Removable Baffles??
 

Hi Peeps,

First post from a Newbie.

This seems like a nice, friendly, informative board - so I wondered if anyone could provide a source for the following:

Removable baffles to fit 50MM Termi open cans (fitted to 998bp). The idea is to tone dowm the thunder a little to reduce the number of tugs from the fun SS.

All suggestions welcomed.

Spinoli

There's been a few postings on the board recently about these baffles. Company called Tecmoto somewhere near Ilford or romford do them. Can't give you the number at the moment but someone else will pop up with the details.

There is a search facility on the board and if you put removable baffles in, you'll get the old posts. Don't worry as a newbie it took me a while to find such things out.

Welcome aboard, you'll find lots of usefull and useless information.

www.tecmoto.co.uk, heading exhausts. (01708 343916)

45/50
exhaust baffles noise rating 97 db
for track days and MOT's bolt in bolt out
£45.00

May not have them in stock though.

Talked to my dealer about putting in link pipe with baffles. Takes about 3-5db's. He reckoned that were about £90.

http://www.tecmoto.co.uk/ for the clicky-lazy :D

Thanks for the welcome and the responses Guys.

I did talk with TecMoto about these a while back - apparently they had a Guy knocking them up for them in his shed - but they are no longer available.

I originally spoke with them bak in February, so they may have found an alternate source.

I'll give them a buzz and report back.

If you get no joy at Tecmoto try these guys,
www.aa16.co.uk

Where in the country are you , i'm in surrey. Bought some tecmoto ones. I was very disapointed with the baffles they supplied. Took som to the Nurburgring just in case i got noise tested. YES i did get tested and the baffles were useless, they still registered just over 100db. Ended up taking then m out and winding loads of steel wool around then carefully squeezing them back into place to get the bike down below 100db. (996 bp). Not sure what other peoples experiances are but i was a bit miffed. If yo are near to me you could have a listen and make your own mind up.
Doogalman

Hi Doogleman,

I'm actually in Jersey, Channel Islands. We have a bit of an issue here in that we don't actually get noise tested, but if the cans (or indicators or other accessories) are not OE or don't carry a BS or E mark, we get prosecuted. No opportunity to rectify or warning - court and fine.

I've been had once, but can't bear to ride a Duc that sounds like a hoover. Sad I guess, but there you go.

My intention is to bring the apparent noise level down a notch or two, so I attract a little less attention. I shall also look into "homologating" my cans with some high quality engraving.

As suggested by KeefyB, I'll try AA16, and I note the suggestion of additional steel (or glass?) wool.

Thanks again.

Spinoli

You could always try some quality replacements for your OEM markings that got polished off...
http://search.ebay.co.uk/bsau_W0QQsalocatedincountryZ3

Hi Antonye,

Thanks for the heads-up on the BSAU plates. The local Drivers & Vehicle Standards Department is wise to those, and gets in a serious strop.

I figure that I can sound sincere when I say that engraved/etched approval numbers were on the cans when I bought them, whilst a rivetted on plate has been tried and failed several times over here.

Spinoli

Update!

Called A16 - spoke to Paul - bought pair of removable baffles for £28.00.

I appreciate that they may need a little fettling to get the result I'm after.

Let you know how it goes.

Spinoli

Shurely do don't need anything more powerful than a push-bike in Jersey? :lol:

By the time the engine got warm, you'd be in the Channel!

Hi Moto748,

You're quite right, Jersey is not a good place to own a sportsbike, and running a Duc is seriously strenuous.

However, France is very near and that's where we go for all our trackdays - Val de Vienne, Magny Cours, Croix-en-Ternois and Folembray (until the noise restrictions came in). Riding French roads is the business, although watch out for the speed traps (oncoming French drivers WILL flash warnings at you).

I'm off to Pau Arnos in October with Byrne-Up Trackday Tours. I've been on about 15 trips with these guys and can't recommend them highly enough.

They are not the cheapest, but their organisation is first class and you get the added bonus of their unique "guided ride" to the track, which should really blow your mind. No dual carriageways or motorways, just well researched curvy A and B roads, no worries about navigation and all fuel and refreshment stops pre-scheduled. On my last trip, not trying for high speeds but just riding with the group, my logging speedo recorded 164mph (at which point I seem to remember a Gixxer coming past me, already braking for the next corner!).

Contact Heather on (say Spin sent you):

heather@byrne-up.co.uk

Jersey does have one advantage (or 2 - no VAT) - low mileage 2nd hand bikes. You do not want to know how much my '02 998bp (with trinkets) cost me.

And before you ask, you have to pay VAT if you buy in Jersey and export to the UK.

All the best,

Spinoli

Even if the bike is second hand ??

I believe that VAT is calculated on the second hand value. I'm not an expert on this, but if there was a profit or a deal to be made, no-one would bother selling second hand vehicles in Jersey.

Spinoli