Howdy, I've been sifting through these boards for hours and I've so far found a lot of very useful information and reinforcement that I picked a good first cruiser (06 C50). I'm coming off of a GS500F, so I really don't know much about FI vtwins and such. On the GS, rejetting was simple and could be done without spending alot of money on a PCIII and finding/creating the perfect map.
Anyways, since I don't know much about exhausts and these types of bikes, my local dealership recommended long pipes that extended to the back of my rear tire for heat/sound issues since I'll most likely be riding two-up quite often. I also said that I wanted something with a lower, deeper rumble instead of high-pitched loudness. I love a loud bike, but it's gotta sound good. The dealership had a C50 with a set of Hard Krome's that they fired up for me, and they sounded pretty damn good, but the tone was a bit more high pitched that I wanted, so they recommended something longer and HK didn't have a longer pipe for the C50...
So, I pretty much just picked their next best suggestion that I've never heard of which was a set of long Road Burners. No idea if they'll be what I want, and I'm contemplating canceling my order before it's too late and just waiting a while before I put new pipes on the C50. It's also brand new, just brought it home today. Only about 10 miles on it, was the most I could do in 30 degree weather... I tried to joy ride a bit, but, man it was cold.
Anyways, what I want is something with a lower rumble than what the short Hard Krome's seemed to offer and I want to know from someone with experience if longer pipes really do give a deeper rumble to them and what exactly are the benefits to having longer pipes? Also, I plan to also revamp the intake system and debaffle eventually, so I know I'll inevitably need a PCIII, I just don't know if I should hold off on all of this until I have around 1k mi. on her or not. The dealership guys seemed gung ho about getting some new pipes on it when I mentioned I was interested in changing the sound, but I don't think they were much of experts from the way they handled me. After riding a bit instead of hearing it on the showroom floor, I am pretty pleased with the stock sound, so I'm in no real hurry to replace it. I'm more interested in doing things at a pace that's best suited for a healthy break-in and long life for my bike.
This is one fantastic bike, and I can see myself riding it for many many years. Wife and I are already planning trips on our off-days from work and where we should go. Somehow though, we always come back to "let's just head south and see where we end up in a few hours." That isn't very easy to do on a GS500. =P
Anyways, I apologize for the lengthy post, but I wanted to be as detailed as possible because I'm sure there are others out there searching for and wondering the same thing as I am.
Anyways, since I don't know much about exhausts and these types of bikes, my local dealership recommended long pipes that extended to the back of my rear tire for heat/sound issues since I'll most likely be riding two-up quite often. I also said that I wanted something with a lower, deeper rumble instead of high-pitched loudness. I love a loud bike, but it's gotta sound good. The dealership had a C50 with a set of Hard Krome's that they fired up for me, and they sounded pretty damn good, but the tone was a bit more high pitched that I wanted, so they recommended something longer and HK didn't have a longer pipe for the C50...
So, I pretty much just picked their next best suggestion that I've never heard of which was a set of long Road Burners. No idea if they'll be what I want, and I'm contemplating canceling my order before it's too late and just waiting a while before I put new pipes on the C50. It's also brand new, just brought it home today. Only about 10 miles on it, was the most I could do in 30 degree weather... I tried to joy ride a bit, but, man it was cold.
Anyways, what I want is something with a lower rumble than what the short Hard Krome's seemed to offer and I want to know from someone with experience if longer pipes really do give a deeper rumble to them and what exactly are the benefits to having longer pipes? Also, I plan to also revamp the intake system and debaffle eventually, so I know I'll inevitably need a PCIII, I just don't know if I should hold off on all of this until I have around 1k mi. on her or not. The dealership guys seemed gung ho about getting some new pipes on it when I mentioned I was interested in changing the sound, but I don't think they were much of experts from the way they handled me. After riding a bit instead of hearing it on the showroom floor, I am pretty pleased with the stock sound, so I'm in no real hurry to replace it. I'm more interested in doing things at a pace that's best suited for a healthy break-in and long life for my bike.
This is one fantastic bike, and I can see myself riding it for many many years. Wife and I are already planning trips on our off-days from work and where we should go. Somehow though, we always come back to "let's just head south and see where we end up in a few hours." That isn't very easy to do on a GS500. =P
Anyways, I apologize for the lengthy post, but I wanted to be as detailed as possible because I'm sure there are others out there searching for and wondering the same thing as I am.
