Chuck78
Been Around the Block
Re: Project two---a CB400F
The longer your pipe is, the more torque your bike will make, FYI... Due to the exhaust scavenging effect. So a reverse cone type shorty muffler with no mid-pipe will effectively make your bike have slightly less torque in the crucial street riding range where it counts the most. Considering the amount of back pressure created is equal,
Longer pipes are definitely better.
Yours isn't a MASSIVE difference, but every little bit counts.
The hipster art project cafe builds (esp. West Coast USA - even $7,000+ "pro-built" bikes) make me cringe due to their use of the shortest weakest power producing exhausts possible, and complete lack of calculating suspension height / triple clamp offset and front tire radius/shock height into the "looks trendy & hip" equation... no, just a "stem swap" does not make a triple a proper fit for a bike...
Sorry to rant, long week...!
Not saying yours falls into this category, your bike rules, just pointing out a useful power producing detail...
if you left it at a 4 inch long mid pipe dump and no muffler at all, then we might be talking on those terms...
The longer your pipe is, the more torque your bike will make, FYI... Due to the exhaust scavenging effect. So a reverse cone type shorty muffler with no mid-pipe will effectively make your bike have slightly less torque in the crucial street riding range where it counts the most. Considering the amount of back pressure created is equal,
Longer pipes are definitely better.
Yours isn't a MASSIVE difference, but every little bit counts.
The hipster art project cafe builds (esp. West Coast USA - even $7,000+ "pro-built" bikes) make me cringe due to their use of the shortest weakest power producing exhausts possible, and complete lack of calculating suspension height / triple clamp offset and front tire radius/shock height into the "looks trendy & hip" equation... no, just a "stem swap" does not make a triple a proper fit for a bike...
Sorry to rant, long week...!
Not saying yours falls into this category, your bike rules, just pointing out a useful power producing detail...
if you left it at a 4 inch long mid pipe dump and no muffler at all, then we might be talking on those terms...