Thumper Club Forum
Technical => Bike Problems/Questions => Topic started by: Hornblower on March 27, 2007, 09:52:18 AM
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OK, this is probably a question that the regulars on this site have got tired of answering but I'm new to the club and I have checked back on previous posts and I can't find a definitive answer to the question: Is Predator the only company that makes an off-the-peg replacement exhaust for the XBR 500?
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Hiya Matey,
I've seen em with microns on but I can't find em on't interweb. Does it have to be a 2 into 1? If not, Laser Exhausts do replacements. They look quite nice too.
DaveB.
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Hi Dave
I spoke to a Laser stockist yesterday who reckoned that they had been discontinued. I don't mind whether it's a 2 in to 1 or not I'm just looking to see if there's a cheaper option to the £300 plus Predator.
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Hiya Mate,
Just been checking out David silver spares, He does the originals for £99 each. A pair of them is going to be cheaper than a Predator and I reckon they look nicer too.
Dave B
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Sounds good, can you send me a link?
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Certainly can...
http://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/cgi-bin/dss2-cgi/Catalogue.pl
There you go.
Dave B
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Many thanks Dave.
H
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you might want to check if you'll also need the exhaust collets too.... mine were well knackered when I changed my exhaust. Dave Silver stocks those too.
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Just heard back from David Silver Spares that the XBR pipes are discontinued and they have none remaining in stock!!!!
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Oh bugger. The only other ones I've come across are the Lasers and the Predator. How about this...
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Honda-XBR500-XBR-500-Exhaust-System_W0QQitemZ150065364217QQcategoryZ10460QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Doesn't look too pretty but its hard to tell from the photo.
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Funnily enough I have emailed the seller to check that it will fit my late model (1989) XBR. I have come unstuck before with second hand spares for the bike, things like indicators and clip ons are different on my model to the earlier models. My bike also has spoke wheels and it's not an import or a GB. The other question I have is would I notice a drop in power switching to a 2 in 1?
Thanks for all your help Dave.
Best wishes
H
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You have an XBR500SJ, the last model sold in the UK. This is the model with the auto decompressor on the end of the camshaft.
In every other respect it's identical to earlier XBRs, albeit the first models had different front indicator mountings.
In what way are your clip-ins different? I've had GBs and all the models of XBR and the only difference is that the GB clip-ons are slightly lower. Some of the clip-ons appear to be one-piece whereas others look like they are bolted together, but the dimensions are exactly the same. I'm guessing that as with the exhausts (early ones have a separate silencer and downpipe) the changes were made to save manufacturing costs. The items are still interchangeable.
Cheers
GC
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How about a set of Campbell deep chrome megas or the like?
R
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Slapping a set of loud pipes onto standard downpipes (the earlier ones were separate) makes for a glorious sound and banging the main jet up to suit (from 158 to 160ish) doesn't really increase the consumption much.
My Motad Stainless downpipes (2-1) have had a load of different cans added, such as reverse cone megas and Goldie pipes. Bloody marvellous :-)
Cheers
GC
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Mind GC it does look a mess with 14 different silencers all wired on together...
R
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That seems like a top plan. If your downpipes are good and can be separated, get yourself some pipes for them. As far as the drop in power with a 2-1 goes, I've only ever ridden mine with a predator so I dunno what it was like before. I'm reliably informed though that its very little if anything at all. It'd depend what you stuck on it, GC would know more about that I reckon.
Dave B
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Thanks for the info Onepot. The clip-ons were part of a job lot that I bought from ebay, maybe they weren't from an XBR after all. Can you explain why my XBR has spoked wheels though, were they standard on that model?
I'm going to buy a Predator ss 2 into 1 when my honda pipes finally give up the ghost. They were fitted new (£400!) 3 years ago and the downpipes have rusted so badly despite all efforts to maintain the chrome that I don't think they will last too much longer. Has anyone got a Predator fitted? Is it a good system?
I narrowly lost out in a bidding war for an XBR tank on ebay last week. My tank has 4 little dinks near the front end (2 either side) they are small but they niggle me. It's a shame as the overall condition of the tank, minus the dinks is good. The bike has only done 8k and is not showing it's 18 years at all. The tank on ebay went for just over £100, I had decided that the ton was my limit. Thinking about it, it may have been bought by a Thumper Club member, if so I'd be interested to know if the condition of the tank is as good as described, it was hard to tell from the picture.
I have sent a picture of my XBR in for the gallery but it hasn't been put up as yet.
Thanks again for all the usefull info and advice.
Best
H
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If you look at the dinks as 'dinks' they are annoying, if you look at them as 'love bites' they become part of the love affair with the bike.
Mind looking at the 'love bites' on my bikes - I must be an abusive lover.
R
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The last of the XBR.... SJ model I believe did have spoke wheels.
Jethro
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Yes, SJ model had spoked wheels.
Predator is a good pipe, I inherited a free one with a scrapper XBR I picked up in southend some years ago and it's been on my bike ever since (including two Elefant Rally trips - much road salt).
I am very pleased with the Predator and even the strange kinked bit under the motor has grown on me.
GC
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Aye GC, that was a 'Good' deal me old china!!!!!!
I've some old TC mags do you want them for back issues?
Cheers, Bill
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Yep, I inherited my Predator too. It looks ok despite the weird kinky bit and its a well built piece of kit. I had to put a baffle in mine to pass the MOT, but I think the previous owner must have removed the internal baffle, it was nice but just a little loud. It has a tendency to blow at the join after the weird kinky bit too. I have to refit it with exhaust goo every now and again.
Dave B