damn... that sounds outstanding. I'm definitely in the same club, liking a bit of bark, not not enough to annoy the crap out of absolutely everyone. cheers from the states!
That does sound quite nice, has a deep throaty note thats for sure. You mentioned how heavy the stocker is, thats coz its double lined with multiple baffles. My pipe has a bit more rasp than yours because it flares out inside the can, but highway cruise is only marginally louder than tire and wind noise. Nice work, much better than the fluffy stock note.
@@MVDBR Absolutely. At low revs it sounds like a bloody v8! When I feel I'm good enough I'll sell the husky and grab myself one for sure. You make it look like so easy but I've seen the size of them. They're fuckin huge. Ill get there though. Helluva good mid-life crisis thats all ill say. I ride almost every day.
@@MVDBR Yeah mate I can see. You take it anywhere. Its not the bikes capability that's the problem its mine but I'm working hard to rectify that and having a ball doing it I'll add.
This was such good value with an awesome sound I did exactly the same! Great idea of how you attached the heat shield I’d like to do the same, just got to source the parts! Thanks 🙏🏼
So practical mod for Enduro use 👌 and thanks for the inside idea of doing it and it solve my problem also of sound and performance thanks men And happy braaaap 🔥🔥 😎 Keep going Love from India🇮🇳
@@MVDBR sadly funds won't allow at moment mate. I've owned 3 bikes, Honda 125 mbx when I was a teen. In later years I've owned Kawasaki zxr400 and my last bike was a Honda 600 hornet. Never owned an off road bike but perhaps will one day. Until then, you and Nat are it👍🤣
After much consideration. I'm going to cut the stock headers and tune the ecu accordingly. Hopefully its not terribly loud! The muffler/link pipe ran me $67 total and the tune cost me $250. Can't see any cheaper options to get a full exhaust with performance and weight savings in mind. Should be able to test it out by the end of the week. Cheers!
@@MVDBR I’m trying so hard to get a T700 right now and I literally can’t find a place to even put a deposit down on one and they don’t know when they’re getting more I’m so bummed I need to quit watching RUclips videos about these. How does it do at highway speed‘s?
Yeah man it seems like that with a lot of shit at the moment, sucks ass! Especially bad with the popularity of the T7. I'm glad I got mine when I did. It's great on the road mate, sometimes wish top gear was a little higher but it's fine really 👍
put a decat on the bike flys after. nice set up. i have a brand new akra in a box going to sell it as came on bike 850 uk pound way to dear to put on bike to scratch.
@@MVDBR leovince decat, moto gb distributions uk. they post world wide its 263 uk money. they are a work of art well good stuff. me and my mate are running full leovince exhausts, power gains are well good both bikes fly mow. you can buy a full system for the price of a akra decat. we run the stainless exhaust 325 uk price, will post a vid on my channle soon as i get time to film .
Hey, thanks for this - I am doing the same for my tenere after watching this. Although I am a little stuck now. The gasket on the oem exhaust doesn't come out. Did you manage to find one somewhere? Would appreciate some advice. Cheers
It should come out mate I definitely got mine out I don't remember having any trouble removing it. Yours might be a bit tighter fit. They are a bit fragile tho ya kinda need to be gentle with it. I also had to file mine a little inside from memory to make it fit nicely with the new mid pipe. But yeah that gasket should definitely pop out...
just a fyi if u buy the muffler from the link provided it comes with no springs or mounts. u will have to order the mount and spings seprate. the only ones i can find are from china and took close to 2 months to show up. really big pain in the butt when u already wated 2 weeks for the muffler just to find out u can actually mount it to the bike. and end up waitng close to 3 months!
Wow that's disappointing! Where did you get it from, Amazon or eBay? Mine definitely came with everything I needed to fit it, they all should because both products I linked pictured the springs and mount. Maybe yours was an isolated fuck up, sorry to hear you had a bad experience 👎
@@MVDBR i got it from e bay. if u scroll down in the link u got it says 1x muffler thats it. they most likely have changed it since your video. not your fault id say
Yeah it does say that but in every photo it shows the bracket and springs, one pic even shows the lengths of the springs and other parts 🤔 They should definitely be included, but who knows with these dodgy sellers. The actual seller I bought off is no longer on eBay unfortunately but I've bought 3 of these so far off eBay and they have all included the extras. Anyway hopefully you are all sorted now 🤙
@@MVDBR Thanks Josh, Id imagine the CAT would absorb the sparks anyway. On another topic I did a Front tyre change video, and gave your trail stand video a mention. I'm a bit pissed with my centerstands lack of help with the front wheel change. I didn't realise it wasn't balanced with the front wheel out. In the end I had to lay it on the floor to put the wheel back in, as it fell off the centerstand. I left the colourful language in as advised. 🤣
Was a long time ago so don't remember exactly but someone else commented below the same thing. I think you gotta gently prise it out with a screwdriver or something they are a tight fit but be gentle-ish cause they can break 😬
With this in mind, can someone explain why an Akropovich exhaust is so crazy expensive? What is the justification? Or is there none and it's a pure rip off? Not that I'd ever buy one, the price is absurd. But I wonder if there actually is any reason at all to consider these, or if it's just a status symbol like Apple?
