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Hey everyone!
I've been fiddling with my Werkes exhaust for a while now. It was originally shipped to me with no packing whatsoever and when I contacted Werkes (through HardRacing) they said they would send me a repack kit.
I did that repack, and later on another high temp ceramic repack and let me tell you, when packed it makes the rc390 sound incredible! So good infact I cant think of another bike that sounds better! I may be a bit biased here tho! The rumble and backfire on deceleration is amazing and accelerating is no longer a noisy hassle. It makes the bike perfect, the repack just seemed to make everything feel so smooth!
However only for about 45m of riding...
Each time i've repacked the exhaust 45m later, the packing is gone... I'm wondering if anyone here has had any success in packing the exhaust or modifying the insides in some way?
I cant really pin down whats going wrong here. My thoughts are i'm not wrapping the core correctly, my mechanic suggested using wire to make sure the packing doesn't move around. Or maybe my tune is still running a little lean making the exhaust too hot. Could wrapping the pipes help here?
On another note, I thought this might be a good place to show some pictures of the guts of the exhaust for anyone interested and also the dyno results for the bike. The before and after might not be too useful because on both the bike is setup the same. Still it defiantly shows off the gains that can be made with an excellent tune! Its made a world of difference to my bike! PCV is worth every penny!
I've been fiddling with my Werkes exhaust for a while now. It was originally shipped to me with no packing whatsoever and when I contacted Werkes (through HardRacing) they said they would send me a repack kit.
I did that repack, and later on another high temp ceramic repack and let me tell you, when packed it makes the rc390 sound incredible! So good infact I cant think of another bike that sounds better! I may be a bit biased here tho! The rumble and backfire on deceleration is amazing and accelerating is no longer a noisy hassle. It makes the bike perfect, the repack just seemed to make everything feel so smooth!
However only for about 45m of riding...
Each time i've repacked the exhaust 45m later, the packing is gone... I'm wondering if anyone here has had any success in packing the exhaust or modifying the insides in some way?
I cant really pin down whats going wrong here. My thoughts are i'm not wrapping the core correctly, my mechanic suggested using wire to make sure the packing doesn't move around. Or maybe my tune is still running a little lean making the exhaust too hot. Could wrapping the pipes help here?
On another note, I thought this might be a good place to show some pictures of the guts of the exhaust for anyone interested and also the dyno results for the bike. The before and after might not be too useful because on both the bike is setup the same. Still it defiantly shows off the gains that can be made with an excellent tune! Its made a world of difference to my bike! PCV is worth every penny!