Race exhaust? GS1000e

[GregT]

Gs guys are not willing to pony up compared to cbx or Z1 owners hopefully this will change as prices rise on Gs's/katana's in saying that all pipes i make mostly go overseas anyways,A $550 pipe cost me 700 to make at 80per hour + stainless and machining so i usually need to make 10x to make any form off profit.I just make them to keep my welding skills up and inbetween builds also i brought out a exhaust company at the start off the year (motoworks) with there heavy machines so i was just making them to pay off my investment.
I have calfab swingarms jigs and extrustion just waiting for me to build gs/kz ones but i can't due to the prices will be 650-700 for a swingarm...can't see people buying them.
I built yoshimura heatsheilds for gs range at 95 each they cost 83 to make and the tooling was 1800us for ther stamping die....I just give them away when i feel like it with a exhaust nowdays ...another bust
I have a chromemoly katana frame im building now a direct copy but with all bracing and tube size and wall thickness it different for a friend who is racing in australia so im building a couple more but at 2800-3200us each i expect them also will be going overseas .I have a GMD computrack (makes it easy )so iM transfering 2006 gsxr frame specs to this katana frame .
To build just one off pipe takes 6-10 hours depending on if i have to spend 1-1.5hrs bending tubes .So when you quote a guy 800-1200 for a one off pipe + i need there bike they throw a fit ,usually they tell me thats what they paid for the bike in the first place or they can buy a V/H or mac for 250.00.
I just brought a huge Vapour blaster from skunk works ,only one on the west coast for motorcycles,seems like i will make more money with that than my whole production shop.....

All true...but as far as real race pipes go, i prefer to build my own for each motor build. Like the 'replica" frames, science has moved on a little from what was used in the period. Race pipes IMO should be mild steel and regarded as expendable items as when the bike is crashed - as it inevitably will be - they take damage...
As far as manufacturing goes, you may want to look at establishing a contact in China...

Re the vapour blaster - yeah, if i win lotto I'm getting one - there's only one in NZ at present and the jetski market alone would pay for it...

[salty_monk]

Only if you have the volume... Our shop could do it but I doubt you'd want to invest in the qty's required.