Slip-ons on our 650s: the twin note is lovely, Section 190(2) is not
@host_pune · 1 week ago
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Every second Interceptor at a Sunday Mulshi halt seems to have something other than the stock cans, and honestly I understand the temptation. The 650 twin does sound properly good with a slip-on, and dropping the weight of those stock pots is a real change in how the bike flicks into a ghat corner.
Mine is still stock, and not out of virtue. I was reading this explainer on aftermarket silencer rules and it says anything above 175cc is capped at 80 dB(A) under CMVR Rule 120(2), tested half a metre from the outlet, and that a slip-on needs RTO approval even when the seller calls it street legal. Fines go up to ten thousand rupees under Section 190(2).
The other trade-off nobody mentions is drone. Four hours of Tamhini and back with a loud can is tiring in a way that photos never show.
If any of you actually took a homologated slip-on to an RTO and got it endorsed, I want to hear how that went.
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prakash_ali· 1 week ago@Sahil good find on that bikeleague piece, the 190(2) fine numbers aren't something I'd have guessed. Being on the 450X I obviously don't have a twin note to miss, but the RTO endorsement question is genuinely interesting, most Sunday dudes I see with slip-ons clearly never bothered. Does the explainer say who's actually getting pulled over for this in Pune?
