[NormanB]

I have finally figured out this geeky business and managed to upload a few phots.

There is a sub folder that shows my GPS mount (which I am well pleased with)!

http://burgmanusa.com/gallery/NormanB

 

[NormanB]

Yip - common as muck here! :lol: :lol:

 

[NormanB]

Very nice job on the GPS mounting Norman. I have to ask about that exhaust. Thats not stock is it? What is it? I like the looks of it.

Hi Allwalk

Thanks, I really wish I had a lathe I could have knocked out that custom mount in no minutes flat - as it was - half a day with hacksaw and hand files

The exhaust is OEM and an early one. It is terrible.

It looks good with the chrome cover, but it is poorly engineered, poorly assembled and made of low grade materials. It is also very very heavy (as is the mounting bracket). British winters (and the salt on the road) takes a heavy toll on these sort of sacrificial materials and many owners have had them replaced under warranty, others have been unlucky with failures outside of the warranty period. I have been lucky with previous owner a fair weather low mileage rider but I expect I will be replacing it after the next winter. I suspect the R&D money ran out before they got around to the exhaust system and the workshop cleaner knocked this first version up! :wink:

 

[NormanB]

Hi Bleeder

Yeah - I will be using a Leo Vince Stainless Steel one.

I just posted a thread from a Yahoo group on the subject of exhaust, which, if you have nothing better to do, may provide you with a modicum of interest. :wink:

I will popback and edit this post to give the Leo Vince weblinks and part numbers, note your machine will require a different exhaust to mine, last time I checked they did not have stainless steel one ready for the K3/K4.

All this typing - exhausting! :sleepy2:

 

[NormanB]

Yes, poor old MikeS (SoCalMike) lives just down the coast from me. Hard luck for him and puzzeling that the exhaust should crack open on a '03. He does flog it vigorously and daily though on the interstate battles in SoCal. If it were my bike I'd forgo the free fix and use this as a perfect time to throw a Leo Vince on there, stainless or not.


Peace.

I suspect the R&D money ran out before they got around to the exhaust system and the workshop cleaner knocked this first version up!.

Not that puzzling - the workshop cleaner had a real bad day when he knocked that one up!!

I reckon it was a weld/material defect.

 

[NormanB]

I have added some further details and pics to an existing thread on exhausts in the Aftermarket section:

http://burgmanusa.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=18377#18377