Re: Cheapest horsepower

I have noticed that with the SV, adding any *significant* HP costs LOTS of
money.  Swapping the factory exhaust out for something in titanium or carbon
fiber doesn't gain much HP at all but the weight reduction is significant.
I was cleaning my garage over the weekend and moved my factory SV exhaust
around, I was once again shocked by the weight!  It is one HEAVY exhaust
system!  The akrapovic setup I have is really nice and well built, but I can
say the same for half a dozen other SV exhaust systems out there.  I think I
paid a little over $600 for mine (ouch!) but it was well worth it even for a
guy who has never ridden a track like me.  I highly recommend swapping out
the complete system rather than just the can, lots of weight in that tubing.

--Dan


----- Original Message -----
From: "Erik Weber" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: Cheapest horsepower


Nah I haven't done anything. I don't want to go nuts, I just don't want to
miss out on anything that can be done cheaply and/or easily.

Sounds like exhaust would be step 1. Even that might be out of my price
range for now. But I was just curious.

Thanks,
Erik

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