Hiya.Thanks for the views and replies to my monday evening moan about my bike.That is not me usually,i'm way to laid back for ranting about stuff,life's to short.Biking for me is more of a therapy than anything else,just getting out and riding,no matter the bike i'm on or the weather conditions, the ride chills me out.Getting my Ellie(yes,I name my bikes,always have)was the first time in 26 years of riding that I was in a position to buy one of those fancy pants bikes you see other people riding and the motorcycle journalists gushing praise over so getting any problems with her is a little demoralising but these niggles will get sorted and I shall look forward to getting a few nice bits for her.Speaking of nice bits my bike came with the V&H silencers which sound great,not to loud with a deep,purposeful note and I want to drop the catalytic converter.Was looking at the x pipe but now i've seen Scorpion exhausts have recently started producing straight through headers for the 1200 bonneville range.The pipes are more expensive but I would think you would get a much better breathing engine with them installed.Anyone tried this mod yet?