I doubt there's any good reason, except that people keep paying what they ask so they'll keep giving em the old shaft. Granted some of the proper Akros are made of premium materials like titanium but even so they are still a fuckin rort.
You pay for the titanium and carbon fiber. Mostly materials on the inside that you can't see so you pay 2x price of other premium exhausts for basically the brand name only
While not wishing to defend the cost of an Akro, you are paying for superior material quality and manufacturing but also their R&D and a guarantee of extra power ( noticeable by all but the most numb of riders) and their look is generally the best in class too.
I have once but somehow the exhaust didn't even touch the ground 🤷♂️ So no idea. I'd say it would tho, but I'll always keep an eye on that and bend it back out if needed.
Done another 4 or 5 thousand KMs on mine since I fitted it and still running like a beast. The header pipe seems quite restrictive so I don't think adding a slip on alone affects the tune very much.
Thanks! It was just another piece of pipe that fit snug over the baffle tube, but I've since removed it anyway it didn't really make much difference. Still sounds awesome without it 🤙
It's the same exhaust, the cheap fake carbon fibre coating started going brown from heat and looked a bit cruddy so I took it off with a wire brush wheel and polished up the aluminium a little 😁
I love the hose clamp trick with the bolts
That actually sounds better than any expensive solution I've seen!
Still going great 18 months later 🤙
Sounds pretty damn good to me. Little more roar than stock. Nice!
Super clever idea with the hose claps! Well done, dude!
Thanks bro!
Grouse job josh the hose clamp idea is really good I’ll be using that in the future. Keep the videos coming 👌👌
That hose-clamp fitting you made for the heat shield is pretty clever. Nice one :)
Yeah thanks mate, sometimes my silly ideas to bodgy things up actually turn out alright 😬
damn... that sounds outstanding. I'm definitely in the same club, liking a bit of bark, not not enough to annoy the crap out of absolutely everyone. cheers from the states!
That does sound quite nice, has a deep throaty note thats for sure.
You mentioned how heavy the stocker is, thats coz its double lined with multiple baffles.
My pipe has a bit more rasp than yours because it flares out inside the can, but highway cruise is only marginally louder than tire and wind noise.
Nice work, much better than the fluffy stock note.
Oh Yeah! Sounds good! ....and good idea with the clamp/bolt setup.
Thanks 👍
Good stuff mate, it's always good to have options besides the usual overprices brand name stuff!
Cheers Steve got your eye on any adv bikes yet? ✊😁
@@MVDBR Got a few I'm eyeing off. Can't afford any of them but that's not stopping me from day dreaming lol.
My fav sounding T7 by far. Awesome mate
Not bad for the money!
@@MVDBR Absolutely. At low revs it sounds like a bloody v8! When I feel I'm good enough I'll sell the husky and grab myself one for sure. You make it look like so easy but I've seen the size of them. They're fuckin huge. Ill get there though. Helluva good mid-life crisis thats all ill say. I ride almost every day.
@@stevetheaxe they're very capable mate just takes a bit to gain the confidence in them 👌
@@MVDBR Yeah mate I can see. You take it anywhere. Its not the bikes capability that's the problem its mine but I'm working hard to rectify that and having a ball doing it I'll add.
@@stevetheaxe that's what it's all about mate, fun 👌
Nicely done. I think it sounds great.
Well done Josh that sounds great and a very good price after hearing that I now want to trade the 390 on a T7 it sounds beautiful.
Sadly that 3kg weight saving still doesn't make her anywhere near as light as the 390 Rich hehe. Cheers mate yeah pretty happy with the sound :)
Love it,thanks for sharing.
Sounds good. Nice little mod that ur not selling a kidney for.... Win Win
This was such good value with an awesome sound I did exactly the same! Great idea of how you attached the heat shield I’d like to do the same, just got to source the parts! Thanks 🙏🏼
Just fitted the heat shield today and it works perfect - your a genius 💪
@@TheXFactorFilm nice one 👌
Sounds great.
