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2003 Honda VFR800 Interceptor, silver, w/Givi bags, Erion pipes, non-ABS: $4,000. Adult-owned, garaged, and in great condition with many extras. Has about 12,800 miles, runs smooth, includes lowered footpegs, GenMar handlebar risers, Sargent seat, Erion Racing exhaust, tinted windscreen. Lockable, color-matched 1-key Givi hard bags, new Dunlop Q3+ tires available with sale, and more. Everything works. Stock seat, footpegs, windscreen, extra front fairing included. A few scuffs on the lower fairings but still looks and operates great. I've owned the VFR since 2017 and am moving to a Honda Valkyrie Interstate which is like a big brother to this VFR w/matching bags. Central Maryland area. Cross posted. 4047883757.

Hi everyone. I have been contemplating getting my exhaust shields powder coated black to match the rest of my bikes powder coated items. Such as my rearsets, swingarm, head cover, bars, levers, clamp, etc. Has anyone ever done this before and would the heat from the exhaust effect the powder coat at all. Thanks for looking. In my opnion the guards being black would completely change the look of the bike.

I've posted about this in the past, but I finally sourced the parts I needed and had some time off school and work to go tinker in the garage. I did some research into the stock system vs an aftermarket system and they all said the same thing. The stock exhaust is heavy, restrictive, and muffles the sound off the V4 engine a little too much using a 3 baffle system. Aftermarket exhausts were lighter, way louder because of a straight through design, but didn't look right compared to the stock cans. Many people also run into bag fitment issues when using aftermarket cans. So my problem was how to take the best of both worlds, looks and proper fitment of the stock can, and mesh it with the performance and sound of an aftermarket can? What I came up with was a design to remove the stock baffles and replace it with a single baffle that would flow better, sound better, lose a bit of weight, and last a long time. The final design changed from my poorly done sketch, but I think it'll work better This will be a photo heavy post, sorry to those with slower connections, but my hope is that others will be able to do the same if they choose to. So here's what I did: I ordered up a used gen 6 exhaust system off ebay to hack apart so I could keep the stock one if I ever wanted to go back. Removed the heat shields and other bits and bobs. I cut off the tips of each can right beside the weld using a dremel. It took 12 cutting wheels and a dull hacksaw blade (ran out of cutting wheels) to remove both sides. That metal is tough! I used vice grips to pull out the stock baffles, it took a fair bit of wiggling and pulling but they eventually slipped out. Wear gloves when you do this, as the cut metal is quite sharp and the fibreglass packing around the baffles is super itchy. I then removed the fibreglass sheet from the baffles and broke out the cutting wheels again. After cutting off both ends of the baffle, cutting through the inlet and outlet pipes as well, I discarded the center section as it would be unneeded in the final design. At this point I picked up a 48" length of 1.25" perforated stainless steel pipe to be cut into 4 smaller sections (12" each). I used a 1.25" bi-metal hole saw to cut two holes on the inlet side of the stock baffle to fit the perforated pipe through. I laid everything out and riveted the stainless pipes to the outlet pipes to keep them in place. I'll take everything to be welded at a later date. I then slipped the inlet pipe of the stock baffle over the two new pipes and placed rivets on each side to hold it in place. After some pushing and a few cuts later, I was able to slip the new set up into the stock can no problem. I still have to finish the other can before re-installing everything on the bike and firing it up. Hopefully I'll have that done later this week. Exams and work keep interfering with play time Total costs: Muffler: 250$ Pipe: 40$ Rivets: 7$ total: ~250$ for a perfectly fitting gen 6 slip on!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PRO-RACE-PR-S4-CARBON-GP-CAN-LINK-PIPE-FOR-HONDA-VFR-800-V-TECH-2002-ONWARDS-/301825626170?hash=item464635903a:g:7UoAAOSwFGNWRKKE If I'm understanding correctly that would work like a 5th gen high-mount exhaust (not undertail)...? Anyone have pics of this installed?