HighMount Staintune

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  1. leftcoast

    leftcoast New Member

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    Anybody have a high mount Staintune?

    Is there a difference in the sound - deeper, maybe?
    Also. does the High Mount get in the way of stuff? bags?, pillion legs?, bungies?.....that kind of stuff......

    TIA

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    I think RVFR has one???
     
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    Don't think their is any difference in actual sound to road users but may sound a little louder being closer to the rider, have a low mount ARROW myself but when bike swapping with a mates High Mount Staintune equipped Gen 5 have noted being closer it sounds more defined and the note better to me. :smile:

    The high mount also looks the cooler as it opens up the view of the rear wheel a big plus to a bike with a Single sided swingarm. As for getting in the way, if you're talking about side bags then yes it will get in the way but it wont worry pillions.
     
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    I have a high mount Staintune on a 97 FV. You can't use and hard luggage with it fitted and even soft bags have to be protected against the heat. I put the stock silencer on when I go touring and fit the Givi luggage. I do know of some people who have made custom spacers to sit the rack further out to give enough clearance though so anything is possible.

    The only way around it would be to fit Ventura luggage maybe? Even then you may have problems getting enough clearance for the rack support rails?
     
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    There are two Ventura Racks for the Gen 5 ( and 4 ) one suitable for high mounts the other low mount exhausts. Although have seen a few Gen 5's get away with low mount Ventura Racks on High Mount Staintunes.

    High Mount Staintune with High Mount Ventura Rack. ( Gen 4 shown ) note how the rack replaces the pillion bars.

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    High Mount Staintune with Low Mount Ventura Rack. ( on a Gen 5 ) see how the pillion hand bars stay in place.

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    leftcoast New Member

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    Thanks Guys!

    Boy, that'a a nice pipe.
    Ive got a 2 Bros & its just fine...........but.....
    Boy that's a nice pipe......


    any more pix/info welcome.
     
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    Before I bought my Staintune (from a very nice gent here on VFRWorld), I actually called Staintune in Australia. They DO NOT, repeat, DO NOT recommend using their hi-mount pipes with aftermarket bags, plastic or otherwise. Considering they specifically say on their website their pipes work with all accessories, stock or otherwise, I felt it was wise to heed their advise.

    KC-10 FE out...
    :plane: :usa2:
     
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    I have a high mount staintune on my '98. Same pipe as in the pic of the yellow Y2k above. I also have the tubular Givi rack with Givi hard saddle bags. I found a way that you can loosen the pipe collar where it attaches to the header and rotate the pipe down and out a little while you have the bags mounted. Then I use the stainless steel spacer that Staintune provides for spacing the left side passenger hand grip and use that as a bracket to go between the footpeg bracket (where the pipe normally bolts to) and the pipe. It required some gentle persuasion with a hammer (bending) to align perfectly, but as you can see in the bottom picture it does fit like it was made for the job. That amount of spacing provides the perfect amount of lowering for clearing the hard bags.

    For the opassenger handles I just used some appropriate sized washers from the hardware store in lieu of the Staintune spacer.

    When I'm not touring, I remove the bags and the tubular rack, because frankly, it's butt ugly. Then I rotate the pipe back up to the cooler high mount location.

    Here are some picks with the bags mounted and pipe rotated.

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    Ah! There they are, I remember looking at your pictures when I debated going high or low mount for a Staintune. Went high and haven't regretted it. I just put the stocker back on this winter to add my bags...but seeing these pictures has me aching to hear that beautiful Staintune sound again...I think I know what I'm doing the rest of the day! muahahahaa

    Where's that picture from the backside that shows the somewhat funny angle that exhaust has from the rear view? You had a bunch of them on Flickr or some photo site if I remember right...

    BTW FJWinNH...nice CI smiley lol


    As far as sound...no real difference that I notice. It doesn't work in it's stock high mount placement with the Givi Wingrack2 mounting system. I'm not sure how well bungees would hold up within 2" of a hot muffler. Pillion riders have never complained, but one girl left a little of her shoe on it one day!!!:mad::mad::mad::mad: I eventually got it cleaned off though... but damn...getting melted rubber off was not easy!
     
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    Soundmaster - if you look at FJWinNH photo album, I believe you'll find what you're inquiring about.
     
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    Yes, the "My WEbshots" link in my signature gets you to all the other photos.
    But I think the one you were thinking of is this one, which shows the strage angle of the pipe and the butt ugly tubular GIVI rack.

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    It doesn't look nearly as goofy with the bags on:

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    Durr...Thanks, I'm running on empty today lol. It's not as goofy looking as I remember.

    I think I'll have to bend that spacer to my bidding. Did you use different bolts for it?
     
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    Nope. I used the standard bolt. I just had to come up with a nut for behind the bracket for the longer bolt and I used the short bolt that normally goes to the hanger at the end of the pipe. When it's rotated down I do not connect anything to that hanger bracket. I figured that the stock can doesn't need any support out there, just the clamp onto the head pipe and the one at the passenger footpeg bracket, and it weighs significantly more than the Staintune.

    When it is rotated up into the normal "High mount" position I do use the back hanger, mostly because it is there.
     
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    Highmount w/beetles

    fyi great fit, no heat issues, exposes sssa for worship by dssa riders. LOVE IT!

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    So I was thinking(oh boy) about the different mounting brackets a few weeks ago when my shock was away for service and I came to the conclusion that the only purpose of that rear hanger is if you wanted to remove the passenger pegs. In that scenario, you would no longer have the foot peg mounting point and the rear hanger would be necessary.

    Took me a long time to notice that one lol. I only noticed it because I took the passenger peg off to make my life easier cleaning the swing arm and thought about leaving it off. That's when I thought about how to mount the pipe without the pegs and realized the purpose of that second rear mounting point.
     
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    How is your exhaust a high mount? You can't have a "high mount" with hard luggage unless you "modify" the high mount setup to hang at the stock position. That is definitely the stock position or low mount setup. Is that even a Staintune? looks too long to be Staintune.

    High mount systems are RIGHT next to the tail fairing unless you modded the mounting bracket(like FJWinNH , but I can't tell from your picture necessarily)


    Stock pipe/position (AKA low mount)
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    Staintune High mount Pipe in "High position"
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    Deeper if you remove the little piece.
    I don't use bags but I wouldn't put any kind of bags on the bike near that pipe.
     
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