FlamingT Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hi guys Looking for some insight on this item. Am considering buying a nearly new (1 month old) can from ebay. Before I go all in, can anyone advise please if this can will be perfectly ok to run without any other modification. Your help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanmenie Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Hi mate was going to reply on the other forum, I'm Gaffa22 on there, I saw a post by Ace but cant remember which thread it was on, but he had a GPR and said the quality was absolute crap I'd have bought one myself otherwise. I think I'll go for the Scorpion Serket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingT Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chanmenie Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 well you know what they say buy cheap buy twice, I think the GPR are cheap for a reason I had a look at the Scorpion Serket at the NEC show and its certainly well made, and better still it does not have a strap so looks much neater they have attached a bracket milled from billet ali There's a picture of Ants bike with a scorpion fitted on the other forum here http://www.bikersoracle.com/vfr/forum/showthread.php?t=128703 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestrip Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Years back, I had a Fireblade 900 that had a GPR on it.... rattled and sounded like crap. Hanger strap broke and rivets came loose on the band near the end of the can, all within about 3500 miles. Had Scorpion on my last 3 bikes and just got the Carbon cans for my 2004 VFR800. Build quality is spot on and never had any issues. Plus their "accidental impact damage" policy is pretty cool too. Used it on my R6 a few years back. And the Scorpion rep, Stuart, plays a mean bass guitar !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeebandit Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Runblestrip: Did you get the oval or round Scorpion exhaust. Could you post up some pics and maybe a sound bite? I've got the Stainless oval cans but haven't installed them yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumblestrip Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Oval, carbon can with carbon tips. Install should be this weekend, along with clear tail light swap.... so I'll snap some pics and also some sound clips, with and without ( preferred) db killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted February 11, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! I know DAM are a bit more expensive but they are superb quality, their customer service is excellent and they make a beauuuuuuuutiful noise as well as smoothing the bike out making it much more pleasant to ride. And you can always ride over the Belgium to have them fit it for free! Great weekend away to boot! Just a thought cos I love mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 11, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! I know DAM are a bit more expensive but they are superb quality, their customer service is excellent and they make a beauuuuuuuutiful noise as well as smoothing the bike out making it much more pleasant to ride. And you can always ride over the Belgium to have them fit it for free! Great weekend away to boot! Just a thought cos I love mine. I didn't see anything on the DAM website but, do they have a recommended interval for repacking the exhaust or is it even estimated to be required. I've got an Arrow exhaust with about 21k miles on it and it seems due for a repack which, I don't really want to be doing every 15 months. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlamingT Posted February 11, 2016 Author Share Posted February 11, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! I know DAM are a bit more expensive but they are superb quality, their customer service is excellent and they make a beauuuuuuuutiful noise as well as smoothing the bike out making it much more pleasant to ride. And you can always ride over the Belgium to have them fit it for free! Great weekend away to boot! Just a thought cos I love mine. That is soooo tempting to do. I have looked into the DAM and yes, it is more expensive but just on looks alone, could be worth it. I'll be doing more reading up on the options available before I 'pull the trigger'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotardMenace Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 My titanium Akro has a nice growl and the build quality looks good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VFR4Lee Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I like the GPR's I got shipped from Italy on my 07 Tuono. Imho look and sound good. Seem to be well made. I have not run up a ton of miles though. Much smaller and lighter than the stock cans. FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted February 12, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! I know DAM are a bit more expensive but they are superb quality, their customer service is excellent and they make a beauuuuuuuutiful noise as well as smoothing the bike out making it much more pleasant to ride. And you can always ride over the Belgium to have them fit it for free! Great weekend away to boot! Just a thought cos I love mine. I didn't see anything on the DAM website but, do they have a recommended interval for repacking the exhaust or is it even estimated to be required. I've got an Arrow exhaust with about 21k miles on it and it seems due for a repack which, I don't really want to be doing every 15 months. Try e-mailing them. info@damexhaust.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoystonRocket2 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I've got a DAM on mine too and share Skid's thoughts. Lovely bit of kit, sounds and looks great and they're a great company to deal with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jekrumpe Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I've got a DAM on mine too and share Skid's thoughts. Lovely bit of kit, sounds and looks great and they're a great company to deal with. +1 on the DAM. I've had mine quite some time and it looks like new! Worth the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer swimmer Posted February 12, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thanks Buddy... appreciate your honesty... I don't want to waste my hard earned cash that the Wife is allowing me to spend.! I know DAM are a bit more expensive but they are superb quality, their customer service is excellent and they make a beauuuuuuuutiful noise as well as smoothing the bike out making it much more pleasant to ride. And you can always ride over the Belgium to have them fit it for free! Great weekend away to boot! Just a thought cos I love mine. I didn't see anything on the DAM website but, do they have a recommended interval for repacking the exhaust or is it even estimated to be required. I've got an Arrow exhaust with about 21k miles on it and it seems due for a repack which, I don't really want to be doing every 15 months. Try e-mailing them. info@damexhaust.com Here was their response. Seems no better than the Arrow in terms of retaining its quietness over time I think but, maybe they are suggesting the unit they have tested over time is not the same as some "very special packing". We already have test done with more than 35000km = +-22000 miles At that point it could be changed but not necessary, the only thing is that the muffler don’t has his noise absorption like it should be, we measured a loss of 8%, but if you like a little louder bike than there is no problem. We have designed a very special packing that normally can have a lot more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Skids Posted February 13, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted February 13, 2016 Try e-mailing them. info@damexhaust.com Here was their response. Seems no better than the Arrow in terms of retaining its quietness over time I think but, maybe they are suggesting the unit they have tested over time is not the same as some "very special packing". We already have test done with more than 35000km = +-22000 miles At that point it could be changed but not necessary, the only thing is that the muffler don’t has his noise absorption like it should be, we measured a loss of 8%, but if you like a little louder bike than there is no problem. We have designed a very special packing that normally can have a lot more! To me that says the existing packing is "special" and will last a lot longer than 22000 miles. He was just using that as an illustration of the loss of noise suppression vs mileage. And why don't you want your exhaust to be a bit noisier? Loud cans save lives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weven Posted February 13, 2016 Share Posted February 13, 2016 Looks good, sounds great, and quality and price was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer spinalator Posted March 25, 2016 Member Contributer Share Posted March 25, 2016 I have a GPR and it is fine. A little louder after 3 years of usage, but I have had no issues with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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