Roger,

I have just completed the pipe swap to true dual.
Man it was a painful 5 hours work.
Without a proper tool, half a bottle of WD40 and 2 weak arms..I managed to pull out the y-pipe mil by mil...
Now my whole arms are aching..

Well...The engine check light did not turn on as i was told, looks like 05 model is fine.(no butterfly valve, no O2 lambda sensor)

However, i did face a problem. the right pipe is now shorter than the left pipe. The straight pipe i got is a little shorter than the stock pipe. With my fish tail end caps, it makes the difference even more obvious...

Sound wise..i forgot to record the sound before the change, and after all the tireness, i cannot tell much difference!!! May be let me rest for a few days and i will listen again...

Haven't got time to ride the bike yet..because i need to work on the sticky throttle cable as a result of my previous WO513 handlebar change.

I will update again whenever possible.

Bottomline to your questions, so far so good, it does not hurt(notthe bike,but my arms!)changing to true dual..

 

Yes, I do recall struggling with the Y pipe. I finally soaked it a few days with rust breaker and it came of easier. Sounds like I didn't work as hard as it as you did. Bummer the pipe lengths are not equal. What kit did you use again? My Torres kit is in the mail. Should be here any day. Hope I do not come up short, too! Honestly, I didn't think I was going to hear that much difference in tone. You have just confirmed that. My main goal was looks and to cool down that rear pipe and make the plugs burn properly. Did you happen to notice that?

Roger

 

I bought the B&E pipes. The seller and i are working something out about the length problem. hopefully both parties are happy.
Just measured the stock pipe length, it reads 14 1/4". The straight pipe reads 13 5/8", almost an inch short.
I had to pullall sections further apart tomakethe difference less noticeable..But i think it is not good for the pipe because the muffler is heavy & vibrating!

As forthe plug, i only know she was running a little too rich.(can see black carbon-like built-up around the threaded ring area. I haven't been able to ride her yet since yesterday. I just got done with the throttle cable just now. Probably i can say more about the plug next week.

Oh ya, i freaked out when i saw the white smoke coming off th true dual pipes the moment i started the engine. After a while, i realised it was the WD40 bath ispray onto the pipes...hahah!

 

My ears recovered from tiredness...

and the tone is sweeeeetttt....

tot tot tot tot totttttt.....[8D]