I went for the short straight sports exhaust in the end.
All I can say is that it’s criminal that these bikes come fitted with the cat equipped silencer. To be honest I didn’t think the stock set up sounded too bad until I replaced it with the Watsonian Squire item but wow what a difference, it sounds like it should now.
I’m not sure if performance has improved much, it’ll probably take a dyno run to prove it but I won’t be bothering. A nice grumble on the overrun, no popping or banging but every now and then the mother of all backfires, first time it happened I nearly jumped out of the seat.
Improves the looks of the bike as well without the overhanging exhaust.