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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