Posted by George on August 18, 2000 at 05:04:46:
In Reply to: Questions About The Rask Pipe posted by D.C. on August 17, 2000 at 19:21:45:
I've had the Raask pipe on since May. I had the carb spacer removed soon after installing the pipe. I just noticed today that the pipe is yellowing slightly near the cylinder. Other than that, there's been no trouble with it.
The sound seems a bit deeper than the sound of the SuperTrapp. There is a slight metallic ring, however, and you shouldn't think that "deep" in this context means "like a Harley." Sometimes I think that it's more like the sound of one of those gasoline motors that generate electricity for temporary highway signs. Overall, the SuperTrapp sounds better to my ears, but this pipe sounds OK and looks much better than the discolored 'Trapp.
As I mentioned in my earlier post, the Raask pipe eats most of the sound during deceleration, so you get a very flat "blat-blat" at such times. During normal acceleration, the sound is deeper and louder -- loud enough, even with the baffles in, to alert automobile drivers and and other dumb animals (deer, for example) to your presence. With harder acceleration, it's loud enough to make the alarms in parked cars emit warning sounds (as was my SuperTrapp with five disks) -- and little kids sometimes put their hands over their ears as I pass. So it can be loud when you want or need it to be, as when you're next to some daydreamer in a SUX -- oops, SUV -- or see a deer heading for the road, but it can be relatively quiet when you need quiet, as when there's a patrol car riding next to you.
Bottom line: I now own the stock muffler, a SuperTrapp, and the Raask pipe. The first two will probably remain in storage; I expect that the Raask pipe will be staying on the bike.