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Old 03-02-05, 07:31 PM   #21
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RRP, Squirrel. Not "As cheap as you can find at a show"
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Old 03-02-05, 07:52 PM   #22
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Leigh Bradbury got his Akrapovic full system with a Titanium Oval can for his K4 (well - it was a K3 system as they didn't do one for a K4 at the time, so he had to make a bracket for it!!) for just over the £500 mark, iirc. He bought it from a dealer and I do not believe he got any form of major discount!

Scorpion cans are about the same kind of money as Blue Flame but do better deals at shows, in my experience! At the NEC last year, Blue Flame were completely blanking me and wouldn't help me at all but scorpion were very willing to help. I also got my £320 Titanium Oval can with removable baffle for £160!!!!
And personally, I'm not keen on the way BF cans look any way!!
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Old 03-02-05, 09:12 PM   #23
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How to get it past the wife. Someone on here has a signature to the effect it's easier to get forgiveness than permission, so go buy and breeze it out. Oh and come home with a gift for her too with the £££ you've saved.
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Old 03-02-05, 11:40 PM   #24
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Sorry Flyin' Squirrel, I owe you an apology- they used to be around that much but they're far less now- just found a coupe of places doing the systems for £510 inc VAT, and M&P has them for £600- looks like they're doing some serious discounting.

It looks like they might actually not be doing the slip-ons for the SV any more, or maybe places just aren't bothering to stock them as it makes no sense to try and sell a £400 slip-on (I was right on that at least, an equivalent slip on- Bandit 600, say- is £400 for road legal )
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Old 04-02-05, 08:41 AM   #25
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Cheers Guys.
Some of you have mentioned that they are not cheap ? I have seen the titanium coloured (single) advertised for £260, so with a voucher should only be about £210.
I thought this was cheap compared to some of the can prices that I have seen, like Akraprovic etc, which are in 400 + range.
One other thing, I assume that the link pipe is extra ?, or are they extra nice and include it in thecost of the can ? ( )
Yes the link pipe is included in the price

Yes compared to an Akraprovic etc they are cheap, its just you can get cheaper cans than this,
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Old 04-02-05, 08:49 AM   #26
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Sorry Flyin' Squirrel, I owe you an apology- they used to be around that much but they're far less now- just found a coupe of places doing the systems for £510 inc VAT, and M&P has them for £600- looks like they're doing some serious discounting.

It looks like they might actually not be doing the slip-ons for the SV any more, or maybe places just aren't bothering to stock them as it makes no sense to try and sell a £400 slip-on (I was right on that at least, an equivalent slip on- Bandit 600, say- is £400 for road legal )
No worries. The only problem is now I want one
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Old 04-02-05, 09:52 AM   #27
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Akrapovic never did just an end can for the SV. Full system only.

Personally I don't like Blueflame cans. Prefare the rivetless cans myself ie Renegade , Micron , ...

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Old 04-02-05, 01:58 PM   #28
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They look the business- teh new one with the little blue flame and EVO on the plate is probably the best looking endcan logo, I reckon- and sound excellent... But they're not cheap and they've got a bit of a rep for bad fit and quality. You could do much worse I reckon.

Out of curiousity, does anyone know what the dual port ones look like inside?
OK just had another look at mine

Seems to me that inside the tri oval can, each outlet port has a seperate tube or pathway inside it for the exhaust gases to flow through, its got two of the perforated normal exhaust channels in it, I would take a picture but I dont know how well it would show it,

sorry to be vague, but hope this helps
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Old 04-02-05, 02:00 PM   #29
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I can feel another Blueflame Saga approaching
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quick start a which colour is best thread
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