vance and hines exhaust

[lethal dose]

Looking to turn my y2k b12 into a show bike. REALLY like the v&h meg style exhaust bullet bob runs. Upon contacting v&h, they said no such exhaust was ever made for a bandit... insight?

[rider123]

dan moto makes one but I'm not sure how you feel about having a Dan moto on there. Most people rave about these exhausts but some are in the irrational "chinese crap" mode of thinking. They make a conical and a GP replica

Take your pick. For a $100 even if you hate it it's a cheap experiment. The good thing about Dan Moto is their exhausts are plain looking without a whole bunch of doodads or huge honking product badges.

http://www.dan-moto.com/gsf-bandit-600-1200-n-s-wholesale-18_20_58.html?zenid=6tl0orv8adt17mi1cu9n9v88q3

[lethal dose]

I've seen danmoto stuff. Looking for the actual drag meg:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=jwMY_TjRwmc

If you can't view the mobile page... scroll down and click on the vid. I want LOUD.

[rider123]

Page comes up with random videos unless you want your pipe to sound like Nicky Ninedoors!  

[lethal dose]

Go to YouTube and search "vance and hines exhaust 03 bandit 1200".

[rider123]

Nice vid. I wonder if that is maybe a GSXR1100 exhaust mated to the Bandit 1200 as they are the same engine. Sometimes if you ask the company you're not talking to a mechanic but some dude that just looks up what you want on a product chart and just says "Well it's not here on my chart". Also you could work up one with a customized collector box then just get it chromed. Another option would be to get the Dan moto one which is basically a copy and get it chromed. Shouldn't cost too much to chrome that small exhaust. It looks to me like it was a custom job with the headers being fitted to a custom collector box. Because really an exhaust is just a pipe. You'd probably have to rejet though. The guy in the vid has either not rejetted or the bikes cold as when he tries to rev it there is a miss as the fuel mixture drops suddenly. I'm sure $8 worth of jets will fix that.

Maybe for fun send the link to the company and say "I want this" someone there may recognize what it is. They may say. "Oh yeah that's our 1989 GSXR1100 schtick2000 pipe" or whatever. Can't hurt maybe replying to the youtube post or even trying to email the guy he may have more info for you that Vance&Hines doesn't have.

[lethal dose]

User "bullet bob" here has identical pipe... check the first page of the pic thread under "big bandit banter". Shows he's inactive, or I'd pm him.

[rider123]

I'll try and see if I can search the dark dungeons of the internet for you. Sometimes you'd be suprised what you can find. What year is his bike? Theoretically any headers and pipes should fit on there as they all have the same engine so maybe they offered it to the 2001-2005 GEN2 bikes but not the 1996-2000 GEN1 Bikes even though its the same engine and the email/product chart guy is just not putting 2 and 2 together.

[lethal dose]

His is a gen1. Is love to get ahold of him.

[rider123]

I went to Vance and Hines site and it sucks balls. According to them they don't even make an exhaust for a Bandit 1200 and only for the Hyabusa which is just a load of crap. My friend owns a bike shop so I may have to call him tomorrow so we can look through a real dealers catalog. I'll keep looking. There is something out there that is called a V&H "Sidewinder Header" which fits the GSXR1100/Bandit 1200.

[rider123]

Whos your favorite internet bitch??

http://www.ebay.ie/sch/sis.html?_nkw=VANCE+HINES+PRO+PIPE+EXHAUST+DRAG+GSXR+1100+BANDIT+1200

In Euros will try States or Canadian money. Its a GSXR1100 sidewinder drag exhaust so no wonder V&H couldn't help you. Try them again.

Quote from other forum:

"Hi I'm new to the site. I talked to a guy at a shop that sells the sidewinder exhaust for busa's ans zx-14's. To get one for the bandit, we have to look at the 91-93GSX-R 1100."

[lethal dose]

Thanks, bro. Been looking, but my Google-fu sux.

[rider123]

The Bandit engine is exactly the same as the GSXR1100 with only milder cams and slightly bored out so it should fit fine but you may have to rig up a mount for the end pipe. You will need to re-jet unless you like your bike to run like ass but if you don't want to mod the airbox one or two up on the mains and a shim or two will get you close.

It's only $211 online which is a huge steal considering you get the headers as well. Run and get it before it's gone or call V&H if you're uncomfortable with internet purchasing.

[lethal dose]

what about front frame clearance. also, the ones pictured to not look like bullet bob's or the ones in the vid... the head pipes are bent differently. that seems like a good deal, but i am concerned that i'd get the wrong item... not a big ebay buyer, here. also, i'm running the holeshot stage 2 jet kit/airbox removal/5 degree advance... still think i'd need to rejet?

[rider123]

I think thats just a stock/fill in picture for all the pipes as different models there have the same pic. Try calling V&H and see what they say. I have a Holeshot stage 1 but am modding it myself to accept a K&N filter. You should be good with the standard stage 2 with maybe minor adjustments. I can't see this pipe requiring either no change or at most 1 up or down on the jets. It probably be totally fine with whatever you have now. You could try for fun adjusting the mixture screws up and down to artificially create a slightly richer or leaner mixture to see if it helps. After you've determined whether you need richer or leaner or no change set the mixture screws back to where you had them before so you're not compensating with the pilots. I'd wager you probably need no changes or at most 1 mainjet size up as this pipe comes with it's own header which may flow a bit more freely than the stock Bandit header. If you still have the stock cams one mainjet up would do it max. You may just be perfect with what you have now. Only way is to pop it on and see what the bike needs with some plug chops.

I'm assuming you have the stage 2 with pods not the stage 2 airbox mod corrrect? What mains are you running now? 147.5's?