01-05-2015, 02:01 PM
I've had the carbon version for a year, roughly 13,000 miles. Im happy with fitment, construction, quality, tone. Its not the best build I've seen, but its more than acceptable for the price. If I paid staintune prices I might question the quality, but for what it is its great, I'd go this rougte on another bike. The pipe has changed color evenly with the header, so it all looks good yogethet as its turned a sort of bronze. Unlike some I don't mind the color change. Tone, (for the carbon version, I'm assuming the stainless will be a little different) is very deep/mellow, not too loud to bother me or those around, but still very enjoyable. You'll get the occational alarm chirp from cars but its just bassy, not ear piercing like some sportbikes. I've never heard it with the included silencer other than at idle, but it made a difference then. Fit is a little tricky in that you have to add a center stand stop, but its not very difficult and comes with english instructions. Mine was noticibly lighter in hand than the stock pipe. My only hesitation is I think I've lost some ground clearance from the pipe being wider up the pipe neer the footpegs than the stock unit. I've lightly dragged my pipe but I've also rubbed off a bit of length on both peg feelers. You'll have to decide how aggressive you want to ride. If you were planning on removing the peg feelers to gain more clearance know this exhaust will drag. I *think* that the feelers will touch first and the pipe will only scrape if you lean far enough that the pegs start hinging/folding up, but I have no real way to be sure. On the stock tires I had zero chicken strip and never rubbed the exhaust, this only happened with my current PR3's which have a different profile so who knows.