W650 exhaust baffle removal
This Kawasaki is one hell of a quiet bike in stock form. Heavy pedestrians make more noise breathing.
This W is 12 years old and I almost can't believe none of the previous owners have done something about it, but on the up side, I much prefer starting with something stock.
Taking the baffles out has just made it sound like a normal bike on the throttle, nothing raucous (still too quiet for me!).
However it only took an hour and cost about £3 on a 500mm threaded rod so well worth doing I'd say.
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There are already a couple of good how-to posts on getting the baffles out which I followed myself and unusually...... they worked so I won't bother repeating, just adding some of my own photos.
Well worth doing on mine.
This W is 12 years old and I almost can't believe none of the previous owners have done something about it, but on the up side, I much prefer starting with something stock.
Taking the baffles out has just made it sound like a normal bike on the throttle, nothing raucous (still too quiet for me!).
However it only took an hour and cost about £3 on a 500mm threaded rod so well worth doing I'd say.
There are already a couple of good how-to posts on getting the baffles out which I followed myself and unusually...... they worked so I won't bother repeating, just adding some of my own photos.
Well worth doing on mine.
Can you direct me to the instructions you followed to do this? I can't seem to find them.
ReplyDeleteHi, The link I used seems to have vanished but if you google w650 baffle removal or baffleectomy you should find something on Youtube or a site. I've since sold my W650, if I was doing it again I'd probably go for a full new system. Removing the baffles makes it a bit louder under throttle, but no faster.
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