The comprehensive GRiSO exhaust thread....

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1471 Join date : 2015-01-04 Age : 63

What happened to the original one - you could use it to make (get someone to make) a pattern one if you have it ?

Montanarolo Posts : 12 Join date : 2017-02-05

Don't have the original, not included with my bike purchase. I did just find a shop to get a new one; Eurocorsa if I remember correctly. A little pricey, but worth it if the previous owner doesn't find the original in his garage

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1471 Join date : 2015-01-04 Age : 63

Sounds like your sorted but if you need the dimensions to have one made just ask the hoards here who run one...

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1657 Join date : 2014-09-22

I have one on mine, if you want some photo's and dimensions, although i have never taken it out!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1471 Join date : 2015-01-04 Age : 63

I never took mine out yet either; in fact started out wondering if one was even fitted given the initial shock of noise compared to stock bagpipe...but seems there is !

Montanarolo Posts : 12 Join date : 2017-02-05

I'm waiting over the weekend to see if the guy I bought the GRiSO from can find it in his garage. If not, I'll buy from Eurocorsa

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Is this the perfect pretzel design for keeping the right back pressure?

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10049 Join date : 2013-09-30

The next person to use the term "back pressure" will have fire and fury the likes the world has never seen rain down upon them.

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Hey, that sounds like the Kim & Ronald McDonald show.

L'Innominato Posts : 3342 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 64

Back Lives Matter

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Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

Just after a bit of advice if anyone can help.
This coming weekend I am taking the bike on a blast through France, Belgium and meeting some friends testing cars at the Nurburgring.
My bike is standard apart from the Zard exhaust (with factory dB installed but no E markings).
Has anyone ever had an issue with travelling through Europe with non-standard exhausts?

Tiradritto Posts : 309 Join date : 2013-12-17

Never had a problem myself in 30 odd years of riding around Europe but I always leave the baffle/db killer in. The Germans have some strict rules on non standard parts but I'm sure these do not apply to non residents.

Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

Thanks for this confirmation.
It's been a couple of years since I last travelled around Europe on a bike but spotted something about reflective helmets in France. This then lead to a note about being chained and shackled for 20 years if you have a non-conforming exhaust!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1657 Join date : 2014-09-22

The only country you could have a problem with is Switzerland, who can stop you and send you over the border for almost any reason. However i have been there a number of times with other bikes and loud exhausts (mine is obviously road legal) and never had a problem, you will be fine, enjoy your ride!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 1657 Join date : 2014-09-22

beetle wrote:: The next person to use the term "back pressure" will have fire and fury the likes the world has never seen rain down upon them.

Can we use "flow velocity" instead :-) or will do i have to move to North Korea

Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

Thanks.
It's not excessively noisy - just a satisfying rumble but no E marking or cat.

Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

My bike has a Zard ZG070SSR 'race' silencer. While giving the bike a good clean I noticed that the main body of the silencer was not attached to the short section that clamps onto the original collector pipe. Once removed there is no evidence of any welds but it was obviously in one piece when I fitted the silencer at the beginning of the year.
Has anybody else got one of these exhausts?
Should it be just a push fit (obviously very tight when new) or should it be a permanent connection?

Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

Just to update this, Zard have replied saying that the exhaust must be welded together.
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Zard have requested photographs but I can see no evidence of failed welds.

GRiSO Capo Posts : 57 Join date : 2013-12-25 Age : 59

My failed Zard weld and my fix...

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Grignapoco Posts : 189 Join date : 2016-09-09

Just to update this. The CEO from Zard requested details and photos of the failed connection. These were sent over as requested but to date they have not replied.
My repair was simple, I just internally mig welded the connection, swaged the clamping area to improve alignment/remove loading at the joint.

L'Innominato Posts : 3342 Join date : 2013-05-29 Age : 64

Can't wait to hear what folks have to say after watching this...pretty sure I heard the terms back-pressure and power commander mentioned...

Let the bristling begin!

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 10049 Join date : 2013-09-30

Arse. Anus. Sphincter. Blot.

The mingey twat said 'back pressure'. Therefore he is a pillock and a numpty. I fart in his general direction.

Then he said 'power commander'. I do not condemn him for that. To be brutally honest, said power commander can be made to function appropriately. However, it takes a clever dick to make them work in way that enhances performance. Most are programmed by shaved apes, for whom the mantra 'more fuel' is writ on high.

Also, for a lot of bikes, the PC is the only way to diddle with the fuel delivery. We Guzzi owners are lucky that we can diddle with the ECU directly. O! Fortuna!

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Godfather Posts : 3154 Join date : 2013-05-28 Age : 59

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John Kennedy Toole wrote:: “So we see that even when Fortuna spins us downward, the wheel sometimes halts for a moment and we find ourselves in a good, small cycle within the larger bad cycle. The universe, of course, is based upon the principle of the circle within the circle. At the moment, I am in an inner circle. Of course, smaller circles within this circle are also possible.”
― A Confederacy of Dunces

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GRiSO Capo Posts : 392 Join date : 2017-08-03

Mistral High Pipe is fantastic! Super easy to install, looks great, sounds fantastic and with the corresponding beetle map it really fattens out the power curve in the midrange.

If you like the look of it, I'd highly recommend it!

GRiSO Capo Posts : 383 Join date : 2015-12-19 Age : 57

GRiSO 1200 SE with Arrow and Beetle Map Mistral Hi - With adjusted cold start

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