
I've mentioned my encounters before with Multi's you'll have to look to the suspension dept and even then if your running a 19" wheel pushing too much is asking for trouble.
Oh and no Le-Mans this month first time in 17 years :icon_frown:
Put knobbies on the bike and blame it on the tires. Then take an unpaved road and have a good laugh when your mate sh#ts himself with that expensive bike of his :hat10
Are you burning your legs? If not is going to be a huge waste of time and money and if you go any further than the nearest Starbucks, it'll look like sh1te by the time you get there.
Cheers will have to look elsewhere!!
Yes Chris I will be chasing the 1200S Multi in and around the passes in the Alps soon!! Sorry to hear you not attending Le Mans this year, I have never been to any of the racing there yet only 1 hour 40 mins from us!
Last time I put knobblies on a bike was my DT175MX, they were NHS (Not Highway Standard :icon_mrgreen:) and used to walk across the road on fast ish bends so no way am I using them ever again!! Thinking about it I have them on my CR500 :icon_mrgreen:
Not burning anything just wanted some extra ponies/grunt!
Quote from: Sin_Tiger on April 04, 2015, 03:38:26 PM
Are you burning your legs? If not is going to be a huge waste of time and money and if you go any further than the nearest Starbucks, it'll look like sh1te by the time you get there.
:ImaPoser :iagree
So there is no performance advantage to a hot (internally) exhaust?
the #1 reason for exhaust wrap is to cut down under-hood temps , thereby letting the engine run in a cooler environment .
and sqeaking a bit more oomph out of it .
tiggers don't have this issue , no hood :bad
unless you are burning your leg exhaust wrap on a bike is pretty much pointless.
:iagree
I theory, yes but if you do 10 dyno runs before and 10 runs after fitting, you'd be hard pushed to make a convincing case and you certainly wouldn't notice at the seat of your pants. Mix into this an engine and system that's done a few thousand miles and really it's just window dressing. It works better with 2T's :wheel
I can only speak for myself but I'd rather put the money saved towards a few track day lessons if I'm going chasing sports bikes in stilettos :bad
So I will not be wasting time on exhaust wrap, thanks for the input!
As far as track days, don't need any lessons just need more ponies. I used to have a hayabusa for 6 years and although that was a while ago now, as had the Tiger for 7 years, I do miss the ooomph of the busa but not the riding position!!!
If you have the K+N filter/map/aftermarket pipe/airbox mod and 19T sprocket then that's it end of.
From my encounters with GS's I can turn e'm inside out on the corners with my 17" front wheel but you can never match a big twin for torque when coming out of the said the problem being that a Multi has both.
The only time I've encountered a Multi and it's struggled is in high speed sweepers because the ones with the electric sus don't have the right setting.
:iagree with previous poster about the wrap
Quote from: nigeh on April 04, 2015, 06:18:52 PM
Last time I put knobblies on a bike was my DT175MX, they were NHS (Not Highway Standard :icon_mrgreen:) and used to walk across the road on fast ish bends so no way am I using them ever again!! Thinking about it I have them on my CR500 :icon_mrgreen:
Try a pair of Heidenau K60 Scouts, they seem to do quite well both on and off the macadam. Or Continental TKC80 if you want even more dirt orientated but still be able to ride the black stuff :icon_biggrin:
:nod if you've got the skills, which I don't, then it's maybe time for you to look at a used Roadie. Good aftermarket can, good filter and a bit of time on a dyno with someone who knows what they are doing, good aftermarket shock, stock front springs are ok for most, oil and air gap is more important and some time dailing the front and rear in to suit you. Then you'll have your mate looking in his mirrors with concern :bad
Ummm don't really like the 1050 may as well have a Fazer! :icon_mrgreen:
I tried one when I was trading my K1200GT in, which I swapped, cash my way. for my Tiger at a Triumph dealer. It is the look of the 1050 that bothers me as not really an adventure bike stance which is what I was looking for. I really wanted a GS1150 Adventure...........until I rode one :augie
Chris what have you done to the front end of yours? Has anyone swapped the whole front end for a more modern set-up like upside forks and 17" front wheel??
Hi Nige
Blimey where do I start :icon_scratch: the problem is mine is an early spoke wheel version taking it to a 17" has been interesting taking a mag wheel version to the same may or may not be a touch too far because Triumph altered the head angle on the mag wheel one's so I just don't know how you would get on.