Awesome, looks an sounds great a+ great job👍🍻
So practical mod for Enduro use 👌 and thanks for the inside idea of doing it and it solve my problem also of sound and performance thanks men
And happy braaaap 🔥🔥 😎
Keep going
Love from India🇮🇳
Good vid josh great idea with the clamps 😎👍
Haha cheers man, usually shit like that never works out so well :)
Best sound.
Tranzac make a nice slip on stainless or alloy for about $400 /$500
Yeah there are a few options around that price range, Dominator, Arrow, GPR 👍
Sounds chingón! Greetings from Mexico Baja
Great tone and looks awesome Josh👍atb Dixie
Thanks Dix, shit you must be desperate for something to watch sitting thru that. Proper vid coming out in a couple days 😁
@@MVDBR loved it mate, don't even own a motorbike at present so living the dream through you, Nat and that other crazy Ozzy Mark 🤣🤣👍
@@SuperDixxxie why no bike? What was the last one?
@@MVDBR sadly funds won't allow at moment mate. I've owned 3 bikes, Honda 125 mbx when I was a teen. In later years I've owned Kawasaki zxr400 and my last bike was a Honda 600 hornet. Never owned an off road bike but perhaps will one day. Until then, you and Nat are it👍🤣
@@SuperDixxxie sweet, off-road is where it's at :)
Sounds like a race bike👌
Great job!👌
Nicely done
Awesome bikes, mate😁👍👍🥰
I just ordered this and a 2wdw mail in ecu flash. Considering gutting the catalytic converter in the header as well.
After much consideration. I'm going to cut the stock headers and tune the ecu accordingly. Hopefully its not terribly loud! The muffler/link pipe ran me $67 total and the tune cost me $250. Can't see any cheaper options to get a full exhaust with performance and weight savings in mind. Should be able to test it out by the end of the week. Cheers!
Can you record a video of the setup? :)
@@MVDBR I'll see what I can put together
ruclips.net/video/de5JHbMQdjs/видео.html
I think it sounds great!
So do I 😁
@@MVDBR I’m trying so hard to get a T700 right now and I literally can’t find a place to even put a deposit down on one and they don’t know when they’re getting more I’m so bummed I need to quit watching RUclips videos about these. How does it do at highway speed‘s?
Yeah man it seems like that with a lot of shit at the moment, sucks ass! Especially bad with the popularity of the T7. I'm glad I got mine when I did. It's great on the road mate, sometimes wish top gear was a little higher but it's fine really 👍
@@MVDBR I’m on a mission to get a white and red one thanks for the response and stay safe on that bad boy.
Sounds and looks great mate :-)
Thanks Pete 😏
Bugger, even cheaper than my muffler. Yeah I had to put a heat guard back too.
Ah yours still looks better!
put a decat on the bike flys after. nice set up. i have a brand new akra in a box going to sell it as came on bike 850 uk pound way to dear to put on bike to scratch.
Yeah I reckon the decat and tune would be mint. Good idea selling the akra ✊
@@MVDBR running decat with out a tune on mine stock ecu going very good. mate has put a tunner on his.
Got a link to the pipe mate? Or you do a custom job?
@@MVDBR leovince decat, moto gb distributions uk. they post world wide its 263 uk money. they are a work of art well good stuff. me and my mate are running full leovince exhausts, power gains are well good both bikes fly mow. you can buy a full system for the price of a akra decat. we run the stainless exhaust 325 uk price, will post a vid on my channle soon as i get time to film .
Hey, thanks for this - I am doing the same for my tenere after watching this. Although I am a little stuck now. The gasket on the oem exhaust doesn't come out. Did you manage to find one somewhere? Would appreciate some advice. Cheers
It should come out mate I definitely got mine out I don't remember having any trouble removing it. Yours might be a bit tighter fit. They are a bit fragile tho ya kinda need to be gentle with it. I also had to file mine a little inside from memory to make it fit nicely with the new mid pipe. But yeah that gasket should definitely pop out...
@@MVDBR okay thank you. Will give it another go!
I managed to get it out! Job done, thank you for the video
@@waharley good stuff mate cheers
I didn’t fit a nut on my baffle and it self ejected on the second ride never too be seen again 😂😂
😅 sound better now 😎
Rivnuts, no special tool
Just use longer bolt, with nut...look installation on utube
Sounds wicked. Nice job. Do you get any back firing or other issues?
Thanks mate nah she a-ok no popping nothing :)
mam I wish my DR650 sounded like that LOL!
hey, where did you get the rounded baffle? Thanks.
I just rounded out the stock one with a tapered piece of steel and then a socket that was about the right size 👍
just a fyi if u buy the muffler from the link provided it comes with no springs or mounts. u will have to order the mount and spings seprate. the only ones i can find are from china and took close to 2 months to show up. really big pain in the butt when u already wated 2 weeks for the muffler just to find out u can actually mount it to the bike. and end up waitng close to 3 months!
