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Old 01-04-2009, 01:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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BPP Exhaust Disappointment

I've been running the Touring version of the BPP Exhaust now for about 2 months. My wife finds it too loud, but I am working on that. My disappointment in the unit is that one of the exhaust tips is a dummy. I don't have a car or bike, all 6 of them, that the exhaust tips do not turn black after a while. When one Tip is a dummy here is what you get:
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I have been cleaning the tip, but it doesn't take long before soot builds back up. I would think for $500, it would not have this ugly feature.

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Old 01-04-2009, 01:35 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I too have the BPP touring exhaust. Mine get's soot on the end but nothing near that much even after forgoing washing the car for a while. I always wondered why 1 tip have more air pushed out and the one had not as much....

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Old 01-04-2009, 01:48 PM   #3 (permalink)
 
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So you're saying that if BOTH tips were to turn black, it would then be worth the money??????
I have the same problem with mine becoming sooty on 1 tip. No big deal. I'm very happy with my BP exhaust. It is a little loud, but thats what I was expecting.

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Old 01-04-2009, 01:52 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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The smart car engines do run a bit rich and that is why you get the black soot on the exhaust tip, so to put a false tip right beside the other really sucks, what a design flaw.
They should either just have a single exit, or make the double exit so that it is equally exhausted through the two tips.

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Old 01-04-2009, 02:05 PM   #5 (permalink)
 
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They should either just have a single exit, or make the double exit so that it is equally exhausted through the two tips.
Agree

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Old 01-04-2009, 02:32 PM   #6 (permalink)
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yeah that sounds like the exhaust on my daughters mini china chopper.

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Old 01-04-2009, 02:35 PM   #7 (permalink)
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yeah that sounds like the exhaust on my daughters mini china chopper.
Oh wait even they cut a hole for the second tip.

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Old 01-04-2009, 03:20 PM   #8 (permalink)
 
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I'm thinking of painting the Tips black on the inside. At least they might both look the same.

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Old 01-04-2009, 03:23 PM   #9 (permalink)
 
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Are the DTH systems also a dummy pipe and a real one?

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Old 01-04-2009, 05:49 PM   #10 (permalink)
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I do not think that second tip is a dummy, but it is just how the airflow going thru the exhaust. I noticed it too that right tip is not as hot as the left one.
Here is my black BPP exhaust.


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