This is a stubby round on my 1130.
Link pipe was / is, part of the deal/
"Baffle"?
, is a small 3cm max, 6mm tube that is welded to the outer baffle shield and looks like a tea strainer...(hmmm, guess how old I am then?
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It is held in by tiny screw and can easily be pulled.
Sound WITH the baffle in is lovely...Without...
(Matt at Bennetts swears mine is the loudest bike he has heard and has to think about wearing ear protection!)
Straight fit on, and, according to SP, there's no need for a remap.....however...I found that I started to suffer with slight misfire, and she started cutting out again when coming to a stop, so Matt DID remap it and kept nagging me to refit the baffle as it created a small back pressure on the engine which fettled the odd misfire and cut out.......although...I am reliably informed...the flames shooting out the back were indeed spectacular
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I had a slight issue around 6 months on from initially fitting it. I started to notice a discolouration on the carbon wrap, and initially assumed it was oil...(from a dry clutch weep), and tried to rub it off without success and assumed that it had been baked on...
. However, the disolouration began to spread around the full circumference and that it was extra hot in this area...used gloves don't worry. I contacted SP Engineering and they asked me to send back the exhaust as they suspected that some of the internal insulation had slipped down the pipe due to the unique Benelli resonance. They paid for the postage and returned the exhaust with new carbon and internally repaired within 10 days. :clap::clap:
Stand off from the swinging arm is around 5mm and you can alter the angle slightly within the limits of the link pipe bend.
It's not overpowering in size, screaming look at me, but looks nice IMO.
Oh.....and it's about 10kg lighter than the stock exhaust....
Oh...and FiremanDan has a oval aftermarket on his...not SP though....just a word of warning....it's managed to eat about 5mm of his swingarm and seems to act as a stressed member now!....Dan's stressed too!
Matt had a look, pulled it away from the swing arm....eyes popped out of his head....and he gently pushed it back up against the swingarm and walked away...!!