Brand new stainless steel mufflers in France

[Ledod64]

Hi guys,

Just wanted to let you know about this ad I found in France. Small company makes brand new mufflers for our ZL. They're made of stainless steel and look very cool. Only two differences : shape of the back is not round like the original and the muffler itself is cylindrical instead of conic. But have a look, they're nice !

PS : I have no personal interest in this, Company does not even now I'm posting this here. It's just a matter of spreading the news :

http://www.leboncoin.fr/equipement_moto/384663020.htm?ca=15_s

Ask me if you need some assistance with the French, I'll gladly help !

 

[Wissler]

Wow,
Those do look pretty cool.

 

[markus56]

Help us with the translation.........How Much??

 

[Blue-Grass-Tornado]

So how much in US Dollars???

Prix:	580 €
Ville :	Messimy-sur-Saône
Code postal :	01480

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[jmassengill]

580 euros is about $753 from converting with google.

 

[zl900_moab]

That's steep, and doesn't cover shipping across the pond, which I am sure would be un-cheap...But I like the look.

I wonder if there are any pics of these mounted on a 900 or 1K???

 

[markus56]

I'd say it's in the ballpark!! OEM mufflers were $350.00 a piece when you could still get them........I know, I bought the last ZL9 can the factory had!

 

[Billy]

thats not a bad price, wonder how they sound ?

 

[jmassengill]

The whole page translated with Google Translate:
http://translate.google.com/transla...equipement_moto/384663020.htm?ca=15_s&act=url

Hope that works correctly.

 

[Ledod64]

So, grouped answer :

• Translation help is for free of course
• As for the sound, The ad says they sound great and improve acceleration (what else would you say as a seller, anyway ?)
• As for the video, I have just offered the company that makes them to record one with a pair we could fit on one of our members' bike. We would then now how they look on the bike and how good they sound. The owner of the company already answered that he can ask one of his customers to make a video for him.

Here are the pics already :

 

[jmassengill]

Ledod64,
For some reason the attachments in your last post are not working. Send a PM to mudrunner or another moderator to help get those working

 

[Ledod64]

French to English translation from Google works fine. Nothing to change to that.

 

[Ledod64]

Ledod64,
For some reason the attachments in your last post are not working. Send a PM to mudrunner or another moderator to help get those working

I have edited my mail and reloaded the pics. It seems to be OK now.

 

[gosupes]

I would like to see how they look mounted. They are not going to fill the radius in the front, but what does?

 

[Ledod64]

Just look at the pics up the page...

 

[zl900_moab]

Those look really good, I think.

Thanks Ledod!

 

[Ledod64]

Hi moab !

The owner of the company is amazed at the attention given to his mufflers.
He had absolutely no clue about how much of a peculiar bike this was. He actually did those upon request of a ZL owner and then had the idea to post some pics. He sent me another mail in which he mentions that he has more technical pics about the fabrication and details about the inside. In particular he mentioned that there is a home made sound absorber all along the muffler and not a cheap off-the-shelf cartridge.
For those of you more aware about these things (I am not), he says the whole muffler is made of 304L and 316L (including the inside cartridge).

I'll post the technical pics when I get them.

 

[zl900_moab]

Sounds great! Thanks! High quality components most likely means worth the $$$, and these are stainless throughout.

Inquire about estimated shipping costs to the US, we may be able to sell a few sets for him, expand the market!

This is intriguing.

moab...

 

[Ledod64]

Latest update : Owner of company says shipping would be €104 for the US. As for the customs duties, motorcycle exhaust systems are duty free in the US (I checked that). Only a USD 2.00 customs administrative fee is applied.
So I guess it could be something like €686 or USD890 delivery included. That is of course without any negotiation in case of a grouped purchase, which I could always inquire about.

 

[Scoobys_piece]

Wonder what tech data, is offered on these?

Backpressure and what not. Would the carbs have to be changed? Jetted differently?