Guest Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 definitely watching this they look excellent. cant wait to see it mounted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skopone24 Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I have been watching the development as well and I have to say that those look SICK! I can't wait to see them on and have a sound clip! Great Job! Anxiously waiting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Phantom Posted May 3, 2009 Share Posted May 3, 2009 Great looking pipes. Maybe for the heat shields you could use the originals to make moulds and lay some CF ones up? That is a VERY good idea... I've never worked with carbon fiber before but I'm sure I could figure it out... hmm, I'll have to start looking into that but for the moment I think I'll still mount up the existing heat shields. Thanks for the suggestion :cool: Travis, aka,...Riv, "The Travi", MR. A$-HAT. is your man for CF info :biggrin: You could probably sell CF heat shields to people who like their stock systems but still want a bit of bling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer alwaysaware Posted May 4, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 4, 2009 Are they on yet, are they on yet, are they on yet? Just teasing. No but really. Are they on yet, are they on yet, are they on yet? :dry: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 4, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 4, 2009 Are they on yet, are they on yet, are they on yet?Just teasing. No but really. Are they on yet, are they on yet, are they on yet? :biggrin: Believe me, I really want to see them on the bike :biggrin: . I'm hoping to attach the heat shields tomorrow night, maybe get them on the bike Thursday night, and then Friday morning I'm headed out to piss off all the neighbors :fing02: If all goes well I may even have a video by this weekend :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer rbertalotto Posted May 5, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 5, 2009 For all you folks that want to get into TIG welding, Miller recently introduced a new "Tig Welder for Dummies".......The Diversion 165. I bought on to replace my Syncorwave 180SD which was simply too big and used too much curent for my shop wiring. I couldn't be more plreased with the diversion. A great, easy to use, cheap ($1200), tig welder. Does Aluminum and Stainless steel extremely well. Here's the cart I bought from Harbor Freight tools and modified.............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 For all you folks that want to get into TIG welding, Miller recently introduced a new "Tig Welder for Dummies".......The Diversion 165. I bought on to replace my Syncorwave 180SD which was simply too big and used too much curent for my shop wiring. I couldn't be more plreased with the diversion. A great, easy to use, cheap ($1200), tig welder. Does Aluminum and Stainless steel extremely well.Here's the cart I bought from Harbor Freight tools and modified.............. Those are cool little TIG welders, takes all the guesswork out which would be great for beginners. It also looks more portable than the lump that I bought :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Alrightee then, it's done!!... sort of... let me explain, no that would take too long, let me sum up; Humperdink is to marry Buttercup in little less than half hour... uh wrong post sorry :blush: Anyway, it sounds great :musik20: I'm not sure yet if it's too loud for me, but I'll give it a few weeks before making that decision. The fit and finish is ok, I could have done better but I got a little impatient with this. I may take it off again when I have time and try to clean it up a little. As for the looks... meh... I think they're a little too small the proportions don't quite work for me, and I'm not crazy about how the heat shields worked out. What I'm trying to say is that there will be probably be a version 2.0 in 6 months or so :cool: I think my favorite part of the whole project was cutting through the label on the inside of the cans that says something about emissions, noise regulations, blah, blah, BRRAAAAHHHKKKEEKDK!!! That's the sound of the sawzall hacking the pipes in half :fing02: The welder worked great, I didn't have any problems with it short of me being a little out of practice and sticking the welding rod to the tungsten a few times :mad: I also forgot to ground the piece a couple times and I had the welder set for High Frequency start instead of using the lift-arc feature. For those of you that don't TIG weld, with the welder set on high frequency if the piece isn't grounded the current will attempt to find the next best thing to a ground which is usually you! :blink: It's basically like being electrocuted and it F'in HURTS!!! :mad: At any rate, here's a picture that I took with my phone at work today. I will get out over the weekend and take some more pictures and a video. Oh, and I never did mention what exhaust inspired me, it was on a Ducati 1098 but there were no labels so it may have been custom, but because of that I've been referring to this project as my Duconda 808 exhaust... I know it's cheesy, but it was either that or Hondati :goofy: Duconda 808 Exhaust Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Rivcyko Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 What is the complaint, with the shields? I'll Trade you for a stock set.? ? ?--????????? .02, would have shot for a 2.0" dia, scaled baffle, for each side, and rolled in some grill work, on the inside of the end cap. (In my imaginary world). LOL. Wheres that damn sound clip? LOL. I LOVE IT!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer cpkelly Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Lately I am to lazy to comment because I have to login....but I had to for this.... LOVE THEM :musik20: :fing02: My only complaint about the 6'th gen, is the exhaust.....Honda should have made the OEM like that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer alwaysaware Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 I don't care what you say,,,, those are bad ass. They are not too short and not too long. Where's the sound clip? From the looks of things, I bet they roar. So since these are the proto types,,,, when are you going into a full production run,,,, "JTG Cans" Has a nice ring to it. :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JayWalker Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Like the pipes, but your shiny RF-1000 teetering on your seat is making me nervous. :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 yeah the 'pointy' tip reminded me of a run of termignoni i think yours looks excellent from here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tightwad Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Love them, do mine please??