sport exhaust insurance question

has anyone on here ever declared having a sport pipe fitted to there insurance company if you have how much extra did it cost you ?

also a quick question for a mate that is here he wants to reg his ped as a 70 as he keeps getting pulled and dont want to risk them looking to close at it has anyone done it before and how did they go about it. ?

 

he has gone home now so he will have to have a look online himself i think he just needs to tell the dvla about it and send of his log book to be changed over but i think going back to a 50 is a lot harder

 

i wanna declare my pipe that way if im pulled for it being so noisy they cant do me for void insurance and since the pipe is e-marked i dont think there is anything they can do really

 

They will just section 59 you instead which is far worse than void insurance IMO.

And come selling time NO ONE in their right mind will buy a 70 regd as a 70

 

As long as your not taking the piss theyre not bothered. Avon and Somerset police have got a portable rolling road which they can put a ped on and check it's speed. Apparently some guys were shitting themselves when they got pulled but when they put the peds on the rollers they found that they didn't go anywhere near as fast as they thought

 

its not the taking the piss that im bothered about its the fact this zx pipe is so dam noisy they might pull me just for that then when they check my details and ask do the insurance know its fitted then im fucked

 

its the can i got of you and it was new when you sold it me and ive only done about 50 miles with it its only noisy when using the throttle on tick over its fine. how many miles did you put on it ? before selling it me

 

Most peds sound like a swarm of angry bees and the ZX is 'e' marked so it can't be that bad. I just put one on my bike today and I think it's quiter than my Stage 6 as the tone is a lot deeper. If your exhaust is very noisy then check the manifold gasket is not blowing and check the end can and if necessary re pack it.
I honestly think that you are worrying about nothing the police have got a lot of better things to do with their time.

 

ive just rebuilt the bike with a new 70 kit and gave the zx a full refurb (sand down,rust treatment,re-paint) the piaggio engine doesnt use an exhaust gasket it only has a gasket were the can fits to the pipe and that gasket is new the noise is deffo comming from the out let pipe on the can il have a look at the weekend at the packing.

 

i got the pipe of nath on here and thinking about it jonny i think nath said something once about it might have been cut open and the internal baffle removed but he wasnt sure

 

around here they are bothered i get pulled at least twice a week and have had 2 fines and 3 points in the last 4 month

 

il have a look at the weekend ive just put all the tools away.but dont think the packing is the prob as its like new

 

i bought a brand new pipe and within an hour the packin set on fire and was blowing sparks out of the encan

 

In theory any modification that improves performance on a moped is illegal, in that it should be restricted to a maxium speed of only 30 miles an hour any more than that and it is no longer classed as a moped and therefore your insurance would no longer be valid unless your over 16 and still riding a 50 and notified your insurance company of any mods you may have made

 

well im over 16 so no worries there. im gonna call into the swinton office in town and ask how much extra it is on my policy.
Jonny for a £30 extra on your insurance what parts did you declare ?