Dale Walker's headers + LV cans

[teerex51]

Last August I brought back from the USA a set of Holeshot headers. Finding a bag they could fit in was a labor of love and the TSA folks were pretty excited when they saw those metal pipes on their monitors at the airport.... Today a friend and I put them on my 2005 FJR1300.

Wow! B) Here you see the Holeshots next to the stock headers with cat. Pretty puppies, ain't they?

Replacing the headers can be accomplished by removing both lower fairings and freeing the radiator from its lower attach point. The rad can then pivot forward a few degrees and allow the removal of all bolts without major effort. In all, you're looking at 3 hours' work and a few cold brews.

Above you can see the headers for cylinders 3 & 4 already in place. Below, the four headers have been installed and the fairing can be put back on the bike.

The combination of Holeshot headers and LeoVince cans is pretty damn good. At low revs, there's hardly any incremental noise vs. the stock headers. As soon as you blip the throttle, though, the bike starts growling like a V-Max and this effect becomes pretty apparent when you open her up in - say - third gear and leave all traffic behind you. Since I've been running a PC-III with a custom map, I'll now see if that map needs tweaking to accommodate the new headers.

In the meantime, enjoy this baaaad FJR.... :lol: :lol: CLICKY

Stef

 

[radman]

Sounds like it's gotten that idle problem Hardly's® have.

 

[Fairlaner]

I have to say after all the screwing around i did with maps and different cans I still really liked the Holeshot stock mufflers combo......

It cost me several hundred (or thousands) of dollars to find that out.

R

 

[RiderCoach Lar]

I have to say after all the screwing around i did with maps and different cans I still really liked the Holeshot stock mufflers combo......

I thought the same thing until I recently bought a pair of Holeshot cans with the new DB Killers. The Holeshot header/stock can combo just dropped to #2.

Nice job, Stef. I'm way impressed you got those pipes past the TSA guys. What do think about the reduction in heat??

Also, a shameless plug that I still have a set of those headers for sale here........no, I won't ship to Italy :glare:

 

[Colonel Panic]

I have to say after all the screwing around i did with maps and different cans I still really liked the Holeshot stock mufflers combo......

I thought the same thing until I recently bought a pair of Holeshot cans with the new DB Killers. The Holeshot header/stock can combo just dropped to #2.

Nice job, Stef. I'm way impressed you got those pipes past the TSA guys. What do think about the reduction in heat??

Also, a shameless plug that I still have a set of those headers for sale here........no, I won't ship to Italy :glare:

Well Stef, it looks like Larry finally sold his headers and I'm going to end up with the same setup (except mine is the faster 05 blue model Yamaha sold in the US ). Now I have to find a dyno in the Atlanta area that has PC III experience. Anybody know of a shop they would recommend?

 

[RiderCoach Lar]

Anybody know of a shop they would recommend?

Don't want to hijack Stef's thread, but you might want to consider talking to Jeff at High Performance Cycle in Lake City, FL. He's a few hours away, but he's a DynoJet tuner and has been a huge supporter of the forum through some group buys on tires and a very popular group buy on PCIII's

 

[teerex51]

The heat issue seems to have gone away.

Although we're having a cool late September here, it's obvious that without a cat the bike does not develop near as much heat as it did.

The recording was done before the motor had properly warmed up. Once the temp gauge shows 2 bars (Ist Gen bike) the motor runs fine and smooth.

I do love this newly-developed growl and I'll now monitor various factors (including fuel burn) to decide whether a trip to a Dynojet center is in order.

The downside is, I've been twisting my wrist rather enthusiastically after the headers were installed and I need to check that impulse.

All it takes is a routine check by the local LEOs and I'm in deep sh*t. Emission and noise levels can get you in trouble over here. :angry:

Stef

PS: When I left the US in August, I stood across the counter from the baggage scan area at Raleigh airport because I knew the headers would look ominous on a monitor. Sure enough, the TSA guy started fumbling with my combination lock. I said: "Er...excuse me. You want the code for that lock?". He turned around and said: "This your bag? What the heck's in it?". I told him, he looked inside and repacked everything. Happy ending.

 

[SkooterG]

Sweet set-up Stef!

Someday...........

 

[MojaveFJR]

Is there some sort of shorting plug for the O2 sensor or does the bike run fine without it hooked up?

 

[teerex51]

A Ist Gen. FJR1300 will run just fine with the sensor disconnected.

I understand, however, that Dynojet market an "02 sensor eliminator" for the Gen.II bikes. This gizmo will plug into the connector leading to the ECU in lieu of the sensor's harness. If this is 100% necessary, I cannot tell but a number of Gen. II owners undoubtedly will. It looks like the one here below and costs about 20 bucks.

Stef

 

[caryt]

A Ist Gen. FJR1300 will run just fine with the sensor disconnected. I understand, however, that Dynojet market an "02 sensor eliminator" for the Gen.II bikes. This gizmo will plug into the connector leading to the ECU in lieu of the sensor's harness. If this is 100% necessary, I cannot tell but a number of Gen. II owners undoubtedly will. It looks like the one here below and costs about 20 bucks.

Stef

I just removed the sensor wires back uo the harness since my instructions said to remove the sensor itself..no plug needed. I have Holeshots and Standtune cans.

Cary

 

[big ears]

Like your setup!

 

[Bike Effects]

A Ist Gen. FJR1300 will run just fine with the sensor disconnected. I understand, however, that Dynojet market an "02 sensor eliminator" for the Gen.II bikes. This gizmo will plug into the connector leading to the ECU in lieu of the sensor's harness. If this is 100% necessary, I cannot tell but a number of Gen. II owners undoubtedly will. It looks like the one here below and costs about 20 bucks.

Stef

Dynojet says not to use an oxygen sensor.

 

[teerex51]

Man, this is awesome :clapping:

Dyno-tested my FJR1300 the other day. A whopping 98.5 ft-lbs of torque @ 7,107 rpm and 134.7 wheel HP.

This is a combination of Holeshot headers, PC-III USB (with the usual complement of K&N filter) and LeoVince cans with baffles.

A riding buddy and I took the FJR and the C-14 for a spin on some mountain twisties near here. We were going to do a no-holds-barred comparo.

The FJR has whipped the living sh*t out of the Connie in terms of agility and roll-on performance.

What surprised me was that history repeated itself on the superslab, where the Connie's nominal extra ponies could/should have come into play. No dice. :blink:

The old FJR (while not entirely stock ) was the all-round winner. Dyno-test data released by Area P put a stock C-14 at 125.18 HP and 84.87 ft-lbs.

While my FJR's mileage has dropped some with all the mods, it remains about 10% lower than a stock Connie's.

Stef

PS: and we had ourselves a great day out in the mountains SW of Milan. This will probably be one of the last weekends before those roads become dangerous with wet leaves and early snow. Wx forecasts have announced the coldest fall in decades.