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A bigger gun.

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Intro When I bought this Fireblade it was in need of a bit of TLC. First on the cards was that awful exhaust.  I like a bit of noise but the unrefined rasp of basically having no muffler at all is not my bag. Not to mention that, in my eyes, stubby cans look bloody awful! It's a case in point that I didn't actually have any pictures of it so managed to get this screen grab from the Facebook sale thumbnail. It looks shit. The bike, as standard, has a huge cannon of a silencer which would happily pass an MOT but is a little too tame for me so I went looking for a Goldilocks can. Shopping The fit of the exhaust is a three bolt flange which is specific to the RRY-RR3 Fireblades. As a result the price of these cans remains inflated. I struggled to find a decent one for under £100 till I came across a funny looking standard can for £30 It had a huge dent on the inside of it but it was clearly not a standard can for either the SC44 or 55, something was up. After a bit of
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Oops I did it again

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Back story Last year I sold my Honda VFR800 Fi RC46  as I had an itch for another Fireblade. I shopped around but there wasn't much out there that I wanted or wasn't at an inflated price. With money burning a hole in my pocket and facing a weekly lift sharing commute down south for a while; my search moved to a car to achieve this task. I had wanted an Audi 80 coupe 2.2e since seeing one rusting in a car park at work many years ago. Some no doubt gin fuelled Facebook sales searching found a well priced VW Corrado G60 very near by for good money. I was quickly seduced and absolutely love the car, despite being a somewhat unsuitable choice for said job, but it decided to remove itself from the road for a while.  With repairs to the Corrado to do and a few months of solo trips down south coming up I thought I could use a bike to go down rather than using the VW T5 Transporter . I had the CBR400RR NC29  on the road but that would have pretty short legs for such a
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