Anyone use the ALBA Stage I performance pipe?
I was curious as to the performance and quality of the pipe.

 

had it on the warrior and i liked it allot made a big difference in power and the quality was alright but it was WAYYYY to loud.....

 

I have an Alba stage 1 collecting dust. Good quality, not sure about the performance though. HPR doesn't recommend them.

 

I knew a kid with the Alba pipe on his DS, i didnt like it, and neither did he, i didnt think it sounded nice at all, it looks old, and wasnt to impressed when he barely beat a stock DS

 

WHY? and why are you not using yours?

 

I believe that the head pipe diameter is too big, and they each have a couple of 90 degree bends in them. Supposedly that's not good. So I ceramic coated my stock pipes, bought an endcap, and put the stock system back on. Not much difference in weight between the two systems. Check out the HPR website under exhausts. I haven't really ridden it much or raced any since switching, so I can't really comment on the performance yet.

 

You probably dont want to here this Scoundrel but HPR said that the FMF TI-4 was the worst of any slip-on they have tested. I started out with the FMF pipe and the high dollar titanium connector. I thought it gave me a decent gain until I bought an end cap from HPR. I Ebay'd that FMF thing faster than two shakes of a jack rabbits a$$! The end cap is very loud, almost obnoxiously loud. I sure did like the sound of the TI-4 and how light it was.

 

So you dumped the light weight pipe and put the boat anchor back on and just changed the end-cap?

 

azsand ran that pipe on a couple of his bikes and he said it dyno'd good.

 

Don... the Alba is what I run on mine with the race tip for drags and disks for the trees. It performs just as good or better than my Stock head pipes with the R4 reverse megaphone did. I don't see any diff in the bends between the stock head pipes and the Alba head pipes. Yes the Alba head pipe diameter is larger. But I think thats a plus[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] My head pipes and mid pipe is ceramic coated. And it shows signs of use. There are prolly pipes that are btter in the looks department. But as far as field performance. (thats dirt and sand time, not free wheeling dyno runs) For the most part they are all about the same. Price fit and quality is what I would base a pipe on along with the sound if sound is an issue for you.