BurnCycle
09-06-2005, 10:41 AM
From the factory the TL sounds dull. Yes, the big twin which had so many times caught my eye and made me drool with envy for a few years sounded so lack luster that it was almost embarrassing.
So the like any TL owner with a budget a set of bolt on cans were picked up (second hand).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/TLS27.jpg
Those cans were on for awhile but I, like any other rider, wanted more. A buddy of mine was selling his TLS and put his full system up for sale (Yosh highmount with carbon fiber cans), so I gathered some funds and picked it up from him.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Jun04/TLYosh6.jpg
Less than a month later a track incident left this system a little buggered.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Track4/HS1.jpg
For the rebuild I decided to be a little creative. I knew a TLPlanet member who had a Yosh rear section for a TLR customized from a 2-2 to a 2-1. I knew he wasn’t using anymore so I put out a feeler to see if he was interested in letting it go. I contacted Yoshimura for a new mid pipe and things were starting to come together. Now, when I did this I had no idea if a Yosh TLR rear section header would match to the Yosh TLS front section but I was willing to give it a shot. Normal TLR and TLS Yosh pipes are very different in design to compensate for clearances and mounting points (as are the factory pipes).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/02Feb05/Pic10.jpg
You can see in the pic above that, since the right side pipe was destroyed, I used the left side pipe in its place (Yosh tag on inside). You can also see that the condition of the pipes was looking a little ‘old’. In order to refresh them I broke out the wire wheel and a buffing pad.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Exhaust/TLSRearP1.jpg
The last thing on my list of ‘to-do’s’ was to update the can. I knew from my research that Yosh used the same inlet diameter on the majority of their cans. I found an unused TRS pipe for a 01-03 GSXR1k that was being let go for a cheap so I decided to pic it up. It slipped right on with only the need to fabricate an exhaust hanger, but that only took 10 minutes (including the polishing).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/02Aug05/TRS3.jpg
I’m now quite happy with the system… Until someone complements me on the work I’ve done to my SV650. :uh:
So the like any TL owner with a budget a set of bolt on cans were picked up (second hand).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/TLS27.jpg
Those cans were on for awhile but I, like any other rider, wanted more. A buddy of mine was selling his TLS and put his full system up for sale (Yosh highmount with carbon fiber cans), so I gathered some funds and picked it up from him.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Jun04/TLYosh6.jpg
Less than a month later a track incident left this system a little buggered.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Track4/HS1.jpg
For the rebuild I decided to be a little creative. I knew a TLPlanet member who had a Yosh rear section for a TLR customized from a 2-2 to a 2-1. I knew he wasn’t using anymore so I put out a feeler to see if he was interested in letting it go. I contacted Yoshimura for a new mid pipe and things were starting to come together. Now, when I did this I had no idea if a Yosh TLR rear section header would match to the Yosh TLS front section but I was willing to give it a shot. Normal TLR and TLS Yosh pipes are very different in design to compensate for clearances and mounting points (as are the factory pipes).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/02Feb05/Pic10.jpg
You can see in the pic above that, since the right side pipe was destroyed, I used the left side pipe in its place (Yosh tag on inside). You can also see that the condition of the pipes was looking a little ‘old’. In order to refresh them I broke out the wire wheel and a buffing pad.
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/Exhaust/TLSRearP1.jpg
The last thing on my list of ‘to-do’s’ was to update the can. I knew from my research that Yosh used the same inlet diameter on the majority of their cans. I found an unused TRS pipe for a 01-03 GSXR1k that was being let go for a cheap so I decided to pic it up. It slipped right on with only the need to fabricate an exhaust hanger, but that only took 10 minutes (including the polishing).
http://www.mariposaderojo.com/Pics/TLS/02Aug05/TRS3.jpg
I’m now quite happy with the system… Until someone complements me on the work I’ve done to my SV650. :uh: