Fine, upstanding member
Having never replaced a bike exhaust and not having many biker friends, the price and availability of exhausts for a 1988 Alp (VJ) have come as something of a surprise. David Silver doesn't have one, ratty ones on e-bay don't seem like value for money. How much should I pay and where can I get one?
1997 Jag 3.2 Exec (jangly jangly!); two bicycles; 2001 XL 650 V-1 which is ready for anything, cuts through traffic like a hot knife through butter and just gets better and betterand a low mileage Pan European ST1100
luddite
call a few breakers yard, I eventually found one here in an ok state for 50€, though i waited a long time to find one. I'd brazed so many patches on the back of my exixting silencer there wasn't much of the original one left...
"Blessed be the cracked, for they let in the light."
"If at first you don't succeed, hit it with a bigger hammer!"
Safehouse in Burgundy
Senior Member
That's why most folk go for after market can's.Originally Posted by pdsquire
Is it just the can/silencer or downpipes as well.?
Fine, upstanding member
Irritatingly, it's neither. Both are fine. The problem is where they join which completely rusted away. I bodged them together with one of those small-bit-of-steel-and-a-jubilee-clip kits, and filled in the gaps with exhaust paste. The paste has since fallen out and will be replaced, but it can't go on forever, hence my question.
That said, the cost seems to dictate that I should just keep bodging it until either front or back goes.
1997 Jag 3.2 Exec (jangly jangly!); two bicycles; 2001 XL 650 V-1 which is ready for anything, cuts through traffic like a hot knife through butter and just gets better and better
geriatric
this guy was selling a complete system on ebay,he removed it this morning. I think it was a price issue,it wasn't going to reach the 100 he wanted.
message him and offer him a one'r i reckon with the saving in ebay fee's and he's in london so could pick it up,you might get a deal.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=014
it's well worth a one'r, the end can alone is worth that.
luddite
sounds to me like you nees an empty boddingtons can, a tin opener, 2 jubilee clips, some silver solder & a blow lamp...
"Blessed be the cracked, for they let in the light."
"If at first you don't succeed, hit it with a bigger hammer!"
Safehouse in Burgundy
...and carry the two.....
sounds to me like you nees an empty boddingtons can, a tin opener, 2 jubilee clips, some silver solder & a blow lamp...
Nah, that'd make way too neat a job of it!
Brrrmm - '04 XL650V Transalp in Silver
It's not a case of whether we can fix it or not - it's more a case of how fixed would you like it?
Einstein - Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Fine, upstanding member
Moon, you're a genius: such technical finesse built an empire!
Thanks BTBloke, I'll ring him now.
1997 Jag 3.2 Exec (jangly jangly!); two bicycles; 2001 XL 650 V-1 which is ready for anything, cuts through traffic like a hot knife through butter and just gets better and better
luddite
read my sig,
I repair boats for a living, mostly steel ones, I don't "DO" finesse...
"Blessed be the cracked, for they let in the light."
"If at first you don't succeed, hit it with a bigger hammer!"
Safehouse in Burgundy
Hi pd.
Is it the silencer or the pipes you need?
ErnieC
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