...or now I'm another asshole with loud a motorcycle. The stock pipe on the Daytona is crafted from equal parts of boat anchor and depleted uranium. That can be the only explanation for its enormous weight. It's ugly too... It just doesn't fit the style of the bike. However, it does the job. The result is a nice burble at idle, and a good bass-y growl on the throttle. So I had a hard time justifing a new aftermarket exhaust. I never liked loud pipes anyway (I don't need to give the po-po any more reason to give me a ticket.) But while I was replacing the sprockets I saw that the can was starting to split. It was mostly cosmetic, but that was enough for me. Off to E-Bay I went... I still hate E-Bay, but for some things it's the easiest place to go. Now that I figured out the art of sniping (placing a bid right before the closing of an auction), I'm managing to get some better deals too. I picked up a Triumph factory high mount race can ($150 with the stock headers too!) By "race" they mean "for off road use only" which really means "fucking loud." The new can is gorgeous (and 10lbs lighter than stock!) Although it did take some polishing to get it there. Thankfully, Triumph doesn't cheap out on the chrome plating, and all it needed was 30 minutes with a buffing wheel and some polishing rouge. Curiously there was a fair amount of plastic burned onto the pipe at one part that was a pain to remove. But once it was gone, the pipe looked as good as new. Old and busted, and the new hotness: Anxious to hear what the new pipe would sound like I fired it up... Holy shit. At idle it sounds like a top fuel dragster... loud, raw, angry. On the throtlle, it is just unreal, just shy of "Call the police" loud. I will need to tip-toe around the neighborhood, because everyone in it will know what I'm up to. On the road the sound is a bit more reasonable, although quite a bit louder than wind noise below about 110mph. When I got home I figured out where that burnt plastic came from: The pipe was melting the heel off my dress boots. I'm going to have to do something about that.