Returning member - it's been too long!

Butterfly · 06-09-2018, 12:18 PM

I popped in here today with a battery question and realised it's been 4 years since I last logged in.
I've still got the same S2R which got treated to a new Arrow system and engine remap earlier this year. I've fallen in love it with it all over again. More horsepower and torque and an epic soundtrack. Currently running without the baffles in, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the local constabulary ask me to cut the noise!!

It's lovely to be back. I would post a picture, but can't seem to get the right file size

Grumpy · 06-09-2018, 01:08 PM

Welcome back.
I've never been stopped for no baffles on twin cylinder bike, just enjoy the music!!
To post pictures, a remote hosting site is necessary.
No doubt someone will be along soon to explain.

mickj · 06-09-2018, 02:48 PM

Welcome back, I don't have any baffles in at the moment and am hoping to keep it that way.

06-09-2018, 03:18 PM

Welcome back.....I am baffles in at the moment, was baffles out up to MOT time then couldn't remember the special,place I stored them !, it's an age thing

look forward to seeing some pics soon

Blah blah · 06-09-2018, 05:57 PM

Another here with an S2r and no baffles... lots of advisories for noisy exhausts though

Butterfly · 06-09-2018, 07:03 PM

Thanks for the welcome back!

Now if only I could work out how to host and share pictures, my life would be complete

Luddite · 06-09-2018, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterfly

Thanks for the welcome back!

Now if only I could work out how to host and share pictures, my life would be complete

I think slob mentioned in another thread that forum photo posting was currently broken so you need to use a picture-hosting site. I use www.postimages.org/signup.

Once you've uploaded your picture, click on the 'share' icon and select the 'hotlink for forums' address, copy it and paste it into your post.

If you preview the post before submitting it, the picture will appear in the preview if you've done it correctly.

vince53 · 06-09-2018, 11:08 PM

I sussed a way of posting pics by resizing on laptop think I right clicked on photo then picked "lower res " for posting and attaching .. seemed to work ?

Butterfly · 07-09-2018, 04:28 PM

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Woohoo - massive thanks to Luddite, the image link instructions worked perfectly.

Chriswilly · 07-09-2018, 05:46 PM

I was TOLD by my MOT man two weeks ago that he deosen't think much of my chances in getting a pass next year - anyone have some old socks to spare?

Jez900ie · 07-09-2018, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Butterfly

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Woohoo - massive thanks to Luddite, the image link instructions worked perfectly.

Very nice!

Jez900ie · 07-09-2018, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Chriswilly

I was TOLD by my MOT man two weeks ago that he deosen't think much of my chances in getting a pass next year - anyone have some old socks to spare?

This MOT guy say why it would fail next time when it has always previously passed? Has the emphasis on the test switched to quietening bikes down? A great deal of MOT changes have been instigated for cars, including fails for engine management lights. Interestingly on a another bike site, a fellow had his bike failed at Riders/ Bristol for a number plate that did not have all the legal blurb & issue numbers on the edge of the plate even though it was the correct size, so perhaps there is a general tightening of the testing procedures?

07-09-2018, 06:07 PM

My mates SV failed on excessive noise too, must be a change in approach?

Butterfly · 07-09-2018, 07:00 PM

I had mine MOT'd before the Arrow system was fitted. So next year I'm just going to take it back to my mechanic with the baffles in a bag and let him sort it out for me!!

To be fair, it is VERY loud now. So much so that I managed to set off a car alarm in a local village just by riding past

There's no collector box on this, so it's pretty much straight through pipes

mickj · 08-09-2018, 09:25 AM

The rules for an MOT changed in June (I think) tightening things up a bit especially exhausts, lights (no hids allowed on bikes).

06-09-2018, 12:18 PM	#1
Butterfly Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northampton Bike: S2r Posts: 17	Returning member - it's been too long! I popped in here today with a battery question and realised it's been 4 years since I last logged in. I've still got the same S2R which got treated to a new Arrow system and engine remap earlier this year. I've fallen in love it with it all over again. More horsepower and torque and an epic soundtrack. Currently running without the baffles in, but I'm sure it's only a matter of time before the local constabulary ask me to cut the noise!! It's lovely to be back. I would post a picture, but can't seem to get the right file size

06-09-2018, 01:08 PM	#2
Grumpy record breaker!! Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Peterborough Bike: M1200R Posts: 2,154	Welcome back. I've never been stopped for no baffles on twin cylinder bike, just enjoy the music!! To post pictures, a remote hosting site is necessary. No doubt someone will be along soon to explain. __________________ It's not the destination, but the journey that matters Definition of a motorbike, a devise for overtaking cars!

06-09-2018, 02:48 PM	#3
mickj Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Clevedon Bike: M1200s Posts: 554	Welcome back, I don't have any baffles in at the moment and am hoping to keep it that way. __________________ Keep the rubber side down. Mick

06-09-2018, 03:18 PM	#4
Moco1961 Guest Posts: n/a	Baffled Welcome back.....I am baffles in at the moment, was baffles out up to MOT time then couldn't remember the special,place I stored them !, it's an age thing look forward to seeing some pics soon

06-09-2018, 05:57 PM	#5
Blah blah Upsetting normal people.. Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Portreath Bike: S2r Posts: 833	Another here with an S2r and no baffles... lots of advisories for noisy exhausts though __________________ Power is nothing without control... I have neither !

06-09-2018, 07:03 PM	#6
Butterfly Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northampton Bike: S2r Posts: 17	Thanks for the welcome back! Now if only I could work out how to host and share pictures, my life would be complete

06-09-2018, 11:08 PM	#8
vince53 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2018 Location: taunton Bike: M1100s Posts: 41	I sussed a way of posting pics by resizing on laptop think I right clicked on photo then picked "lower res " for posting and attaching .. seemed to work ?

07-09-2018, 04:28 PM	#9
Butterfly Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northampton Bike: S2r Posts: 17	[IMG][/IMG] Woohoo - massive thanks to Luddite, the image link instructions worked perfectly.

07-09-2018, 05:46 PM	#10
Chriswilly Registered User Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: gloucester Bike: M900ie Posts: 133	I was TOLD by my MOT man two weeks ago that he deosen't think much of my chances in getting a pass next year - anyone have some old socks to spare?

07-09-2018, 06:07 PM	#13
Billbo Guest Posts: n/a	My mates SV failed on excessive noise too, must be a change in approach?

07-09-2018, 07:00 PM	#14
Butterfly Registered User Join Date: May 2013 Location: Northampton Bike: S2r Posts: 17	I had mine MOT'd before the Arrow system was fitted. So next year I'm just going to take it back to my mechanic with the baffles in a bag and let him sort it out for me!! To be fair, it is VERY loud now. So much so that I managed to set off a car alarm in a local village just by riding past There's no collector box on this, so it's pretty much straight through pipes

08-09-2018, 09:25 AM	#15
mickj Registered User Join Date: Jun 2018 Location: Clevedon Bike: M1200s Posts: 554	The rules for an MOT changed in June (I think) tightening things up a bit especially exhausts, lights (no hids allowed on bikes). __________________ Keep the rubber side down. Mick