I put Ohlins forks springs and increased the oil to 15wt and also the quantity combine that with a very stiff set up on the back I'm happy to put it up against allcomers there is another part to this story as I've had allsorts of hassle with the rear Ohlins because of the stiff set up that I run because of being two up with a pile of gear but even fully kitted up it still steers like a mini moto.
Where it gets really complicated almost certainly I/we will buy a DVT either the end of this year or the beginning of next the ergos are a world away from the current bike but the rub is the size of the tank where as the tiger has that bit extra and certainly doing the Portsmouth/B'Ham run the Tiger is always going to be the quicker bike because of not having to stop for fuel and you can lump the 1050 Tiger in it with as well because I've ridden from Holyhead back to B'Ham with two 1050's and neither could do it on a tank so we buggered off and left e'm :icon_wink:
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Chris your bike looks fantastic!
I would love to have a look at doing something with the front end of mine but funds prevent it really! I am sure that there must be something that would improve it from the current range of 'adventure' type bikes on the market but I guess the main issue would be buying forks second hand as probably all bent to hell!
I now have a newer 'standard' rear shock fitted that has only done 7000 miles against my original that has done 40k plus, it certainly feels better and although I rarely ride two up I always carry a lot of luggage with me that is like having a pillion!!
If I come back across to Birmingham from us here in Normandy I can do it without the fuel light coming on if I do not have the panniers on as it is around 215 miles BUT if panniers on then no chance light comes on around 180 ish miles.
I might be coming to the midlands sometime late April and if I do be good to see that bike of yours.
In the meantime I will have to work on the diet!!!! :nono
Hi Nige
We are the Jerez GP end of april beginning of may but your more than welcome to come and have a look I've been that busy with mine I've never really looked at the mag wheel version.
When I went to a five and a half inch rim on the back and a 17 front I had rims laced on secondhand hubs and that was done by Central Wheel in Coleshill wheel wise the cheapest option is either to find something else that fits particularly the front,or try and find a front end off a KTM or similar because they will have to be longish.
Just lots of home work and trial and error.
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Hope the Jerez race is as good as last weekends, whatever Ducati did to that bike you can sure bet is p****ng Rossi off :icon_mrgreen:
As you say those forks are going to have to be loooong! Be great to put a GS front end on as I really liked the lack of dive on my BM and was a shock going to the Tiger, probably why the Tiger is the only bike I wear rear pads out on as fast as the fronts almost, just trying to keep the thing level under braking!
If I come over I will be around for a couple of weeks or so so maybe get to meet up. I know of central wheel as always used to buy tyres from Coleshill and think the tyre part was on the same industrial estate back in the day.
Will have to look at all the dimensions of different options one day or when my other half wins the lottery for me :icon_mrgreen:
I won't argue with you about the Roadie looks, it's the only Triumph I've ever thought of as poor in the styling department. Not controversial love it or Hate it, just bleah, the styling department must have overdosed on vanilla that week, so I didn't cry when I traded it like I would if anything happened to the Steamer.
The chassis and engine sold it for me, I think it's a bit of a sleeper for the money that you can get low milers for at the moment.
I had a mate who bought one for a three week trip around France. He got it on ebay then sold it as soon as he got back from the trip!!
We did some ride-outs and he said that he felt our bikes were pretty equal on acceleration etc and he rides like a complete and utter nutter! He owned a supercharged B-King at the time, as well as a Spondon framed GSX1100 turbo, which is why he got the Tiger as the B-King only did 18mpg and the Spondon a little less! :bug_eye
I rode one back to back with my 955i when I was trading the BM and I preffered the 955i but maybe the 1050 engine in the 955 might be worth a look !
Hi Nige
Re your bike I'd look for a 17" front wheel the same age as yours and hope the speedo fits and if not get a spare front hub and get a rim put on by Central Wheel and see how it goes.
Re bikes I've been all around the houses bike wise in the last 18 months the 1050 is fine but it's marginally quicker with the emphasis on marginal and has a smaller tank,I've ridden two Multis and Ohlins electric version and a Sky Hook active of the two I'd take the Ohlins but two up the ergos was crap on both sat on a DVT and it's a different animal and unless anything else comes out of the woodwork we'll have one but it will be a stocker.
The advantage I have over the others on here having ridden the road from Domfront to Sees for more years than I care to remember and lot of that road I've had my Tiger both on the stop and most of the time it's been on the side of the tyre would I get down there any quicker on a Multi?? only one way to find out.
What I forgot to say the front wire wheel will fit in yours.