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This past week I picked up a M4 full street slayer exhaust, driven block off plates, and a K&N air filter with a few other small goodies.
I started with stripping the bike down on Sunday night in preparation for the parts, removing everything but the tail fairings. I figured while I was doing the exhaust system I would flush the anti-freeze out and put in some Engine Ice I had sitting on my shelf. It was a lot easier than I had expected to strip everything off. The hardest part for me was removing the servo cables.
I got the call on Monday that everything had come in but was not able to pick them up till Tuesday. Tuesday came and as I was anxious at work I decided to leave early and pick everything up. Once I got home with all the parts I had to lay them out for the obligatory parts picture.
Now it was on to the real fun, installing everything. I started with the block off plates. They were fairly easy to do. The hardest part was the space limitation. My T handles did not fit to well so I had to use my regular hex heads. Made for a little slower process but got it done.
Putting the air box on was really easy. No real surprise there. And the air filter just drops in. This was the easiest part of the whole install.
Finished the top up by putting the tank back on and making sure everything in this area was connected.
Next it was time to tackle the exhaust. This was a little harder than it should have been. The first step in the provided instructions was to connect the header tubes to the collector by matching the numbers up. While this should have been easy, they neglected to label the collector. That was OK I was able to apply a little logic and figured it out. The collector was upside-down though. As seen by the spring hook being on the top.
Fortunately, unfortunately, however you want to look at it I was not able to line up the header pipes while the collector was connected to them. No matter how I twisted and pulled everything they remained uneven and would not bolt up. I decided that I was going to ignore the instructions and try my own hand at doing this. I broke everything down and mounted the headers first. Once they were mounted I lined everything up and slipped the collector on. Awesome, everything fit and lined up. I was well on my way to getting this project completed.
Next was the mid-pipe, and this brought the realization that the collector was again upside-down. I was unable to get the collector off with the headers bolted up. I started the task of taking the headers off the bike so that I could separate them from the collector. Finally, I was able to get the headers and collector on the bike the way they should be. This process took me FAR too long. I added the mid-pipe without issue and then the can. They went on really easy. No issues there. Took a little bit of fighting with the can strap but I got it on.
Now that the exhaust was on I did flush of the cooling system and threw in some engine ice. Also added a drive oil fill cap. This thing looks so much better than the stock piece.
I have opted to have the ECU flashed by KWS Motorsports her in Charleston using the Woolich racing kit. Sine I’m doing this I will not need a Bazzaz or PC5. They were also nice enough to do some baseline dyno pulls before I installed everything. The bike made 118HP all stock on their Dynojet machine. I wanted to get a base line as the difference in HP before and after is all that matters since these machines vary. I should be getting the tune done next weekend. Ill post up the dyno sheet once I have it tuned.
I started with stripping the bike down on Sunday night in preparation for the parts, removing everything but the tail fairings. I figured while I was doing the exhaust system I would flush the anti-freeze out and put in some Engine Ice I had sitting on my shelf. It was a lot easier than I had expected to strip everything off. The hardest part for me was removing the servo cables.
I got the call on Monday that everything had come in but was not able to pick them up till Tuesday. Tuesday came and as I was anxious at work I decided to leave early and pick everything up. Once I got home with all the parts I had to lay them out for the obligatory parts picture.
Now it was on to the real fun, installing everything. I started with the block off plates. They were fairly easy to do. The hardest part was the space limitation. My T handles did not fit to well so I had to use my regular hex heads. Made for a little slower process but got it done.
Putting the air box on was really easy. No real surprise there. And the air filter just drops in. This was the easiest part of the whole install.
Finished the top up by putting the tank back on and making sure everything in this area was connected.
Next it was time to tackle the exhaust. This was a little harder than it should have been. The first step in the provided instructions was to connect the header tubes to the collector by matching the numbers up. While this should have been easy, they neglected to label the collector. That was OK I was able to apply a little logic and figured it out. The collector was upside-down though. As seen by the spring hook being on the top.
Fortunately, unfortunately, however you want to look at it I was not able to line up the header pipes while the collector was connected to them. No matter how I twisted and pulled everything they remained uneven and would not bolt up. I decided that I was going to ignore the instructions and try my own hand at doing this. I broke everything down and mounted the headers first. Once they were mounted I lined everything up and slipped the collector on. Awesome, everything fit and lined up. I was well on my way to getting this project completed.
Next was the mid-pipe, and this brought the realization that the collector was again upside-down. I was unable to get the collector off with the headers bolted up. I started the task of taking the headers off the bike so that I could separate them from the collector. Finally, I was able to get the headers and collector on the bike the way they should be. This process took me FAR too long. I added the mid-pipe without issue and then the can. They went on really easy. No issues there. Took a little bit of fighting with the can strap but I got it on.
Now that the exhaust was on I did flush of the cooling system and threw in some engine ice. Also added a drive oil fill cap. This thing looks so much better than the stock piece.
I have opted to have the ECU flashed by KWS Motorsports her in Charleston using the Woolich racing kit. Sine I’m doing this I will not need a Bazzaz or PC5. They were also nice enough to do some baseline dyno pulls before I installed everything. The bike made 118HP all stock on their Dynojet machine. I wanted to get a base line as the difference in HP before and after is all that matters since these machines vary. I should be getting the tune done next weekend. Ill post up the dyno sheet once I have it tuned.
wonder if Pinebox midpipe fits in place of M4 midpipe and so on also? Maybe all that would need to be swapped is the midpipe? Also as I am not a great big Fan of M4 BUT seems to be 1 of the Cheapest Full exhaust set ups on the market. Wouldn't be a bad idea to buy a complete full exhaust and sell the rest and just keep the headers?
