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Just spotted this on ebay - a Falco with 2into1 exhaust with a skidmarx bellypan .... so someone other than Aladinsaneuk has achieved it



http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Aprilia-SL-Falco- ... 286.c0.m14

sorry, but that looks awfull

fastasfcuk wrote:sorry, but that looks awfull

You're joking M8???

I'm surprised because I think it looks very very nice, and I've never really loved the red that much.

As always each to their own

F9

fastasfcuk wrote:sorry, but that looks awfull

Really? I think it looks great, but everyone to their own I guess.

Not my cup of tea

i'm going to have another look.

TBH the photo quality is pretty pants. It almost looks like he's used a soft-focus filter which accentuates the highlights.

But it's probably a cheap digital camera with a bloody great thumb-print on the lens...

mangocrazy wrote:TBH the photo quality is pretty pants. It almost looks like he's used a soft-focus filter which accentuates the highlights.

But it's probably a cheap digital camera with a bloody great thumb-print on the lens...

You probably wont remember, being that much younger than me, but that's probably a phenomenon we used to see occasionally in the old days.

We called it the sun.

I'll go with fastas with a "not good" vote, the exhaust looks huge! Dwarfs the rest of the bike. Nice idea, seems to have been well executed (like the colour matched bellypan), but the can itself spoils the rest of the bike

Agree with Firestarter, and that can looks colossal.

mmm ... wasn't really suggesting this was or indeed, was not, an aesthetically pleasing implementation.

The point was that there's another person that has squeezed a 2into1 and some non-standard form of oil tank (probably) into a skidmarx bellypan - something that until recently was thought to be beyond the skills of human endeavour (ok I exaggerate a bit).

Now as you know I do like the 2into1 conversion .... having gone that way myself.
There are things that I'm not so keen on with this one.
The angle of the picture of the "naked" side doesn't really show it at its best - tends to look better from a lower angle - or with the bike upright.
Also, not so keen on the red bike with red bellypan (I do like red bikes but not that red carried over to every panel)
I like gold wheels .... on the right bike but just don't think those Gold Brembo wheels go with the red. [Should probably also confess I've just had my OZs powder-coated gold which I think will go better with the Bronze/Black than OZ blue would].

And as for the dustbin strapped to the side ......

Overall I don't hate it but it's not the best I've seen.

i hav'nt got a problem with the bike it's nice, it' that telegraph pole, i'm not that keen on it on the milli either.

fastasfcuk wrote:i hav'nt got a problem with the bike it's nice, it' that telegraph pole, i'm not that keen on it on the milli either.

I owe you a small but humble apology M8. I didn't look at the eBay site photos and as such my comment was based just on the photo Andy put up here.

I have to agree with you . The std Mille exhaust looks bloody awful on it why he didn't put a race can on is anyone's guess, you can buy them 2nd hand for about £50-70 for the old Mille these days, the rest of the bike looks nice though and cheap or what?

F9

why anyone would change 2 cans to 1 massive can is beyond me.
V twins should have twin exit.

That can looks like it probably weighs more than 2 race cans ... pointless..and it looks terrible..to me

I do like the early RSV swingarm though, looks really good on the Falco.