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What exhaust should i get for my R3

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dallasmcmahon

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Planning on getting a new exhaust for my yamaha R3. Never heard any thing else then stock in person, and youtube videos never seem to do justice. What exhaust would you recommend based on sound/price. Also, where is the best place to order an exhaust in Canada? (canadasmotorcycles only has 1 exhaust for the R3). thanks
 
IMO leave it stock. The engine configuration in that bike doesn't sound good when you can hear it ...
 
Brian P said:
IMO leave it stock. The engine configuration in that bike doesn't sound good when you can hear it ...
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Parallel twins don't sound good in general.

From what I've heard of the R3 the Acropovic exhaust seems to work well on it. Go online and check out all of the options.
 
Drennan57 said:
Parallel twins don't sound good in general.
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Which is sad because they're a good configuration for packaging. Some OEMs are starting to see that 270 cranks in P2s are the way to go. The earliest that I'm aware of is 1973 TX750. They sounded awesome with lifesavers slipped on.
 
congrats on the new r3. pipe and tune is a lot of dough, really not worth it. spears racing has some dyno runs up of the r3 with different pipes/work. pipe or slip on really dont produce more than +1 hp or so. save your coin for tires, suspension, or one piece suit for TD's? nice ride.
 
boyoboy said:
congrats on the new r3. pipe and tune is a lot of dough, really not worth it. spears racing has some dyno runs up of the r3 with different pipes/work. pipe or slip on really dont produce more than +1 hp or so. save your coin for tires, suspension, or one piece suit for TD's? nice ride.
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What boyoboy said.
 
Stock.
 
boyoboy said:
congrats on the new r3. pipe and tune is a lot of dough, really not worth it. spears racing has some dyno runs up of the r3 with different pipes/work. pipe or slip on really dont produce more than +1 hp or so. save your coin for tires, suspension, or one piece suit for TD's? nice ride.
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I am still getting a riding suit as well. speaking of riding suits, wheres the best place to buy one? I previously had a crf250L and I didn't really enjoy the stock sound of that bike much, so with my r3 I'm hoping it sounds atleast loud enough in traffic to have people aware. That's why I actually posted the question in the first place.
 
dallasmcmahon said:
I am still getting a riding suit as well. speaking of riding suits, wheres the best place to buy one? I previously had a crf250L and I didn't really enjoy the stock sound of that bike much, so with my r3 I'm hoping it sounds atleast loud enough in traffic to have people aware. That's why I actually posted the question in the first place.
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I'm guessing by this post you haven't ridden the bike around other vehicles yet.

A friend i ride with has an R3 with a stock exhaust and it is extremely quiet. Riding beside the R3 at cruising speeds all i can hear is his chain going round. The bike is not noticeable by sound at all, especially not in a car.

Quick tip, loosen one bolt on your licence plate a tad and let it slightly rattle under acceleration. If done correctly it will create a noise that can mimic the RPM's to give the stock bike a neat sound under acceleration. Yes we found this out accidently while installing a new tail light :lmao:. It does work.
 
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dallasmcmahon said:
I am still getting a riding suit as well. speaking of riding suits, wheres the best place to buy one?
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Where are you located?

dallasmcmahon said:
I previously had a crf250L and I didn't really enjoy the stock sound of that bike much, so with my r3 I'm hoping it sounds atleast loud enough in traffic to have people aware. That's why I actually posted the question in the first place.
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Fair enough, just don't get one that's so loud I can hear you from 5 blocks away. ;) Once you get 1 block away from me I'm going to want to punch you out.
 
I got the Coffman, didn't want to spend that much money on full exhaust.
Sounds pretty good, much better than stock, still have baffle in as I can't remove it with my tools and never bought proper snap ring pliers :)
 
I used to switch out the exhaust on my bikes all the time. Very worth it if you have a particular look or sound you want. It used to be VERY beneficial for performance. I saved 40 lbs changing out my stock 92 GSXR11 to a carbon can Hindle full race system (51 lbs to 11 lbs).
Now however you do not get that kind of weight reduction. And the performance gains are hardly noticeable anymore.
On a modern 300 it's probably a complete waste of money to buy another exhaust.
 
Drennan57 said:
Quick tip, loosen one bolt on your licence plate a tad and let it slightly rattle under acceleration. If done correctly it will create a noise that can mimic the RPM's to give the stock bike a neat sound under acceleration. Yes we found this out accidently while installing a new tail light :lmao:. It does work.
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What the?
 
Bike makers have engineers on staff who do computations and other things to determine what the stock exhaust should be.
There is rarely any reason to change what came with the bike.
Different exhausts can make small changes to performance and power output, but also decrease gas mileage.
If you're running around a track for an afternoon, mileage doesn't matter much.
If you're touring, it does.
 
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