Stainless Steel Work

[bilko]

There is a guy just statrted up in our village doing bespoke stainless steel items for cars and bikes, so far he has done several exhaust hangars for friends sports bikes and very nice they are too. I thought after Xmas I would run the 1200 down with Touratech catalogue in hand and see what he could offer. On the lines of longer sump guard, and the odd little bits that wouldnt require investment in fancy press tools. Will keep you posted.

For info: he is here

[Muppet]

Originally Posted by bilko

There is a guy just statrted up in our village doing bespoke stainless steel items for cars and bikes, so far he has done several exhaust hangars for friends sports bikes and very nice they are too. I thought after Xmas I would run the 1200 down with Touratech catalogue in hand and see what he could offer. On the lines of longer sump guard, and the odd little bits that wouldnt require investment in fancy press tools. Will keep you posted.

For info: he is here

Brian, when you do go down, ask him if he'd ever be interested in doing stainless steel downpipes & collector box for the VFR 800 - pre Vtec, or any other VFR for that matter. Beariing in mind they're horribly complicated!

[Schtum]

Originally Posted by Muppet

Brian, when you do go down, ask him if he'd ever be interested in doing stainless steel downpipes & collector box for the VFR 800 - pre Vtec, or any other VFR for that matter. Beariing in mind they're horribly complicated!

And if he needs to borrow a bike for a bit to model them on, we can arrange it.....

[bilko]

Will do
There is also another place in Prestwick that has been doing end cans for the local lads so I'll go see him as well

[kdny]

The hunt for a half-decent VFR exhaust system continues.......

[GS-Jedi]

Originally Posted by bilko

Will do
There is also another place in Prestwick that has been doing end cans for the local lads so I'll go see him as well

yea the guy in prestwick does bike parts to match already. he has many pics up on the wall of various different bikes.........could be a winner there

[bilko]

As you are a bit closer than me how about asking if he can do VFR down pipes and collector. Although I suspect he may need a pattern.

[Schtum]

The pattern will be no problem. We can easily supply a set of FiW pipes. Anyone who takes this on would need to appreciate just how crucial the dimensions really are both from the point of view of fitting the bike without compromising ground clearance and to preserve flow so that there is no drop off in performance.

[MJS]

Originally Posted by kdny

The hunt for a half-decent VFR exhaust system continues.......

There was nothing wrong with my '01 stainless OE system, 12,500 miles, two winters and not a mark on them.

I think it was the yellow bikes that had dodgy systems

[GS-Jedi]

Originally Posted by bilko

As you are a bit closer than me how about asking if he can do VFR down pipes and collector. Although I suspect he may need a pattern.

i'll talk to him in the morning...if i need a set of pipes for him to look at i guess schtum will help out