I have more LEDs to add up front, but this pic just shows the rear ones and the shortened pipes I did this week. Pulled the pipes off and ran it around the block, man did that sound mean. I measured the after results, 7 3/4" from end to end, I also sanded them down since they were messed up from the brackets and painted them flat black with high temp paint. They sound awesome now. The LEDs I put 2 12" strips above the tire, and then 2 6" strips there right above the foot peg.

I'll post up videos of the straight pipe when I get home.

 

Do you notice a power difference with the cut pipes? I think I remember reading a longer pipe will give you more top end power, while shorter pipes are better for low end torque.

Lights look good

 

Thanks, I can tell a little bit down low, but I haven't noticed any loss in power up high either. I have only rode it about 8 miles to work this morning since it's been done. Back country roads, I've only got it up to 70 though, no loss there, but I can hear more of the exhaust though where I used to cruise was barely heard. BTW, those are/were the Jardine RT-One.

 

Basic exhaust theory is generally the longer the pipe the more low end you get. I don't have any experience with these bikes and shortening the mufflers specifically but that just sounds backwards to me having more down low with shorter pipes.

 

Aww those pipes are so cute!

Idk, short pipes don't flow with the bike in my opinion. And led under lights are.... Well its your bike. The pipes do look like a quality job though.

 

Why thank you! They are cute aren't they?

TO each their own, I like it, it makes it louder, which I like. The Firebird in the background has Hooker Long Tubes, 3 inch X pipe, 3 inch pipes all the way back to dual single chamber Flowmasters, and I want to put cut outs on it, and it's a 383 LT-1.

Well, the more lights I have on my bike at night the better to be seen, I like them, lots of bikes around my area have them, not just sport bikes, but Harleys, Choppers, etc also.

Thanks for the compliment, up close you can see some imperfections, but from a distance it looks nice. If I would have waited a couple more weeks, my dad hopefully goes back to work from strike and he could have cut the pipes at his machine shop to make them look better, but I sanded down the rough spots and tried to make them look as straight cut as possible.

The video we took was from an iPhone, and thus is sideways, so I'm going to see if I can fix the angle and post up the straight pipe clip.

 

Nothing wrong with a few l.e.d.s

 

No, nothing wrong. Just that around my area, the only people who run leds are wanna be fast and furious civics and street stunting ******. Not one person with ground lights doesn't drive like a dick face. Not to mention its illegal.

On a scale of 1-10, how loud were the pipes before and post cut?

 

How is it illegal?

 

Here's pre-cut.

1998 Superhawk Jardine RT-One Exhaust - YouTube

Post cut is about 2-3x louder. Haven't got a clip of that yet.

 

Now that's nice!

 

Local to me it is. If they don't get you for the color, its for having the lights.