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It finally came and wow, what a trick piece of kit the comp werkes pipe is - beautifully made, pretty light weight for stainless, and imo, looks badass!
Install was pretty straightforward, but took almost 5 hours. Part of this was rewiring the rear lights and still not sure I've figured that out. Anyone know how the wiring goes for the rear turn signals if you cut the adaptors and just go with wires to aftermarket signal wires?
Cutting the stock exhaust is very quick if you use a sawsall - took maybe 5 minutes. I was able to use the bracket it comes with to hang it off my rearset, just took some creative bending.
What takes longest is carving the plastics and making it look nice. Still need to paint where I cut, but overall very happy with it.
The stock exhaust, is sooo heavy, and all that weight is so high up, that the bike does feel lighter - turn in was already ridiculous, now it's ridiculouser.
It is LOUD! Too loud I think. Gonna have to get the baffle. It sounds like an F1 race car. It's stupid fun.
Feels like I lost a little power at very low rpms - like just when getting started. But maybe gained a little way up top. Stock map. It has a sexy popping on decel, but the popping is not loud
As for the undertail, I'm leaving it bare - it looks empty, light and has a perfect spot for mounting the plate. Looks very race oriented.

Install was pretty straightforward, but took almost 5 hours. Part of this was rewiring the rear lights and still not sure I've figured that out. Anyone know how the wiring goes for the rear turn signals if you cut the adaptors and just go with wires to aftermarket signal wires?
Cutting the stock exhaust is very quick if you use a sawsall - took maybe 5 minutes. I was able to use the bracket it comes with to hang it off my rearset, just took some creative bending.
What takes longest is carving the plastics and making it look nice. Still need to paint where I cut, but overall very happy with it.
The stock exhaust, is sooo heavy, and all that weight is so high up, that the bike does feel lighter - turn in was already ridiculous, now it's ridiculouser.
It is LOUD! Too loud I think. Gonna have to get the baffle. It sounds like an F1 race car. It's stupid fun.
Feels like I lost a little power at very low rpms - like just when getting started. But maybe gained a little way up top. Stock map. It has a sexy popping on decel, but the popping is not loud
As for the undertail, I'm leaving it bare - it looks empty, light and has a perfect spot for mounting the plate. Looks very race oriented.