Wow that's disappointing! Where did you get it from, Amazon or eBay? Mine definitely came with everything I needed to fit it, they all should because both products I linked pictured the springs and mount. Maybe yours was an isolated fuck up, sorry to hear you had a bad experience 👎
@@MVDBR i got it from e bay. if u scroll down in the link u got it says 1x muffler thats it. they most likely have changed it since your video. not your fault id say
Yeah it does say that but in every photo it shows the bracket and springs, one pic even shows the lengths of the springs and other parts 🤔 They should definitely be included, but who knows with these dodgy sellers. The actual seller I bought off is no longer on eBay unfortunately but I've bought 3 of these so far off eBay and they have all included the extras. Anyway hopefully you are all sorted now 🤙
Sounds good 😁🍺
Cheers mate 😏
Sounds awesome. Does it have a spark arrestor in it?
It doesn't have the mesh thing but the silencer has the small holes in the tube 🤷♂️
@@MVDBR Thanks Josh, Id imagine the CAT would absorb the sparks anyway.
On another topic I did a Front tyre change video, and gave your trail stand video a mention. I'm a bit pissed with my centerstands lack of help with the front wheel change. I didn't realise it wasn't balanced with the front wheel out. In the end I had to lay it on the floor to put the wheel back in, as it fell off the centerstand. I left the colourful language in as advised. 🤣
@@jethrowingnut13 haha cool mate I will check it out 😎
Niiiice
nice! is the exhuast a low range, mid range, or a high range exhuast
Haha I don't know mate, I didn't notice any power difference. All I know is it's in the Chinese low *price* range... :) Thanks for watching
Does that replace the catalytic converter?
Nah I believe the cat is integrated in the head pipe
how did you get the stock gasket out of the stock muffler? mine seems to be pretty embedded in.
Was a long time ago so don't remember exactly but someone else commented below the same thing. I think you gotta gently prise it out with a screwdriver or something they are a tight fit but be gentle-ish cause they can break 😬
Damn my bike was clean back then 👌
I just gently pushed it in with a large flat head screwdriver using the gaps in the pipe, then it eased out by hand
With this in mind, can someone explain why an Akropovich exhaust is so crazy expensive? What is the justification? Or is there none and it's a pure rip off? Not that I'd ever buy one, the price is absurd. But I wonder if there actually is any reason at all to consider these, or if it's just a status symbol like Apple?
I doubt there's any good reason, except that people keep paying what they ask so they'll keep giving em the old shaft. Granted some of the proper Akros are made of premium materials like titanium but even so they are still a fuckin rort.
@@MVDBR thought so, cheers
You pay for the titanium and carbon fiber. Mostly materials on the inside that you can't see so you pay 2x price of other premium exhausts for basically the brand name only
While not wishing to defend the cost of an Akro, you are paying for superior material quality and manufacturing but also their R&D and a guarantee of extra power ( noticeable by all but the most numb of riders) and their look is generally the best in class too.
nice did u drop it on the exhaust side yet and dose it do same damage like stock exhaust do to swingarm ppl complaining?
I have once but somehow the exhaust didn't even touch the ground 🤷♂️ So no idea. I'd say it would tho, but I'll always keep an eye on that and bend it back out if needed.
After watching this video, I bought the same exhaust but I didnt put it on yet. Do you think, it has no negative effect on the engine?
Done another 4 or 5 thousand KMs on mine since I fitted it and still running like a beast. The header pipe seems quite restrictive so I don't think adding a slip on alone affects the tune very much.
So did the baffle adjustment you made is it louder than that stock DB killer or quieter?
Hmm from memory it was about the same loudness just sounded a little better. But now I run it with the tube completely removed 👍
@@MVDBR Right so you still use the insert but the tube on the inside of the exhaust has been cut off?
Hi body ! Great job 👍 What is the solid part you put on the baffle ? Thanks a lot 🤘
Thanks! It was just another piece of pipe that fit snug over the baffle tube, but I've since removed it anyway it didn't really make much difference. Still sounds awesome without it 🤙
Sounds good.. But looks tiny 😁
👍👍👍👍
Loving your thing Guys... Your not running this on the T700 . Using Stainless version now?
It's the same exhaust, the cheap fake carbon fibre coating started going brown from heat and looked a bit cruddy so I took it off with a wire brush wheel and polished up the aluminium a little 😁
springs look ridiculous, there must be a better way to fix it
🤷♂️ I don't think they are necessary, leave em off if you think they're that bad 👍
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Looks cheap.
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