Who's still on stock cans and wants to change?

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jayboy · #1 Post by **jayboy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:15 am

I'm just wondering who else is in my boat? Being a bit tight on cash of late - (house is about to empty my pockets of about £3k) but still wanting to improve the beast, I've been scouring the 'net for cheap cans - to no avail. A few sets here and there on ebay, but very few & far between and I can't stretch to a new set for £200 upwards either.
I think I have found someone who can do a set of link pipes and carbon cans, so was wondering if it was worth trying to put a price together and maybe enquiring about a group buy - or getting a set and maybe putting anyone else who is interested on to the guy aswell, maybe could wangle us all a discount?
If not, may just get the measurements of the link pipe exits and get some universal cans later on....
Anyway, if anyone might be interested, give us a reply.

sfoley1 · #2 Post by **sfoley1** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 11:18 am

I've got some blue flame carbon cans (not for road use stamp on them) that I had removed and the standards put on.

They will be going on Ebay with a low start price (£50), possibly next week if I get my arse in gear.

Nothing wrong with them at all, I'm just not bothered about making the bike louder than it already is

jayboy · #3 Post by **jayboy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 12:18 pm

you have pm sir!

Ozboy · #4 Post by **Ozboy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 1:58 pm

....going the other way I've got some mint standard cans if anyone's interested. I was thinking of keeping them just in case any issues with Mr MOT but having heard how quiet the Fuels were with the baffles I won't have any probs. I haven't been bothered to put them on fleabay yet but my hugger arrived yesterday so I now have a box and some bubble wrap which will fit the cans, so.........

sfoley1 · #5 Post by **sfoley1** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:39 pm

Ozboy

It may be worth keeping them just in case, standard cans on Ebay struggle to make even 40 quid from what I've seen

jayboy · #6 Post by **jayboy** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 4:54 pm

gonna keep my standards for when I sell. I've sutpidly sold my last 2 bikes tieh the cans I spent money and bloody ages finding now, and kicked myself afterwards.
Anything I put on the Falco, will be removed again before selling, to a point.
I did think of buying a cheap 2nd set of cans and bastardising them / coring them and turning into race cans, well, having a mate do it!

hornetrider · #7 Post by **hornetrider** » Fri Jul 24, 2009 7:29 pm

Blueflames go for silly money on eBay - I was tracking some a while back and it was 250 plus.

Ozboy · #8 Post by **Ozboy** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 8:47 am

Yeah good points - hadn't really thought of the other end of the deal and flogging them separately or using them on the next one....if there is a next one! You're right, thinking when I was looking probably does add if you have the standards and offer the loud ones separately.

Wasn't really thinking of the cash either, TBH was more wardrobe space......when there's 2 of you in a 1 bedroom flat in London you really have to prioritise what stuff you can have, and bike gear already takes a fair percentage

HisNibbs · #9 Post by **HisNibbs** » Sat Jul 25, 2009 10:31 pm

when there's 2 of you in a 1 bedroom flat in London you really have to prioritise what stuff you can have

Yes I remember it vaugely.... could move house in my paniers and topbox....... I'd need a little more than that now though.