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Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: The Buddha on October 20, 2005, 07:11:36 PM
http://search.ebay.com/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&fstype=1&from=R10&satitle=wileyco&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&bs=Search&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D2&sadis=200&fpos=28269&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1

OK there are carbon ones and SS ones ... I guess I could make more flanges ... just get me 20 or so and I'll get on my welder's case ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: ditchdoc1017 on October 20, 2005, 07:24:20 PM
might be getting in touch watching the bids.The carbon looks like the best deal will any make or year work?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: Jazzzzz on October 20, 2005, 07:25:49 PM
They're all $100+ shipping, and they're all scratch-and-dents to varying degrees -- buyer beware
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: My Name Is Dave on October 20, 2005, 07:30:35 PM
Quote from: JazzzzzThey're all $100+ shipping, and they're all scratch-and-dents to varying degrees -- buyer beware

Where do you see that? I don't see anything about them being scratch and dents.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: coll0412 on October 20, 2005, 08:03:21 PM
Delano Sports Center :o....I almost bought a GS from there....crazy!@!
(thats whose ebay store has them all)

I am thinking about getting a wileyco after hearing Ryguy's bike.....

does it matter what can I get.....and are you going to make more flanges since the can would do me no good with out a flange...
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: Rema1000 on October 20, 2005, 08:28:55 PM
Quote from: coll0412Delano Sports Center :o....I almost bought a GS from there....crazy!@!

Did you have any negative opinion of them?  I went out to look around, and nobody approached me in like 15 minutes.  It looked like the non-cruiser store was kinda small.  So I left.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: leo on October 20, 2005, 08:53:44 PM
What's the part number I should be looking for on that page?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: coll0412 on October 20, 2005, 09:00:23 PM
Yeah Rema they were straight up A-holes....told me that the GS they had was meant as a "girls" bike.....grrrr :x
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: Blazinjr on October 20, 2005, 10:23:33 PM
I would love to have one of the short stubby ones for the newer 04 gsxr models.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: phire on October 20, 2005, 10:29:51 PM
Which one would fit on a '05 GS500F?  :?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 21, 2005, 06:37:05 AM
basically anyone would work with srinath's flange just as long as they are a 3 bolt triangle pattern.  which i have only seen 3 bolt on wileyco's so far just ask the seller to be sure.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: phire on October 21, 2005, 07:10:19 AM
Quote from: BOSS500basically anyone would work with srinath's flange just as long as they are a 3 bolt triangle pattern.  which i have only seen 3 bolt on wileyco's so far just ask the seller to be sure.

Alright, cool thanks man.  :)
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: The Buddha on October 21, 2005, 07:11:23 AM
Quote from: coll0412Yeah Rema they were straight up A-holes....told me that the GS they had was meant as a "girls" bike.....grrrr :x

OK so what's wrong with that .... it IS a girls bike ...  :lol:  ...

Quote from: BOSS500basically anyone would work with srinath's flange just as long as they are a 3 bolt triangle pattern.  which i have only seen 3 bolt on wileyco's so far just ask the seller to be sure.

Yea me too ... only 3 bolt wiley co's exist huh ... think so ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: Phaedrus on October 21, 2005, 09:06:45 AM
Quote from: JazzzzzThey're all $100+ shipping, and they're all scratch-and-dents to varying degrees -- buyer beware

