shock at factory exhaust weight

[timo]

I was talking to the local KTM dealer and he was saying about the new 690 that is soon to be released(07 i think) and i was saying that it looked ugly .He said thats the factory exhaust/mfflers and that he would dump them anyway for some a'market ones.AND then he said he did that on his 950SM and they weighed either 14/19 kgs(sorry cant be specific asi was in shock).Now i dont know what the replacements weigh but i expect he would have made, at least, a reaonable weight saving and we all know that ends up being an extra perf. gain.

[Wobbly]

Usually heaps to be gained there especially on twin systems, and no doubt on the huge ugly POS exhaust they put on the 690. The slip-on can on my RSV was 9.5kg just by itself, and the akro I put in its place was about 2...

[speaksgeek]

Hell yes! Even on my single pipe 640 the stocky weighs about 11kg and the staintune about 5kg. On a bike that weighs 149kg no fuel that's not a bad saving.

[postie_moto]

Hell yes! Even on my single pipe 640 the stocky weighs about 11kg and the staintune about 5kg. On a bike that weighs 149kg no fuel that's not a bad saving.

hmmm definitely need an aftermarket muffler... :)
soon, hopefully!