I am soooo Exhausted

[munga]

Hi all, let me start off with some background. OK so 1200 XE what a wonderful thing, when I fist got it most commented "Jeez he wont get that dirty" now all I get is "clean that bloody thing will you!" which brings me to my next gripe! "ADVENTURE" yes it say's Scrambler on the side I know,(I can read) but most Adventure bikes have NO class at all, none what so ever, so I give you the 1200 XE Adventure (scrambler). Stay with me here hold on I know this is a bit of a stretch for many and this will overwhelm some so hold on take it easy, keep it together mate, I'm getting there, BUT some people consider Honda Postie bikes "adventure bikes" and travel the world on these little Honda CT90? and have made good money publishing their ADVENTURE into a book!. so why not 1200 XE adventure! (rhetorical question).

Anyway this is a long Segway to what I really want to discuss and that is why hasn't anyone made a single exhaust (two into one) for my 1200 XE that DOESN'T cost drug money! You know like the Africa Twin or the GS 850? and don't give me any rubbish like "OH you cannot adventurise an XE"(well you can) or "you've already spent thousands on your current system"(actually it came with the bike). The fact is the current crop of exhaust manufacturers are asking for DRUG MONEY for there wares so how come were paying $2000-$3000 for an exhaust system for a motor bike when car owners pay a fraction of this for an entire system for the car? I really don't get it and I think many feel the same. MIKE DROP!

 

[CarlS]

Good question!

 

[Qship]

Supply and demand.
Oh, I'm a firm believer that the Scrambler was and is a great option to an "adventure bike".
Install all the necessary hardware to carry your stuff and tires and away ya go. I'm sure it would be just as good off road as many so called adventure bikes, maybe even better.

 

[JackRobbin]

Supply and demand.
Oh, I'm a firm believer that the Scrambler was and is a great option to an "adventure bike".
Install all the necessary hardware to carry your stuff and tires and away ya go. I'm sure it would be just as good off road as many so called adventure bikes, maybe even better.

Which model do you suggest as a travel bike for scrambler?

 

[munga]

Which model do you suggest as a travel bike for scrambler?

Either, I’d suggest, I’ve the XE version as that was the only offering where I live at that point in time and it’s a little to tall for me but in not complaining because I feel it is a far superior version to the XC in my eyes

 

[RockyDS]

Well, I guess I paid 'drug money' for my Zard exhaust.

But it was well worth it for me.

There is nothing I did and nowhere I went on my previous bike, a Super Tenere, that I wouldn't do on my XE but there's places I'd go on my XE where I wouldn't have taken the S10. As to 'Adventure bike' - that's marketing. The ride is the adventure, not the bike.

 

[Rocky]

Nice

 

[CarlS]

Well, I guess I paid 'drug money' for my Zard exhaust.

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But it was well worth it for me.

There is nothing I did and nowhere I went on my previous bike, a Super Tenere, that I wouldn't do on my XE but there's places I'd go on my XE where I wouldn't have taken the S10. As to 'Adventure bike' - that's marketing. The ride is the adventure, not the bike.

It looks great and I agree 100%.

 

[munga]

Well, I guess I paid 'drug money' for my Zard exhaust.

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But it was well worth it for me.

There is nothing I did and nowhere I went on my previous bike, a Super Tenere, that I wouldn't do on my XE but there's places I'd go on my XE where I wouldn't have taken the S10. As to 'Adventure bike' - that's marketing. The ride is the adventure, not the bike.

I am sorry for sounding like a pessimist Rocky, but here in Australia you can buy about 6 or 7 cars with registration for the same money that many motorcycle exhaust companies are asking for so I am finding it hard to let that much money go on an exhaust system and I feel that they are asking for unreasonable amounts for there efforts

 

[RockyDS]

I am sorry for sounding like a pessimist Rocky, but here in Australia you can buy about 6 or 7 cars with registration for the same money that many motorcycle exhaust companies are asking for so I am finding it hard to let that much money go on an exhaust system and I feel that they are asking for unreasonable amounts for there efforts

Totally understandable. My Zard exhaust wasn't cheap and if it had been much more $$ here in Canada I wouldn't have gone that route either.

 

[MplsRider]

Well, I guess I paid 'drug money' for my Zard exhaust.

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But it was well worth it for me.

There is nothing I did and nowhere I went on my previous bike, a Super Tenere, that I wouldn't do on my XE but there's places I'd go on my XE where I wouldn't have taken the S10. As to 'Adventure bike' - that's marketing. The ride is the adventure, not the bike.

I'm very tempted and it looks great! I must have missed the drug money joke

 

[RockyDS]

I'm very tempted and it looks great! I must have missed the drug money joke

The drug money comment was in the first post. ;-)

... the current crop of exhaust manufacturers are asking for DRUG MONEY for there wares ...

 

[MplsRider]

I am a firm believer in everyone not dipping into their drug budget money or exhausts not costing Drug money either

Looks like this Zard beauty is around $1100 USD here. I am going to put a few more thousand miles on mine before I make that move, but it's really beautiful and gets the warmth off the leg.

 

[CarlS]

It does look very nice.

 

[jron42]

I would be a lot happier with the zard low exhaust if there were crash bars that worked with it.. Not to mention losing the center stand..

 

[RockyDS]

I would be a lot happier with the zard low exhaust if there were crash bars that worked with it.. Not to mention losing the center stand..

I've read somewhere that the centre stand works with the Zard low exhaust - at least on the XC. Triumph don't offer a centre stand for the XE afaik.

There's also mention on the ADV Scrambler thread that one of the other Givi crash bars fit. I asked the guy (morkys) for pictures of the bars fitted but he hasn't responded yet - and that was a month ago.

The only one's that I believe work with for sure with the Zard are the Givi TN6410 Engine Guards for various Triumph Bonnevilles. They just happen to be angled the correct way to fit with the Zard low exhaust. Other similar guards won't fit. I have not installed them yet but lined them up and they will fit. I will post photos once installed with the Zard Low Exhaust.

 

[munga]

Ok so it has been some time but I’ve been waiting for someone to produce A full exhaust system I could buy and simply fit around my factory crash bars and at a reasonable cost so last week I bit the bullet and and you know what? Stuff it! So I made the bloody thing. Now this bike I feel was missing something and for a while I couldn’t put my finger in it but Daaaaaaam it looks and sound like a bike should, in in love again wow what a difference, so I bought a pair of second hand reverse cones and some bends and with a lot of patients and welding, grinding, sanding and painted it’s now a complete bike in my mind and sounds like a proper bike and I could not be any happier. I will get some outside pictures soon if you wish but this thing is sooooooo BOSS now.

 

[Rocky]

Cool stuff

 

[Qship]

Great job. Looks fantastic.

 

[munga]

Great job. Looks fantastic.

Thanks gents and it sounds just as good as well and to be honest after riding it for the first time today awesome doesn’t even begin to explain how this system makes me feel