Another motorbike.....Ducati.... am I mad

[Rannsachair]

And a Carbon fibre fender extender for the front mudguard to protect the oil cooler.

 

[Hood]

Fender extender is the first thing I put on my AT, not to protect the rads as they are either side but to protect the frame.
I didn't go with CF though as I am not into bling

 

[Rannsachair]

Fender extender is the first thing I put on my AT, not to protect the rads as they are either side but to protect the frame.
I didn't go with CF though as I am not into bling

It was the only one I could see for sale, though matches my ilmberger carbon rear hugger at less than a 10th of the price.

 

[Hood]

Flash git

 

[Migmac]

That looks way nicer than the OEM one. Needs a clean though, somebody has been handling it it with sweaty hands

 

[Rannsachair]

That looks way nicer than the OEM one. Needs a clean though, somebody has been handling it it with sweaty hands

That was me, I have the flu!

 

[Migmac]

That was me, I have the flu!

That’s not so good. Think there’s a few cases of it down here too.

 

[Rannsachair]

That’s not so good. Think there’s a few cases of it down here too.

Think Covid was easier, 2 hours sleep last night and coughing til I was sick.

 

[Migmac]

Think Covid was easier, 2 hours sleep last night and coughing til I was sick.

Daughter has covid again, had all the injections and this time it’s worse. Get Mrs K to tuck you up and supply copious hot toddies through out the day. Hope you feel better soon

 

[slim_boy_fat]

That looks way nicer than the OEM one. Needs a clean though, somebody has been handling it it with sweaty hands

It was the excitement.

 

[slim_boy_fat]

@Rannsachair Take good care of yourself mate.

 

[Farside]

Yes its a BMW optional extra, no longer in production, its like new, even came in the original packaging and fitting instructions.
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Bloody hooligan. I love the noise Akros make.

 

[Rannsachair]

Bloody hooligan. I love the noise Akros make.

Me too, though I will leave the baffle tube in.

 

[stuvy]

Me too, though I will leave the baffle tube in.

Run it without first I bet youl change your mind

 

[Hood]

I personally don't like exhausts too loud, I much prefer a nice sound. The SC Projects one I put on the twin is perfect for me, slightly louder than the oem but a deeper sound. Having said that the oem was quite nice, much better than the normal sounds that comes on standard bikes. One thing I have to consider is the roads I travel often have horse riders and having a very loud barking exhaust is not the best thing to have when passing them. I now even shift the mode into S1 rather than the normal S2 on the narrow roads as when slowing down in S2 the bike will auto blip most times and it will only do that in S1 with more aggressive slowing. Having it blip is not the best thing when approaching horses, especially when they are facing away from you.
This shows it in S2 and as you can hear it blips just with normal slow down. Sound is not the best, a bit muffled but...

 

[Rannsachair]

I personally don't like exhausts too loud, I much prefer a nice sound. The SC Projects one I put on the twin is perfect for me, slightly louder than the oem but a deeper sound. Having said that the oem was quite nice, much better than the normal sounds that comes on standard bikes. One thing I have to consider is the roads I travel often have horse riders and having a very loud barking exhaust is not the best thing to have when passing them. I now even shift the mode into S1 rather than the normal S2 on the narrow roads as when slowing down in S2 the bike will auto blip most times and it will only do that in S1 with more aggressive slowing. Having it blip is not the best thing when approaching horses, especially when they are facing away from you.
This shows it in S2 and as you can hear it blips just with normal slow down. Sound is not the best, a bit muffled but...

so its true:

 

[Hood]

so its true:
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Yes for sure, I did resemble the lower left but have since trimmed the beard, still as fat however

 

[mangocrazy]

I have a pair of Akras on my Aprilia Falco amd without db killers they are ridiculously (almost offensively) loud, to the extent that my normally easygoing MoT tester refused to give it a ticket until db killers were fitted. With them in it's still quite rorty, but on the right side of annoying/antisocial.

 

[redlig]

I have a pair of Akras on my Aprilia Falco amd without db killers they are ridiculously (almost offensively) loud, to the extent that my normally easygoing MoT tester refused to give it a ticket until db killers were fitted. With them in it's still quite rorty, but on the right side of annoying/antisocial.

We used to say in the 60's that the sound of a noisy exhaust was drowned out by the sound of more nails being driven into the coffin of motorcycling.
Didn't stop me fitting a genuine Goldie 'silencer' onto my BSA Super Rocket / RGS look-a- like.It had to be genuine as the after market ones never managed to replicate the 'twitter' on the overrun.

 

[Rannsachair]

We used to say in the 60's that the sound of a noisy exhaust was drowned out by the sound of more nails being driven into the coffin of motorcycling.

I am sure I will be much quieter than my friend's Velocette Thruxton. Or my 69 Bonnie on standard pipes.