Beowulf oval CF on a GSX1250FA

Arrived yesterday. Beowulf were great to deal with, Toll Priority weren't so good. Muffler was lost in Aust for 2 weeks. 80 quid is a lot to pay for freight when it all goes belly up - but it all ended happily.

A little bit of a before and after video effort here (apologies for the last bit - it might scare small children):
https://youtu.be/rWylACVCnXA

Bill.

BEEEautiful!

Your avatar doesn't do you justice Bill.

Hammy wrote:Your avatar doesn't do you justice Bill.

The avatar pic was taken on one of my better days

Ripper! Same as mine
I have the baffle in to try and be a bit more stealthy

That's a nice wee growl from the Beowulf. Where did you pick it up from Bill?

Rustic wrote:That's a nice wee growl from the Beowulf. Where did you pick it up from Bill?

Lets assume Bill did the same as me and ordered it online from Beowulf in the UK after emailing them for the ex VAT info (17% off)
Mine was delivered by courier to rural Vic 7 days after ordering.

FWIW Its been on about 4 years and I'm rapt with it.
It does produce a nice growl. The FZ would sound even better with one I reckon. (current Remus GP)

2wheelsagain wrote:

Rustic wrote:That's a nice wee growl from the Beowulf. Where did you pick it up from Bill?

Lets assume Bill did the same as me and ordered it online from Beowulf in the UK after emailing them for the ex VAT info (17% off)
Mine was delivered by courier to rural Vic 7 days after ordering.

FWIW Its been on about 4 years and I'm rapt with it.
It does produce a nice growl. The FZ would sound even better with one I reckon. (current Remus GP)

Great stuff 2WA,

I'll check out the site.

Yours appears to be mounted slightly different Bill

Double check how far in you have the link pipe.
Maybe its a different link pipe on yours but note the position of my strap compared to yours.

Rustic wrote:That's a nice wee growl from the Beowulf. Where did you pick it up from Bill?

As 2WA said, ordered from Beowulf UK, they were great to deal with and gave me a tracking number almost immediately. It took 3 days to get to Sydney after I had placed order, then it went belly up. Toll lost it between Sydley and Daaaarwin. After nearly 2 weeks and no joy from Toll, I contacted Beowulf giving them a heads up that their Aussie courier wasnt being real cooperative. They got on the case and we got it sorted after a couple more days of dicking around. In the end we went in and picked the muffler up from the Local Toll depot as they seemed unable to find the Darwin central business address we had asked to be posted to. I'm thinking that we were simply unlucky and I really can't speak highly enough of Beowulf. They answered all my emails promptly.

Freight is a killer and it cost 80 pounds for that bit. No VAT was charged. All up I think around $400. I'm wrapt with the muffler. The quality is excellent and the sound is Beeeudiful. One mishap going to work this am, I took a usual (very sharp) right hand turn a bit too wide and figured it was cos I was no longer carrying a huge lump of oem deadweight muffler on the right hand side. Not really a mishap, just messy riding.
Bill

2wheelsagain wrote:Yours appears to be mounted slightly different Bill

Double check how far in you have the link pipe.
Maybe its a different link pipe on yours but note the position of my strap compared to yours.

Cheers 2WA, Yeah I noticed that also. I looked into it and there weren't many options to alter the position. I had to file off som small burrs along the splits in the slipper pipe sections so made sure there was plenty of movement available. I think the link pipes are a bit different. I'm not worried as the main bracket (where its placed) carries the combined weight of the muffler and link pipe centrally, so apart from the visual difference, I can't really see any problem. What length is your can 2wa? This one is 380mm.
I had bought a new seal for the fit up, but in the end the old seal was an easy swap. I guess if I hadn't bought the seal it would have been a hf.
I went with the Beowulf based on others on this forum opinions including yours and I thank you all for posting.
Cheers,
Bill.

Bill watched your video and I think I recognise you. Did you work at the NTU?

NTBill wrote:
A little bit of a before and after video effort here (apologies for the last bit - it might scare small children):
Bill.

Thought I was watching a scene out of 'Saw' I'll have trouble sleeping tonight...

Sounds good though... much the same as mine with the 'Danmoto CF'...

aussie wrote:Bill watched your video and I think I recognise you. Did you work at the NTU?

Yep. Worked there from 1984 till 2000. Mechanical engineering, building 10.....

Am I in trouble???

NTBill wrote:

aussie wrote:Bill watched your video and I think I recognise you. Did you work at the NTU?

Yep. Worked there from 1984 till 2000. Mechanical engineering, building 10.....

Am I in trouble???

Same time as I was there. heavy vehicle/plant - teacher educ Bl 22? - Faculty of Ind Educ & Training

380mm here Bill. Would have gone shorter if ther were available.

Im being strong and trying to resist the urge to add an aftermarket can to my Bandit - BUT YOUR NOT HELPING NTBILL!!!

I was trying to resist also, but I gave in. It transforms the character of the bike, and is all good. DO IT!! :-)

Good to hear Bill.
sb, I shelled out the readdies this week for a new Delkevic can, just waiting for it to arrive, the bike is just too quiet with the standard lump on it!

Noooooo, stop it - both of you! I cant hear you ....lalalalala.....not listening!

Please DONT post a video of your new purchase Kiwisteve, as those cans look horrible and in no way would they be my first choice if I was to weaken miserably and purchase one!!!

onya sb

sb1250 wrote:Noooooo, stop it - both of you! I cant hear you ....lalalalala.....not listening!

Please DONT post a video of your new purchase Kiwisteve, as those cans look horrible and in no way would they be my first choice if I was to weaken miserably and purchase one!!!

For a few hundred $$ you can have a bigger penis like the rest of us. Oh and a better sounding bike too

2wheelsagain wrote:

sb1250 wrote:Noooooo, stop it - both of you! I cant hear you ....lalalalala.....not listening!

Please DONT post a video of your new purchase Kiwisteve, as those cans look horrible and in no way would they be my first choice if I was to weaken miserably and purchase one!!!

For a few hundred $$ you can have a bigger penis like the rest of us. Oh and a better sounding bike too

You didn't tell me my penis would get bigger also!! Joy.
I'll wait in quiet anticiPation.

Kiwisteve wrote:Good to hear Bill.
sb, I shelled out the readdies this week for a new Delkevic can, just waiting for it to arrive, the bike is just too quiet with the standard lump on it!

Good onya!

Might be my imagination....but cars do seem to give a little more room now they can hear the bike.
Bill.

2wheelsagain wrote:

For a few hundred $$ you can have a bigger penis like the rest of us. Oh and a better sounding bike too

So a bigger penis AND my bike will make noise? Naaaa, sounds waaaay to good to be true!