by "BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
Published 06/15/2017 at 18:11
by "BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
Published 06/15/2017 at 18:11
Tags: World's Fastest Cafe Racer
STARS: 6
Turns out it’s a Motad system. Aftermarket stainless, but on the cheaper side of things. Had a go at making one that’s a little less shit.
Two little sections of pipe the same width as the primaries, cut at an angle so they just meet each other. Bit fiddly, but overall not a great deal of work.
All welded up :) not particularly pretty, but hell i’m not selling the thing. Here’s the inside. So much better it’s not even a contest, and this is just my amateur efforts!
I’ll debur it and perhaps clean up the inside somewhat with a dremel if i can find a bit that isn’t made of butter.
My brake light also came in the post so i chopped up the rear frame a little to integrate it nicely :) bugger to weld and a lot of grinding with aforementioned butter-dremel. Worked quite nicely though :)
Oh, and i’ve got the swing arm dismantled too. Working on bikes is easy!
Work time: lost count now. Maybe 2 days? 3?
"Leon711" (leon711)
06/16/2017 at 02:24, STARS: 1
Certainly looks like it’ll flow better than before.
"BvdV - The Dutch Engineer" (dutchengineer)
06/16/2017 at 04:27, STARS: 1
Great work! Your exhaust looks way better than that aftermarket one.
Also I’m guessing the Dremel bits made out of butter is part of their business plan. When building a car at university we had Dremel as a sponsor, and even then they would limit the amount of bits we got, while they knew damn well they are worn down or broken within a few minutes.
"BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires" (biturbo228)
06/16/2017 at 05:18, STARS: 2
Thanks man :) I’d have had to try really hard to get something that would flow worse than the aftermarket one ;)
You know I hadn’t considered that butter-dremels might be their business case ;) make them last just long enough to do one job, but give up mid-way through the second so you have to buy another one. Genius!
"uofime-2" (uofime-2)
06/16/2017 at 12:53, STARS: 0
Yeah, you need a real die grinder if you’re working on steel. Fortunately they pretty darn cheap at harbor freight.