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.

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

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

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Keyboard Adventurer

Hey Pleiades,

Are your old Akro's for sale ???

Can I have first refusal if they are ?

Cheers,

Gibbo.

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KNOWLEDGE IS POWER BUT COMMON SENSE IS KING

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

Rob

This is exactly the set up i want. At first i use to keep my tools in a rucsack along with other emergency stuff. But it took a lot of the enjoyment away having to carry them and the extra prep time. Now against my better judgement i fly out of the house with too few hours before dark, making every minute count, up into the mountains. The lack of tools, etc,, is a constant worry.
I also prefer the single can, my bike came with l/v cans, Is it possible to grind the secondary can off and get the hole covered and welded? Or is there more to it?

Yes. Perfectly possible, but it may well be loud!! The LV system is setup for two cans to do the silencing, so with only one you may need to do some repacking of the can and perhaps a bit of remodelling of the dB killer?

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Great, interested to see how you will attach the front of the pipe. Are you using glue to attach the threaded section to the pipe?

Here's a picture of the baffle/dB killer as promised. Not your typical "pepper pot" type, but works well without interrupting gas flow too much as the opening is quite wide and it allows plenty of room around the sides too. The plate does enough to catch and interrupt the high pressure pulse from each exhaust stroke.

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