I've had 2 scramblers, first was standard and I fitted a sc projects exhaust with NO cat I would say the bike lost most of its bottom end but gained a tiny amount up top, i ended up fitting a booster plug which did help but didnt cure the issue, not good but sounded great. My second scrambler came with a termignoni fitted (with race ecu) and now at 5000 miles it absolutely flies, sounds great, goes great, has loads of bottom and definitely more top, has a proper forward powerband surge that makes it a really fun bike to ride. So I would say if you replace the std exhaust for a race can, to fully benefit you need an ecu upgrade.