How Are These Pipes Made?

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#196 Post by Smoker » Tue Oct 23, 2018 2:00 am

Finally getting to see how great pipes are made.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#197 Post by lost1750GTV » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:08 am

wow.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#198 Post by cobraace » Tue Oct 23, 2018 11:15 am

Pete there is no better guy for the job Jeff is very talented no extremely talented . are you in San Francisco ?

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#199 Post by lost1750GTV » Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:27 pm

"Finally found someone in my part of the world to make custom pipes. Drove over 14 hours in one day to get the first bike to Jeff Henise. Starting with stainless gp pipes. Will have some one-off touches to the pipes I haven't seen before.

If things go well, titanium pipes next."

so the 'test" is polished stainless?

did he quote you on the titanium GP ? you can PM if you prefer, but I'm interested in a set too.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#200 Post by Smoker » Tue Oct 23, 2018 3:40 pm

cobraace wrote:Pete there is no better guy for the job Jeff is very talented no extremely talented . are you in San Francisco ?
No, I have to drive to S.F. from L.A.
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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#201 Post by cobraace » Tue Oct 23, 2018 4:49 pm

Is he going to do your pipes

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#202 Post by Smoker » Tue Oct 23, 2018 8:46 pm

These pipes are for the street supermoto project.

The pipes are stainless because I decided color-annealed titanium would be too colorful to use with the supermoto engine. Don't want to build what RGVSteve calls a "clown bike". :smt003
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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#203 Post by lost1750GTV » Tue Oct 23, 2018 10:09 pm

thanks
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glad you are getting what you want.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#204 Post by Smoker » Thu Oct 25, 2018 12:30 pm

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#205 Post by cobraace » Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:16 pm

Looks good

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#206 Post by lost1750GTV » Thu Oct 25, 2018 1:34 pm

and you are worthy of getting lucky!

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#207 Post by Smoker » Sun Oct 28, 2018 5:17 am

Jeff B wrote:
Smoker wrote: Will have some one-off touches to the pipes I haven't seen before
I like one-off touches!!
How about these long, straight header sections?

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I know it's better to have a more gradual curve at the bottom of the headers, but everything on the frame and swingarm are straight lines and triangles/angles.

Now drawing up some stainless machined spring hooks.
Never seen machined spring hooks. :mrgreen:

More coming soon.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#208 Post by Jeff B » Mon Nov 05, 2018 3:18 pm

Looking good!!

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#209 Post by silverstrom » Mon Nov 05, 2018 7:51 pm

Smoker wrote:
How about these long, straight header sections?
Noticed the new avatar Pete. The dark humor isn't lost on me.

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Re: How Are These Pipes Made?

#210 Post by Smoker » Thu Nov 08, 2018 5:25 am

silverstrom wrote: Noticed the new avatar Pete. The dark humor isn't lost on me.
Yeah, without my sense of humor, I'd be pretty miserable.


Considering using interchangeable nozzles in the stinger connections for tuning. :smt045

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