Surgery on the Thruxton R

I ordered some at the weekend. I'd be very interested in your view of the sound vs standard pipes with and without the baffles.

 

At the moment they sound like standard pipes, bit disappointing tbh, thought they'd sound slightly louder. Baffles need to come out........quick.

 

drill out for that weld lol!

 

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hmmm....... I must admit to being disappointed with the sound of the V&H Euro and therefore thought that the 'Off Road' spec would naturally be louder.
That'll teach me to assume and I hope that baffle removal results in reasonable (but not too loud!) noise output.

 

Dealer admitted to not setting the LED activation, infact knew nothing about it until I suggested what needed to be done then he sent me the instructions this afternoon, a bit late now....

I will tackle the baffles at the weekend but my tool cabinet consists of a screwdriver so it might be off to the dealers...

 

What no hammer?

 

That's the baffles out - sound is - errrr nice rather than booming loud but I'm not revving the arse off it as the bikes only done 15 miles..will be out at the weekend though. I've no idea how to upload a video link so hers a pic with the baffles on the tyre..

 

Good news..............just need to wait for mine to arrive.
How big a job was it to grind the weld off?

 

I used a dremel ( cheap copy ) to grind down the tiny blob of weld. You don't need to grind down completely. There's a little piece of metal between the two ends of the circlip which you can pull out once you've heated up the weld with the dremel.

I bought some cheap circlip pliers off eBay to pull out the circlip, takes a bit of effort but comes out easy enough...

The exhausts look so much better without the baffles in...

Can't wait to get out at the weekend..

Thanks for the heads up on the indicators, all sorted now.

 

One thing though the exhausts scratch very easily so I would put some masking tape or something round the end just in case you slip with the pliers or similar...

 

back in the day you could "modify" FZR600 stock exhausts by bashing a pipe down internally and knocking the baffle loose, before removing it
wonder if the o.e can be tweaked similarly, anyone brave enough to have a go on theirs after they are removed?

 

On my w800, I used a 32mm holesaw down inside, pulled it with chakka deemus and pliers

 

Lol

 

Hi,
Very confused newby to the forum.
I would like to remove baffles from my Thruxton 1200 R, I have stock pipes plus the VH european pipes.
VH tell me that they can’t be removed.........if any one can point me in the right direction it would be appreciated.
Thanks

 

Too late now but the right direction was to buy the US spec V&H where the baffles can be easily removed.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.

 

Thanks for the reply.
What about the standard pipes?

 

I believe people have been able to open pipes with large hole saws if you do some searching.

 

@steve lovatt did it to a bonnie he'll find a link somewhere

 

Contact cafe racer on the forum he’s drilled his out and had good results