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SOHC.co.uk Forums => CB350/400 => Topic started by: Laverdaroo on November 01, 2021, 06:13:41 PM
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Evening all,
Anybody knpow of anyone/business except infinity exhausts in Bristol or the surrounding areas that might be able to make me a connecting tube to go from the 400/4 collector to the silencer please. I've emailed folk to death and rang them but nobody seems to be able to follow up on an offer. Its only 6" long and I've all the orientations and measurements sorted just need somebody with a) the time and b) the kit to do it. I cant get it done here as I cant get the parts to make it or i would. Any help gratefully received.
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Strange answer but if no luck you could try one of the rd expansion pipe builders like Dave (Mutts nuts)or Kenny at TSA or Dave at Higspeed exhausts
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I've tried all over but apart from taking the bike to Ipswich to a pair of old boys who were right up for it, I've drawn a fat blank!
I'll have a look Al, thanks mate. I'm fully prepared to have to drag the bike about hence the request for local but realising that this is going to be a bit of an epic!
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https://www.btbexhausts.co.uk/products/ have been helpful over a long time and seem to have that capability. Maybe worth a call.
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Thanks for that, when I sent the photos and a request they didn't seem that interested and wanted over £150 and the bike for two weeks which I cant do and to be fair, is a little dear for a bent piece of 3mm steel pipe. I presume they were pricing me out and thats fair do's they have machine time n wages etc but its a bit steep for me tbh. Especially with two tanks of derv to get there and back.
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Alldens, just up the road from us Roo.
https://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057184882264&_rdr
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They'd be great Julie but quite rightly, they want the bike and I simply cant facilitate that or I'd be there in a shot.
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Exhaustpartsuk.com
Look at motorcycle exhausts, mandrel bends. Could be something usable there.
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If you can live with mild steel most exhaust centres keep lengths of straight pipe you can then cut your own angles and get it mig/tig welded0
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They'd be great Julie but quite rightly, they want the bike and I simply cant facilitate that or I'd be there in a shot.
Hi Laverdaroo,
Have you tried manufacturers of custom stainless steel exhausts. They are jigged up to produce any bend required. I had one made up for my Rapido/Merc motorhome some years ago, whole thing done and dusted in 3 hrs.
If you know and can specify all the dimensions and angles/draw what you want and email it, you may get a result without taking your bike.
Worth a try and will last. ;)
Dennis
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Had good service from OS Pipes in the Midlands - they made new silencers for my XS850 to a one sided pattern. Good price & turn round time & didn’t want the bike to fit to.
Bruce
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Game on, thanks for that XS. I've done all the dimms just need someone that can do it. I realise now I should have mocked it up sooner and had a better go at chasing somebody down as now I dont want to be grinding and welding in the shed now the paint is on the bike. Soon as its made I can get the pipes off and ceracoted (past tense of ceracote is?) and she can go away in the hallway for the winter and I can start with my bikes!
I've rang a few custom bods and had a few numbers to call but drawn blanks, hence the call for any ideas.
Im nearly there but not quite, its been an interesting 10 months and I'll bob a few piccies up.
Thanks all I'll keep you posted,
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Had good service from OS Pipes in the Midlands - they made new silencers for my XS850 to a one sided pattern. Good price & turn round time & didn’t want the bike to fit to.
Bruce
Just spoken to Roy at OS pipes, what a no nonsense, happy to help, old school chap he is, brilliant :D!!!
Just the sort of thing I was after, thanks for the heads up, Greta forum, thanks all ;) :) 8)
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watching this with interest....as I still haven;t found an exhaust solution for my project that I like. Finding a good outfit that could make what I want may turn out to be the solution.
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He's asked fpr a drawing with dimms so just doing that now for him showing what I'm after and he said he could do what ever I wanted. I'll keep you abreast (breast, ;D snigger!) of what turns up as and when and prices etc. Got a good feeling on this one he seems sound!
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Just an update,
Spoke to ROY at OS pipes who was more than helpful and a real giggle on the phone. I sent him the enclosed which is the best I can do with my brain thats set up for chalk and slate rather than lap tops etc and he emailed me straight back (well, at 12;45pm) and quopted me an extortionalte £15 as was in steel or £20 in stainless or if I wanted it all polished..£50 with a wekk turn around!! WOW!
Super chuffed with that! I knew I wanted a bloke in a brown workshop coat with glasses and a ruler in his top pocket and thats what I think I've managed to get with this fantastic contact.
If you need anything making and at a decent price, give him a try.
Cheers XS850, a great contact!
As soon as anything comes in I'll bob up a piccy on here.
Once again, thanks all, a proper result!
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I bought a replica stainless steel 4 into 2 for my Kawasaki Z650, have to say absolutely awesome piece of metal work. I would highly recommend him. He has a fabulous collection of Moto Guzzi's as well.
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I had him chatting about his guzzi's for about 20 mins ;D
Grear chap, lets see what the postman brings??
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Guzzis you say.....well...that means I DEFINITELY can't go there.... for financial reasons. I have a genetic weakness for Italian v-twins
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Guzzis you say.....well...that means I DEFINITELY can't go there.... for financial reasons. I have a genetic weakness for Italian v-twins
I was surprised he was so cheap with Italian bikes to look after ;D
For the record, I'm an owner so I can say that out loud ;D ;D 8)
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Had this sent through from said chap. Ended up being £50 wanted steel but got stainless sent?? Sounds dear but wire, gas, time etc, ………reasonable price.
Fits a treat however and took a week and much grumbling from him on how he’s never doing another one, it’s not worth his time blah blah. Never the less, top job and off for ceracote tomorrow. If you want a really nice system for your bike in stainless, bespoke made then call him he’s great. If you want a link pipe making, don’t, it’s not worth the diatribe
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No, sadly not. I'm having to go matt black as the pipes needed so much repair work to get them anywhere decent I cant re chrome them toget anywhere near a good finish, not on the budget thats left for the build. I'll buy a new set eventually but just not yet, I want to get on with the 550 and costs are going up as we speak............ That and it was decreed by teh Long Haired General that they were going to be black::)
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One for folks in the future search for Dairy Pipe fittings or Stainless Handrail fittings the later have a thinner wall section. Or such as
these,
https://www.autosiliconehoses.com/stainless-steel-elbow-pipe-exhaust-performance-automotive-tube.html
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Thats a good shout :)
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He was quite adamant that he didn't want to do anything 550 related at all when I mentioned the set I needed and what I had. I had the very same idea but it wasn't received that well, perhaps a bad hair day or summing!?
Maybe he'll change his tune, who knows. ;D
Did you get a chance to have a look at that bit of film Ken with them there pipes on I sent through on the text earlier?