1.2 8v exhaust advise

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1.2 8v exhaust advise

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hi i have a 1.2 8v and was wondering what peoples views are of putting a motorbike exhaust on it?
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People have done it, normally the only point is because they do tend to look quite cool, so can be cool when mounting externally...if that's a look you're going for.

Practically though It's not really worth it...motorbike boxes tend to be more expensive than car ones anyway, and they are no way as heavy duty.
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easy job to do i have one on mine and its been on for a couple of years now. the bonus of a bike can is you can pack the baffle to make it as noisy or as quiet as you want without taking the exhaust off
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how would you do it? and what kind of exhaust would i go for?
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will take some pics of mine for you and you can see how it has been done,only thing to buy is a strap about 5 quid :D
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cool, where about would i see the pics or would yo put them on here?
i dont know how to put pics on this lol
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will put the pics on here for you when i get them :)
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ok thanks mate :) what exhaust did you use? just any old one from a random bike?
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it was a kawasaki zx7 micron can
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cool, does it just go straight onto the exhaust? or need metal tubin made up for it?
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you just need the joining pipe from a standard rear box will give you a step by step guide
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ok thanks mate
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