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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2019 10:15 pm Post subject: DB2 Exhaust? |
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Hello all - Are there any options out there for aftermarket exhausts for the DB2 these days?
I'm interested in exploring whether there is a lightweight, freer-breathing alternate, or whether it would be a case of custom-building from a standard unit..
Regards,
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 2:07 pm Post subject: |
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Oh I love your optimism....aftermarket pipes for a 26 year old bike that they made less than 400 of....the only off the shelf ones i knew about...were moto corse in japan....who did the 1 into 2 branch and titanium end cans...straight through..no baffles....i have those on my db2...they were £1,500 back in 1995....just the end cans...the standard headers are bimota bespoke SS...2nd hand bimota open carbon cans are currently for sale on Yahoo japan...2nd hand of course.. |
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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Oh I love your optimism....aftermarket pipes for a 26 year old bike that they made less than 400 of....the only off the shelf ones i knew about...were moto corse in japan....who did the 1 into 2 branch and titanium end cans...straight through..no baffles....i have those on my db2...they were £1,500 back in 1995....just the end cans...the standard headers are bimota bespoke SS...2nd hand bimota open carbon cans are currently for sale on Yahoo japan...2nd hand of course.. |
Yeah - I knew it would be somewhat optimistic, but also held out a little hope that someone reading this might have a set on their shelf for a rainy day! |
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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Oh I love your optimism....aftermarket pipes for a 26 year old bike that they made less than 400 of....the only off the shelf ones i knew about...were moto corse in japan....who did the 1 into 2 branch and titanium end cans...straight through..no baffles....i have those on my db2...they were £1,500 back in 1995....just the end cans...the standard headers are bimota bespoke SS...2nd hand bimota open carbon cans are currently for sale on Yahoo japan...2nd hand of course.. |
Yeah - I knew it would be somewhat optimistic, but also held out a little hope that someone reading this might have a set on their shelf for a rainy day! |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2019 10:18 pm Post subject: |
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hindsight wrote: |
2bims wrote: |
Oh I love your optimism....aftermarket pipes for a 26 year old bike that they made less than 400 of....the only off the shelf ones i knew about...were moto corse in japan....who did the 1 into 2 branch and titanium end cans...straight through..no baffles....i have those on my db2...they were £1,500 back in 1995....just the end cans...the standard headers are bimota bespoke SS...2nd hand bimota open carbon cans are currently for sale on Yahoo japan...2nd hand of course.. |
Yeah - I knew it would be somewhat optimistic, but also held out a little hope that someone reading this might have a set on their shelf for a rainy day! |
Thats always possible...but...Facebook has all but killed off Forums...theres 8 separate..and growing Bimota specific Facebook pages....I'm on all of them....and thats where people are...its the only place I sell stuff on now....as I dont do ebay for selling anymore...I target Bimota owners direct to their phone....over 5,000 people on the various Bimota FB pages...yeh...FB...hate it...but this place died almost...its only Admin "Katy" thats a friend of mine that keeps it going as she first set it up 18 years ago |
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rOLLI
Joined: 10 Jan 2019 Posts: 97 Location: germany
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7292
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Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Lovely...and with the central fixing bracket also...but really...??..How much?....I'd wager a specialist exhaust company would make one in Titanium for that price.... |
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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks Roland -
Well - I bought the one in Japan, and I suspect that by the time that I've paid for shipping, it'll probably cost a similar amount to the one in Germany. I found the one in Japan to be interesting as it also removed the two-into-one-into-two on the pipework.
(though, I loved the use of the toilet roll in the pics from Germany )
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Mike |
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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2019 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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Actually - I've just realised - the one in Germany is just a standard exhaust with the aluminium sleeves replaced with carbon tubes - the part number is the same as on my current one. |
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Ray916MN
Joined: 29 Apr 2015 Posts: 71 Location: Orono, MN
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 2:35 am Post subject: |
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I've got the same exhaust as the German Ebay one on my DB2 EF. I was told when I bought the bike it was a factory option carbon fiber exhaust. Haven't looked closely but that makes sense to me as my bike came with the aluminum canister standard mufflers in a box and they look exactly the same except for the bodies of the mufflers. Given Bimota production practices, if the part number is printed on the metal, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't change it when the produced the CF bodied version. |
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2bims
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:26 am Post subject: |
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hindsight wrote: |
Thanks Roland -
Well - I bought the one in Japan, and I suspect that by the time that I've paid for shipping, it'll probably cost a similar amount to the one in Germany. I found the one in Japan to be interesting as it also removed the two-into-one-into-two on the pipework.
(though, I loved the use of the toilet roll in the pics from Germany )
Thanks,
Mike |
I hadn't noticed the Toilet Roll...but now that I have I';; be using one for photoshoots when the need arises....I'm always looking for something that height to balance things on |
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2bims
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 10:30 am Post subject: |
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Ray916MN wrote: |
I've got the same exhaust as the German Ebay one on my DB2 EF. I was told when I bought the bike it was a factory option carbon fiber exhaust. Haven't looked closely but that makes sense to me as my bike came with the aluminum canister standard mufflers in a box and they look exactly the same except for the bodies of the mufflers. Given Bimota production practices, if the part number is printed on the metal, I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't change it when the produced the CF bodied version. |
I've seen a few Db2's with seemingly the same system but Carbon tubes and not alloy anodised....and I had heard it was an optional extra...carbon fibre was prohibitively expensive in 1993...so sparingly used.....I dont know though whether it was an Open race can or one with baffles in?
DB5R when bought new came with HEAVY baffled end cans...black painted steel...BUT....they also came with straight bolt on straight thru open ultralight Oval Zard Titanium end cans...…..they utilise the same bracket....I dont know of any other manufacturer where Extra unbaffled cans come as "standard"....sure..many offer it as an extra...and most modern Ducatis are strangled from new to meet emissions and NOise levels for homologation...BUT....they do offer unbaffled cans but again...at a price..and an option....and TBF....they dont run right if you dont run the open cans on them |
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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2bims wrote: |
Thats always possible...but...Facebook has all but killed off Forums...theres 8 separate..and growing Bimota specific Facebook pages....I'm on all of them....and thats where people are... |
See that there is the problem, not the fact you are on all of them but the fact there are 8 and probably more.
Far easier if there is just one place to focus Bimota attention on TBH . |
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wallaman
Joined: 01 May 2012 Posts: 58 Location: USA
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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My '94 DB2 has the same carbon fiber exhaust (and bracketry) as the one in the dBay auction. Can't say the bike came with it as I'm not the first owner, but mines very original and I'd be surprised if it didn't come with the exhaust as it is. Pretty sure there are dampers inside the tubes but will check the next time I pull it out from its hiding place. It has a nice deep throaty sound, not too loud, but enough to get your attention in a good way!
Chuck S. |
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hindsight
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 126 Location: Central Scotland
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Posted: Mon Dec 02, 2019 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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Yes - my existing DB2 exhaust definitely has a pleasant note to it.. it's currently somewhere in between the nice low-level throb of my factory standard 916, and the wholly antisocial racket of my 888.
With advanced apologies to my neighbours - I'm expecting the new exhaust will bring the DB2 to be closer to the 888 in terms of volume |
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