Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

Rejetting on the GZ isnt necessary with a cutom pipe, thats been proven by me already.

Rejetting on say my Shadow, when upgrading pipes IS necessary. 3 stages of jets ... stage 1 for a filter upgrade. Stage 2 for filter + pipe upgrade. Stage 3 for filter + pipe + airbox modification.

You are telling everyone that changing pipes makes a bike run worse .... and I'm the inexperienced one? It runs worse if you only toss on some pipes and leave it be. If you know what you're doing, it runs better with more power.

Most Harley's are air cooled ...... and tons of them have custom pipes installed. Guess they shouldn't fool with their bikes either :??:

Holy fuck im done posting in this thread. I swear, anyone who wants to mod their bikes on this forum should be hung at noon for not conforming to 'standards'. OCC should close its doors forever for screwing with custom pipes i guess. They all must run hot as hell and have no power. :whistle:

I think its time to make a MODDERS ONLY section on this forum. :crazy:

Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

We'll be discussing the evils of rake kits next :)

Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

Hey Dupo, did you get the GZ dyno'ed after you swapped the exhaust? Because if you're gonna be so hard headed about this, I wanna see some actual numbers rather than saying it "gave me some pep increase."

Just sayin'. ;)

Besides, you can hardly say I'm opposed to modding bikes. I am opposed to modding bikes without properly tuning them afterwards when needed.

Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

:facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm: :facepalm:

Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

I just took a peek at the Muffler swap thread in the How To section and saw that you did in fact adjust the carbs by shimming the needle and richening the mixture, i.e. the same goal that rejetting accomplishes, but it just so happened that the required adjustments were able to be made without changing to larger jets. So, I guess we were both right in that you don't necessarily have to rejet, but you do have to richen the mixture to get the bike running well.

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Re: sounds so much like a toy
 

:bow:

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There are many people who appreciate the way the stock GZ250 sounds. During my trips on Maryland's beautiful backroads I meet a lot of walkers and bicyclists, many of whom give me big smiles just for happily riding a quiet bike, and not being one of those large (loud obnoxious) V-twins or dangerously speedy racers.