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Jeez...

There really are some miserable fcukers on this forum, someone asks a legitimate question about

improving/modifying their pride'n joy and they get flamed with answers like this ....

"it's just fantasy pimping a bike that's already far beyond your ability"

"02' Fireblade does not need any more performance"

So to sum up, the bikes too powerful for you and you're a shit rider!. No sorry, but that's BS.

First off we should be celebrating the fact that the "EEC mother state(spit)" still allows us to modify our bikes,second up that we still have people passionate enough about biking that they want to ride a bike that's a little bit different, i thought bikers stood for freedom?, obviously not.

I say to OP get yourself a nice zorst (while you still can) , enjoy your bike, ride safe, and to the nay Sayer's,

fcuk off and become an MEP(spit).
 

The looker

Personally I would look at which I prefer the look of, then once you have narrowed it down from 100’s to a dozen or so then look at the possible performance gains and weight them against the cost. This way the one you choose may not get you the maximum possible gain but you will love the look of it on your bike, which is worth more than an extra couple of bhp. :-)

Buy a secondhand Akrapovic every time,their the only people who put any serious work into pipes,and if your looking for something different go to Race Fit,they are also quality but cheap they ain't.

you get what you pay for

If money isn't really an issue (when is it not!) Akrapovic or Yoshimura in that order are the best quality mass market cans in my opinion. Termignoni are also very good quality but are expensive and have quite a limited range beyond the obvious Ducati association.

If you're more price conscious then Remus and Arrow are good quality and not bad value. Skorpion are also quite good and their build quality has improved a lot recently and is now much better. Leo Vince aren't bad but in my experience the build quality is the least impressive of the cans I've mentioned and there range is a little limited, but it is expanding. They are relatively cheap though and generally good value cheaper can.

There are so many more cans on the market that I haven't mentioned but the one's I've mentioned are those that readily spring to mind and have a reputation. For my money I would save up and buy an Akrapovic as their cans are very well made and use 100% titanium throughout. They are very well made, very light, and generally give good power gains.

(FYI, I don't work for Akrapovic or in the motorcycle trade, never have.)

Apart from the exhausts mentioned below, you might want to look at a "two brothers" exhaust. I had one and it was excellent. Well made and a useful bump in power and torque.