Delkevic High-mount

Has anyone seen the Delkevic high mount pipes for the 5th gen VFR? I have seen them for sale on e-bay, but not for sale on their website. I didn't know Delkevic made a high-mount. I was looking at getting one but I wanted to see if there was anyone else out there that had bought one and had any advice or experience.

Delkevic 14" Carbon Fiber Silencer Exhaust VFR800 Fi 98 99 00 01 High Mount New | eBay

Sorry, that link seems huge. If it doesn't work, you can probably find it on e-bay easily.

 

The hard part is finding mid-pipes. You can buy any can and make it work with the right mid-pipe.

You might find that you will need to purchase the exhaust can and have someone fabricate a mid-pipe locally.

Jose

 

What intrigued me is that Delkevic sells a mid pipe with their exhaust cans, but the ads for this one are different and specifically says that it is a high mount, which makes me wonder if the mid pipe they sell with it is different. The also have other ads that are not specified as a high-mount. Pic is the same on either ad.

Which is why I was wondering if anyone had bought one. If no one has bought one I might just call them.

 

Hey Skifreak

I purchased an 18" Delkevic slip-on for my 2000 VFR a couple years ago when I bought the bike and when I talked to the order desk they specifically asked if I wanted a high mount link pipe or the standard link pipe. I would assume that would indicate that any of their slip-ons are capable of using their high mount link pipe. My only complaint about the link pipe from Delkevic was that I had to take it to a local muffler shop to get them to expand the header end of the link pipe a bit as it was the exact same diameter as the exhaust header. Maybe this particular pipe didn't make it through the pipe expander part of the production process but it was easy enough to have repaired. Other than that everything was great and, their customer service was great IMO.

 

So how was the alignment with the rear tail section? One pic I saw from another Delkevic high mount showed it was not parallel to the rear tail section, but with an uneven gap between them. Bigger gap at the front and a smaller gap as you go to the rear of the bike.

Also, how do you like the sound of the 18"?

 

Hey Skifreak

I actually chose the low mount so that I would be able to add some givi side cases at some point and had heard that it is not possible to mount the givi side case racks when you have the high mount pipe. Unfortunately, I can not offer any advice on the high mount alignment, but I did notice that when I mounted the low exhaust I did have to play with it a bit to get it to mount and align properly. I remember installing the slip on exhaust on my 97 VFR and all I had to do was bolt the system together install it and attach the muffler strap clamp to the foot peg bolt and it was done. No fiddling or fussing and it took less than 20 minutes start to finish. That bike had an M4 slip on (God what a sweet sounding exhaust that was) and it had a link pipe from another well known exhaust manufacturer (currently I am drawing a blank as to the name though).

When I first installed the 18" Delkevic pipe it did not follow the line of the tail section (as far as parallel to the tail section frame rails goes) and pointed out about a couple of inches at the rear of the bike as compared to the stock exhaust. In an attempt to solve this issue I had to fiddle around with the clamps and such to get everything lined up. I attached the link pipe to the slip on by fitting the clamp and lightly tightening it, and then fit the strap to the can after gauging where the strap need to sit on the can. Once the strap was in place (roughly) I fit the link pipe and muffler assembly to the header pipe and then attached the footpeg bolt loosely. I then aligned the muffler along the visual line of the tail section the way I liked and tightened the muffler strap bolt. Next I checked the angle from the rear of the bike so that the muffler tapered in a bit at the back (again so that the exhaust followed the overall line of the tail section) and then tightened the bolt on the header pipe. The last clamp I tightened was the one on the link pipe to the muffler.

