Exan X-Black Single Exhaust (inc. DIY Tool Tube)
 

The Exan pipe arrived on Friday – 3 days from Italy with free delivery ( Mad4Exhausts.com), which is fairly speedy and it was also a whole lot cheaper than bought from the UK importer.

Far too windy for a ride to be much fun (that’s the weather, not me), so decided to crack on and fit the exhaust.

Took all of 30 minutes to do, everything lined up and fitted perfectly. The link pipe and silencer all fit snugly to the line of the frame and look like they were meant to be there.

Fired her up expecting my ears to take a pounding as the can is quite small, and being "kite" shaped in cross section, there’s not a lot of sound absorption material in the lower part silencer. However, I was pleasantly surprised – throaty, but by no means offensive. To put the volume into perspective (with dB killer fitted), it’s somewhere between my old Akrapovic system with baffles and without baffles. I always found the Akras too quiet when baffled and too noisy without, so the Exan is about spot on for me. Haven’t tried it without the dB killer, but I reckon it will be LOUD.

Before I fitted the Exan I popped it on the scales and was astonished that, with link pipe, clamps and all fittings it came in at 1.65Kg! I knew it would be light because when I received the parcel I thought there was nothing in it!

Here’s a few piccies to whet the appetite…

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Thats a very nice looking can , the shape sets it apart from others ..
What brand is the tail bag ?

Touratech Enduro 2.

Don't buy one from Touratech though! You'll save �20 by buying it from here. In fact they sell all the TT stuff cheaper than TT UK. It's the same price as the gear on the German TT web site, but TT are canny and won't send anything directly to the UK bought from the .de shop, it'll come via South Wales at an inflated rip-off Britain price.

Looks great Mate! And the weight is astonishing!!!! :applause:

I just checked the site (per your link) and they don't appear to have a similar, single-sided option for the R. Yours has me wondering whether I can grab one to replace the Scorpion end can on the R that weighs a bit more and could do with some more bass to its note :icon_study:

Hey Pleiades,

Are your old Akro's for sale ???

Can I have first refusal if they are ?

Cheers,

Gibbo.

Nice one, at last a pipe that follows the lines of the bike nicely.

Rob

Absolutely!!!! The MTC cans....as nice as they may be are just horrible to look at but this is a very nice looking can, nice shape, good lines and good price.

I fear my bike is going to end up looking just like this one...coz it's black, I like the can, I like the Holan Nomada panniers, I like the tasteful TT trinkets and I like the front mudguard mods! Shoulda just made Pleiades an offer for his and saved myself the bother of all the work :eusa_wall:

BLACK :tenere: RULE :rockwoot:


Sandman

Looks good mate.

Tried it without the dB killer today and as expected, it�s too loud! No surprise there really. Still think it's about spot on for balance between a sounding good and unobtrusive with the baffle in.

I�ve started work on a DIY tool tube, which I�m going to fabricate out of black 110mm solvent weld soil pipe with screw on water-tight inspection caps. The reason for soil pipe and a DIY job is I want something big enough to store a pair of inner tubes, which none of the commercially available ones will do. In fact I might call it a "Tube Tube"?

Being 110mm in diameter means you can get your hand right inside and down the bottom too � handy for retrieving little odds and sods from its depths. Soil pipe is also cheap, tough, waterproof (obviously) and readily available from plumbers merchants.

So far I�ve made a mock up out of a cardboard carpet roll inner (which just so happens to also be 110mm) so I can work out the length and position. I reckon I can get a 400mm long tube in the space left by the vacant right hand silencer. With an internal diameter of 100mm, that makes for just over 3 litres of extra storage.

It is suspended using a circular stainless silencer hanger, which also very handily comes in 110mm diameter as standard. I�m in the process of welding up a bracket/steady out of 10mm box section to support the front end.

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Exhaust looks great, Pleiades. On another note I like what you did with the front mudguard. Is that from a XTX ??