Stelvio 'Evolving'

[John Warner]

Had my Stelvio since Sep '15, and just about have it just how I want it now.
No more major mods planned, just some minor 'tweaks' here and there.

This was about a year ago.




Griso 17" Front Wheel (and matching rear) was the main mod at that point.
There's also a BMW S1000R shock, with home-made Linkages.

Latest mod was to convert to Twin Silencers.
I fitted a pair of 2004 R1 Cans, and made a Link Pipe for them.






Also chopped the Pillion Grab-Handles off, and ditched the original hard Panniers and Frames, to slim the rear end down (I don't like sitting in Traffic!).
The Wooden Platforms are bolted to the Pannier Frame Brackets on the Subframe, and take my Kriega Dry-Packs.

[oldbike54]

 Interesting 

 Dusty

[Diploman]

Why the change in wheels?  Are you riding exclusively on-road now?

[menzies]

Well done, I might have kept my Stelvio if I had had the foresight to switch wheels.

[flip]

Any issues with the ABS since wheel sizes were changed?

[John Warner]

No issues with ABS.
I occasionally get the ABS light come on, but that's only in the last couple of Months, the Griso Wheels have been on for much longer.
I had to alter the Speedo 'Correction' Figure in the ECU Map, due to the smaller circumference on the front.

Why the change in wheels?  Are you riding exclusively on-road now?

Yes.
No real opportunity for going off-road in the UK (not intentionally at least  )
I still have the original Wheels/Tyres, could swap them over in half-an-hour if needed.

[Huzo]

How does it sound through the twin cans ?

[Paul Brooking]

How does it sound through the twin cans ?

About as third as good as if you had drunk the entire six-pack ...... boom tish .... 

[rschrum]

Humm!

[Huzo]

About as third as good as if you had drunk the entire six-pack ...... boom tish .... 

Touche’
I was going to have twin cans on my Norge, each cylinder exiting through it’s own muffler with no cross over pipe, but thought it might not work with the sensors or something, so did not.

[Tkelly]

My Stelvio keeps getting taller and heavier every year.Do the Griso wheels lower the bike?If so I could get rid of the stock leaking tubeless wheels at the same time.

[John Warner]

How does it sound through the twin cans ?

Different.
Hard to describe, but it sounds like a Twin now, despite being a 2-into-1-into-2 system, not a 2-into-2.
I think it's just having the outlets on the left and right, so it's like a Stereo soundtrack, instead of Mono.

It's a little louder, more of a 'Bark' to it, but not annoyingly so (for others).
I'll have to try a video clip, just need a decent mic for my GoPro.

[Zoom Zoom]

 

John Henry