A couple of interesting bits and pieces

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D-Rider · #1 Post by **D-Rider** » Sun Oct 05, 2008 11:09 pm

Came across these on ebay:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :middle:uk

Apparently they're not just differently styled but work differently too

Here's a video of the exhaust and some sort of induction gizmo from Harris.
Assuming this is not "bikers snake-oil" then this stuff looks very interesting .... and also, I guess, outside my budget

http://link.brightcove.com/services/lin ... 1315742466

.... and this is what Harris have to say:
https://www.harris-performance.com/news ... 7&offset=0

Thing is .... I can't find this InTech gizmo on Harris' site .... I'm betting it's a bit over sold.

Dunno whether the exhaust lives up to performance claims ..... but it sure looks pretty.

Want to hear the exhaust on an Aprilia? .....
http://s302.photobucket.com/albums/nn86 ... deo001.flv

and another pic .....

sabestian · #2 Post by **sabestian** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:01 am

Sounds like an angry lion!

Falco9 · #3 Post by **Falco9** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:11 am

sabestian wrote:Sounds like an angry lion!

Couldn't have put it better myself

I must get a sound byte done of my latest shortened & cored cans for the Tuono, now they do sound superb

F9

Viffer · #4 Post by **Viffer** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 1:52 pm

Great sound

loafersmate · #5 Post by **loafersmate** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:03 pm

The welding looks well.........shite is all I can say and what is with this>>

extreme stainless indeed!

#6 Post by **mangocrazy** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 9:32 pm

loafersmate wrote:The welding looks well.........shite is all I can say

Surely it's just that the welds (and exhaust) have been left in an unpolished state a la MotoGP. Quality of weld on the photo that D-Rider posted is excellent.

Samray · #7 Post by **Samray** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 10:26 pm

Am I the only one that thinks it looks fantastic?

D-Rider · #8 Post by **D-Rider** » Mon Oct 06, 2008 11:12 pm

Samray wrote:Am I the only one that thinks it looks fantastic?

No, don't think you are .....

D-Rider wrote:Came across these on ebay:

Dunno whether the exhaust lives up to performance claims ..... but it sure looks pretty.

Viking · #9 Post by **Viking** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:13 am

Hmmm.... I can't decide whether they look great or f-ugly. Or something in between.

As for the noise, yes, they sound great. Except TLoML already complains about how loud the Falco is...

#10 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:17 am

Samray wrote:Am I the only one that thinks it looks fantastic?

No - I think they look great as well. In fact I think they will be going on my Falco sometime early next year. I can't quite make up my mind whether I prefer them polished or unpolished (for that authentic MotoGP look).

I've spoken to the guy who markets them and he's done quite a few Aprilias already, so shouldn't be any problems. They're based in Fenton (Stoke on Trent) and can 'tune' the exhausts to your requirements loudness-wise.

Cheers for pointing them out, Andy!

Nooj · #11 Post by **Nooj** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 9:56 am

Hmmm, dunno, if they were titanium then yes, but there's no need to have welds like that for steel, so they're sort of pretending to be something they're not which puts me off.

#12 Post by **mangocrazy** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 11:21 am

Nooj, I'm pretty sure that when you weld stainless, that's what it looks like if you leave it unfinished and unpolished. Some years back when I had a TL1000S, I had a custom exhaust made up for it with stainless pipes and titanium cans. I was so keen to get the pipes on the bike that I didn't have them polished and left them in the exact same state as the cans we're talking about.

I quite liked the heat marks around the weld, especially as it drew attention to the quality of the welds (which were the best I'd ever seen). The welds on these cans aren't quite as good, but they're certainly not too shabby IMHO.

loafersmate · #13 Post by **loafersmate** » Tue Oct 07, 2008 12:06 pm

A good TIG weld on thin sheet should not be raised from the surface like on the very top pic, the weld on my CCC can is barley visible (see tigcraft pic attached...not on my bike unfortunatley!)

No doubt the style of them looks nice just I think the welding excecution and marketing skills are lacking

Nooj · #14 Post by **Nooj** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 12:43 am

It's not the quality of the welds I'm on about, it's the fact that they are there to start with. Titanium has to be cut and welded in sections like that because it can't be bent and formed like steel. Steel is much more pliable, so doesn't need to be formed that way, so it's 'not the real deal' in my eyes if that makes sense.

In itself, at face value, it looks good, but to me it's trying to look like something it isn't.

#15 Post by **mangocrazy** » Wed Oct 08, 2008 11:01 am

Ah yes - take your point, Nooj.

But I thought that was the whole point of bling?