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEBSPEED Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 Very nice! I like the length, but would be tempted to bring the heat shields closer to the cans or roll the rear facing edges down a bit to get rid of that gap look. The Duc exhaust you were referencing is made by Zard, european company, if I'm not mistaken... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V4 Rosso Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 I think they're a little too small the proportions don't quite work for me, I think they would look better being a tiny bit wider, but still they look great the way they are now. :fing02: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer redmarque Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Man - they look "les testicles de chien" nice job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vfrqqq Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Man - they look "les testicles de chien" nice job! I think Honda needs to take this as their cue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Thanks for all the compliments guys! I think I'm starting to like them more, it's just that what I had pictured in my head was slightly different from what I actually got so I think I was a little disappointed. In the meantime I'm going to work on some drawings of version 2.0. I like the suggestions from V4 Rosso and SEBSPEED about rolling in the edges of the heat shields and making the cans a little wider to fill in under the tail light. I'll see what I can do :laugh: The video and audio clip and some more pictures will be coming this weekend... wait for it... :cool: As for a production run... I'm not so sure about that, I owned a metal fabrication shop for 6 years working mostly in stainless and there are many good reasons I no longer have that shop. Trying to manufacture anything in the U.S. on a small scale is extremely difficult, especially in a state like California which is determined to put all small company's out of business. I started this as a fun project for myself not with the intent of producing quantities to sell, but I will at least look into it and see what it would cost to produce a small run of JTG Pipes. On the other hand if anyone else out there has the ability and the interest in making these, by all means take my design and run with it you have my blessing! :biggrin: Oh and yes, I think that Zard exhaust is what I saw on the Ducati. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer vanion2 Posted May 7, 2009 Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 As for a production run... I'm not so sure about that, I owned a metal fabrication shop for 6 years working mostly in stainless and there are many good reasons I no longer have that shop. Trying to manufacture anything in the U.S. on a small scale is extremely difficult, especially in a state like California which is determined to put all small company's out of business. I started this as a fun project for myself not with the intent of producing quantities to sell, but I will at least look into it and see what it would cost to produce a small run of JTG Pipes. On the other hand if anyone else out there has the ability and the interest in making these, by all means take my design and run with it you have my blessing! :biggrin: You could sign me up for a set of those SHOULD you do a limited run. Super hot! You should have weighed them from before to after to see how much weight you shaved off. :laugh: And please don't bash me too hard for this but is there an option to pack them with some noise reducing material? I love the VFR's growl without a doubt but too loud ends up giving me a headache and attracts the attention of all the LEO's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
house Posted May 7, 2009 Share Posted May 7, 2009 You made two, right? heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Like the pipes, but your shiny RF-1000 teetering on your seat is making me nervous. :comp13: Meh, I've been doing that for years and the only time I dropped my helmet was when I hung it from one of my mirrors :huh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 You could sign me up for a set of those SHOULD you do a limited run. Super hot! You should have weighed them from before to after to see how much weight you shaved off. :comp13: And please don't bash me too hard for this but is there an option to pack them with some noise reducing material? I love the VFR's growl without a doubt but too loud ends up giving me a headache and attracts the attention of all the LEO's... I used the very accurate scale of one exhaust in each hand, and I'd have to say I lost between 5 to 10 lbs give or take 5 to 10 lbs :blink: I have no idea really but it's definitely lighter :huh: And it wouldn't be very hard to make these a little quieter, although once you're at freeway speed the only thing you hear is wind noise :wheel: However around town it is quite apparent that things have become more melodious :musik20: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer JTG Posted May 7, 2009 Author Member Contributer Share Posted May 7, 2009 Just out of curiosity I have two questions; 1) If these were the same price as a set of Staintunes which would you choose? 2) If these were a significant amount more than a set of Staintunes which would you choose? And to answer the third question for you, it wouldn't be worth making these for less than a set of Staintunes... Don't get any ideas though, I'm still about 90% sure I won't produce these for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superfunkomatic Posted May 8, 2009 Share Posted May 8, 2009 that looks fantastic! i think this is one of only a handful of mods on the site that really looks awesome on the bike. if there was a subtle modification to next model year this would fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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