My 95 916 Strada has the standard head pipes, standard link/mid pipe and 45mm termi cans. In a fit of low blood sugar I bought the wrong termi link pipe (inlet/outlet much too large) which I cannot return. Yay for me! https://www.ebay.com/itm/Termignoni...=p2349624.m2548.l6249&mkrid=709-127639-2357-0 Could I hand my standard link pipe and this termi unit to a skilled welder/fabricator and ask them to create what I want from the 2 units? Perhaps someone knows of a 45/45 link for sale?
Hi, Sell it, or return. And buy the next. Gerade bei #eBayKleinanzeigen gefunden. Wie findest du das? https://www.ebay-kleinanzeigen.de/s...buttons&utm_medium=social&utm_content=app_ios
Thank you @DucRider I would buy that in a heartbeat if I knew it would fit. Don’t I need a 45/45 link pipe as opposed to 45/50? edit… I see. He has the link pipe and the appropriate 50mm end cans. Thank you! Would love to find a 45/45 link pipe if possible.
Yes your complete system is 45mm. If you want a 50mm muffler like Termignoni, than a link pipe from 45 to 50mm is necessary. https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threa...8-termignoni-alloy-45-50mm-half-system.30367/ The above link has the correct link pipe, it will adapt your heatshield. There’s a diff between the early models and the testastretta engines, it has to do with the mounting points of the heatshield.
I understand the differences between the early and late heat shields thank you. I’m happy with my existing 45mm Termignoni cans. Did termi ever offer a link pipe that connected the stock 45mm headers to the 45mm mufflers? If such a pipe does not exist then yes I will source a 45/50.
Hold fire. I may have a 45/45 link pipe in the parts bin. It came with some other exhaust parts I bought a few years back. Let me check in the morning and get back to you.
The link pipe on my bike is the standard 45/45 that came on a 1995 916 Strada. if you mean what size is the one I bought it has massive 54mm inlets and outlets.
Thank you @DucRider for finding these bits. Good lord trying to buy something on eBay Germany if you aren’t in the EU is rather like herding cats. In the end a friend in Germany had to buy the parts on my behalf and is now forwarding them to me. Thank you @West Cork Paul for all of your offline efforts as well. Buh-bai to these measly 45’s and bring on the 50’s!
Not sure why anyone would go to the trouble when the standard link pipe is exactly this? granted it has the 'silencing' bulge/thingy built in but I doubt there's anything to be gained by removing it. On another note, for sure a decent fabricator could make something for you especially if you have the relevant 'donor' parts but my question would be why?
Simple answer? Vanity. I hate looking at the bulgy thing. Before this thread I thought sourcing the appropriate mid pipe might prove impossible. Hence my inquiry into modifying the wrong mid pipe that I mistakenly bought and cannot return. Trying to cut my losses here such as it is. After 25+ years of being around, owning, buying/selling, riding and modifying literally hundreds of 916 family machines I finally (thanks to this forum) understand the nuances and detail differences between all the exhaust system iterations. I’ve always thought the bulgy stocker was restrictive as well as ugly. Over the years I’ve come to associate “bulgy” with “bad”. I don’t want bad. I want good. So now I finally GET IT. Stock is 45mm. One can just replace the cans with 45mm units (like on my bike) and leave the stock/ugly mid as there is no cool-looking 45/45 mid as I’ve come to learn. Or one can get 50mm cans and a cool-looking 45/50 mid. Why it took decades for me to understand this bit of simplicity is a mystery. But now I know. Thanks this forum, eBay Germany, complete strangers in Deutschland buying parts for me from sellers that won’t ship to the US, etc, I’ve got a set of 50mm termi cans and a 45/50 mid on the way. Those will go on my already heavily modded 95 916. The 45mm termi cans currently on my 916 will go on my nearly stock 99 996S. You see? It all make sense! Love it when a plan comes together. No idea what I wil do with the massive race mid pipe I have but I’ll think of something.
Agree, the 45-50 mid-pipe looks much cleaner. I also recently picked up a half system for my 916. Arrow 50mm cans with that sweet sweet mid pipe at a firesale price I couldn't turn down. Although the components were cheap, I'm aware there's a good chance I'm going to have a big hole in my mid-range torque. I presume you're also aware of this. Here's Brad Black's oft-referred report on the matter: http://www.bikeboy.org/45_50crossover.html
“oft-referred” is right @TNR it seems I’ve been reading that blog for decades. Yes I’m ready for the powerband to change if that happens. If things do move upstairs and she has a little more of a hit on top at cost of reduced midrange yank I’m fine with it. My bike was tuned a long time ago. I have a chip in a plastic case marked “916 stock chip” so presumably an upgraded chip is in there. Perhaps I’ll crack the lid and have a look. There is a note attached to my ecu that I thought must have something to do with whatever sorcery is happening in there. Out of curiosity I had it translated. “Tail light bulb missing” haha. The note stays. The engine in my bike just rips so changing up the exhaust is a questionable move but I gotta do it. If need be I’ll get it dyno tuned. The stock air runners on my bike are long gone replaced with carbon tubes sans filter provisions. My bike came with these delicate round filter units that snap over the air horns very securely. I had not seen these before and boy my bike really seems to breathe. The stock air intake screens from the original main fairing have been reinstalled onto my carbon fairing. Are there gains to be had by removing those? I rather like the way they look.