This method seemed to fix the alignment issues I had when mounting the exhaust. I have seen another 5 gen in town where I live and he has the 18" CF can (a high mount) and I would have to say the CF can a bit more throaty and has a more base(y) exhaust note than the one I have. The can itself did seem to line up reasonably well with the lower line of the tail section but the strap attached to the can did not look the same as the one I got with my exhaust so the owner might have mounted his with a strap around the can that he tailor made on his own. The CF can itself though (not sure how old it was) did look a little, well, not well finished if you know what I mean. The can I purchased (you can see it on my avatar) has really high quality welds and is very nicely finished and polished. The pipe is not overly loud and obnoxious, it more just changes the exhaust to a slightly more throaty growl versus the stock exhausts hyperactive sewing machine sound. With the stock exhaust all you could hear was the gear noise whine, and now it sounds more like a super charged V8 (has a decent base(y) growl that is just loud enough that you can still hear the gear noise, but the gear whine is just not as apparent). I also leave the decibel reducer installed as I find the exhaust sounds a bit hollow without it in place.

Hope this helps somewhat.

 

Can you provide a photo of your installation?

Thanks

 

Hey SE

Not sure of which bike you were asking about but here is a pic of the exhaust on my 97 VFR750 and a couple of the exhaust on the 2000 VFR800.

This is the M4 exhaust on the 97 VFR




And this is the exhaust on the 2000 VFR800

 

I have the exact 14" carbon fibre Delkevic on my bike. However,when I contacted Delkevic at the time (one year ago), they couldn't provide any high mount link pipes. The link pipe on the ebay link you posted is just a regular mount pipe.

Where I got my high mount is from Hindle. It was a tight fit to get it by the foot peg but after some manipulation it fit without taking anything off. Connected with the Delkevic no problem.



Muffler looks weird colour because of the flash.

 

That is the exact look I want for my 5th gen. Well, I want the TriOval carbon fiber, but they don't have any in stock and won't until summer. I contacted Delkevic and they do offer the high mount link pipe currently.

Since you have had yours for a year, whats the temp like off that can? Can you have soft saddlebags on it?

 

Yes, I do use soft saddles and that is the reason I went with carbon fibre. I can grab the muffler with bare hands at any time. It never gets hot to the point of melting something. I am very happy with this setup. Sounds great too. Nice, rich tone but not too loud at all. Too quiet with the baffle but it's removable.

I prefer tri-oval as well. Had that shape on my old SV650 from Yoshi. Looked amazing.

 

That helps my decision some. I was trying to decide between the 18" and the 14". My riding buddy just put the 18" stainless ones on his ST1300 and they sound much like the stock exhaust. I was thinking of the 14" but with how much I tour and mostly in groups, I didn't want too much noise for my riding group's sake or mine.

Is there really a sound difference between the carbon fiber and stainless?

 

Everything I have read from testimonials says yes, there is a big difference in how it resonates.

 

Thats great to hear Demon. I think I am going to go with my original plan and get the high mount Delkevic TriOval Carbon Fiber as soon as the get restocked. They said sometime this summer.

 

The only thing I don't like about Delkevic's high-mount mid pipe is the way it (doesn't) follow the contours of the rearset and wheel, if that makes sense. I wonder how hard it would be to tighten the bends just a little more so that the mid-pipe left a little more of the wheel exposed? After all, the whole reason to get one is to show off that wheel and swingarm! :wink: I'm seriously on the fence about whether to get a Delkevic CF exhaust, or have a friend fabricate a mid-pipe and try to scrounge a muffler; I definitely want a set of soft saddlebags, so it's more a question of whether I want to figure out a way to keep them off a stainless exhaust, or spend a little more for the CF.

 

Over at VFRD there was a guy that had one as well and he had the same complaint. He said that he loosened everything and got it into position and then slowly tightened everything. His looked pretty good. If that doesn't work, then I am sure my friend whould bend it for me. He has a Mandrel machine and years of experience, so it should be a piece of cake for him.

 

Yeah, that would probably be a perfectly fine option. I also realized that if I want to have any chance of convincing my fiancée to ride with me more, and even to get her own bike eventually, using an exhaust that doesn't burn her leg up is probably a good idea if I'm going to high-mount it.

 

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If Delkevic haven't fixed their awfully bent mid-pipe, then I can't recommend the high-mount for the fifth-gen. I'm going to have to spend almost as much as the exhaust cost me to get it to actually fit right.

 

Do you have pics of what the high mount looks like on a 5th?