Tigger, Question about exaust location

[derf]

I saw this in the thread about the new Rossi edition R1. The first thought in my mind was great place to put an exaust, the second thought I had was if the exaust location was possibly heating up the right side of the tire and brake at all?

Reason I as is that I had a car that had the exaust in front of the left rear tire, and that tire wore down 3x as fast as the rest of the tires.

Originally Posted by TIGGER

That reminds me, look what my riding buddy did to relieve himself of the thigh roasting nature of the '09 R1...





Talk about fucking loud! It reminds me of my V-Max after I put Cobra slip-ons on it. Almost like a V-8.

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Originally Posted by derf

I saw this in the thread about the new Rossi edition R1. The first thought in my mind was great place to put an exaust, the second thought I had was if the exaust location was possibly heating up the right side of the tire and brake at all?

Reason I as is that I had a car that had the exaust in front of the left rear tire, and that tire wore down 3x as fast as the rest of the tires.

Interesting question... I don't know but I would surmise that it doesn't since the swing arm is solid there if I'm not mistaken which would block most of the heat IMHO. I'll ask him though...

[TYEster]

BTW just noticed, is he scraping exhaust when hitting hard right-handers? Or is that just cosmetic from previous owner/bike?

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Originally Posted by TYEster

BTW just noticed, is he scraping exhaust when hitting hard right-handers? Or is that just cosmetic from previous owner/bike?

He takes it to the track but I'm not sure what the scrapes are from. I was guessing that maybe it stuck out more previously... We're riding this weekend, so I'll find out. It doesn't look possible from where I sit but maybe...

[Yamerhaw]

Originally Posted by TYEster

BTW just noticed, is he scraping exhaust when hitting hard right-handers? Or is that just cosmetic from previous owner/bike?

looks like he also scraped the right side of the tail and his leathers

[TYEster]

Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

looks like he also scraped the right side of the tail and his leathers

I understand the beatup leathers...

But no tailscrape?

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Originally Posted by Yamerhaw

looks like he also scraped the right side of the tail and his leathers

Nah, that must be a weird reflection or something. This guy also has a 1098 and a track bike.

[Mikey]

Originally Posted by TYEster

BTW just noticed, is he scraping exhaust when hitting hard right-handers? Or is that just cosmetic from previous owner/bike?

Based on the size of the chicken strips on that rear tire, I don't think he's scraping anything.

[Homeslice]

Originally Posted by Mikey

Based on the size of the chicken strips on that rear tire, I don't think he's scraping anything.

Unless he has horrible body position and rides it like a dirt bike instead of hanging off.

[Cutty72]

Be no different than the exhaust on the 1125r if I see the pic correctly on my phone