For what it is worth, my wileyco pipe was a scratch and dent special. When I got it, the box itself was in rough shape but the can itself was unblemshed. The packaging looked like it was dropped/crushed/banged around, but it must have been packaged well because the contents were fine.  :dunno:
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: JetSwing on October 21, 2005, 09:12:57 AM
srinath, go with 4 bolt pattern...it's easier to find the can for it
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 21, 2005, 10:41:04 AM
oh yeah and srinath since you're here can you tell me when you plan on making another batch of your Handlebars? just wondering
Title: in 2
Post by: The Buddha on October 21, 2005, 11:18:37 AM
In about 2 weeks I should get myself right about the time I'd need to get these projects started ... I believe I'll be able to make the bars and flanges side by side ... just gearing up for a winters worth of part making ... case savers better get some traction under them as well ... just getting on with the winters work ... Heck I might as well plan the thing ... summer is my welders busy season ... OK he's said winter is his busy season too ...  :lol:  ... Whatever ... he called me few days ago ... which never ever happens ... so I am guessing its a good sign ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: More like ...
Post by: The Buddha on October 21, 2005, 11:33:24 AM
I think summer he does outside stuff, late summer he does fixing of house type stuff ... both of whihc were slow this year since he had a new baby .... then winter all the projects show up ... the exhausts, bars for me, the busted blue dune buggy, the busted yellow dune buggy, and various trucks needing 60 gallon tanks made, the chrome guys wanting their tanks made etc ... then you cant even walk in the shop ... and he's in there working so I get time for the little sheiete ...
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 21, 2005, 03:29:21 PM
alright cool thanks for the info update :cheers:
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: kimo3825 on October 22, 2005, 12:07:48 AM
I'll take one with no flange.
Title: Oh yea
Post by: The Buddha on October 24, 2005, 05:45:12 PM
Quote from: kimo3825I'll take one with no flange.

Oh yea ... and what is it that you may be taking it for  :o  :?  :o
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: budget speed demon on October 24, 2005, 10:16:48 PM
whats the deal with these wileyco's? why does everybody like them so much? is it just because there cheap? or do they sound particularly nice on the gs? maybe some combo of the two? and are we talking low bass sorta rumble, or high pitched "sporty" sound?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 24, 2005, 10:23:07 PM
Quote from: budget speed demonwhats the deal with these wileyco's? why does everybody like them so much? is it just because there cheap? or do they sound particularly nice on the gs? maybe some combo of the two? and are we talking low bass sorta rumble, or high pitched "sporty" sound?

well BSD the deal:everybody likes them because they sound very nice,  yes the can's are cheap and srinath makes a flange that will simply fit on the GS and the cans bolt directly onto it. (blue05twin told me about the 5 min installation  :lol: ) the sound is more of a grunt like you would expect from a v-twin it's a nice sound depending on what you want hope this helps.  :thumb:
Title: Thx
Post by: The Buddha on October 25, 2005, 07:17:06 AM
Thx BOSS - he covered it ... just to add ... they are extremely well made ... its a bit heavy, probably twice the weight of the feather weight V&H can ... but with good reason ... V&H is paper thin aluminium ... drop it once on that side and there goes the can ... This will probably survive getting hit by a train ... just kidding ... but thick Stainless is what its base material is.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: TarzanBoy on October 25, 2005, 09:59:42 AM
Tonight... I will bring my laptop outside and record some samples of my '89 with the carbon fiber Wileyco.

Then I shall encode them as mp3's and make them available for people to download and use as their ringtones if they wish!

BOSS500:  

I saw a blue '04 GS500F at the cycle stop just north of where we work... did your friend finally get a bike?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: budget speed demon on October 25, 2005, 11:45:25 AM
that would be awsome, I'm seriously considering buying one of the carbon ones and hearing a sound clip would probably seal the deal. keeping in mind of course that sound clips never sound as good as the real thing.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: Phaedrus on October 25, 2005, 12:42:20 PM
There are several sound clips of wileyco's floating around. Try doing a search for "wileyco sound clip" and search all terms. Weazelnose has some good ones. And I have short video/sound clip of mine:

http://media.putfile.com/gs500f-wileyco-riding-video1

Not carbon fiber, though.  :dunno:
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: scottpA_GS on October 25, 2005, 01:07:23 PM
OK.. so..

   YAMAHA TT600 R

and

   YAMAHA YZ/WR 400

Should be the same pipe right? Both will fit?
Title: See
Post by: The Buddha on October 25, 2005, 01:42:53 PM
OK see if that guy can show you a photo of the end that bolts on to the headers ... if its 3 bolt most likely no problem.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: phire on October 25, 2005, 01:47:07 PM
Alrighty, so I'm fixin to buy a Wileyco can for my 05 GS500F and from what I understand, I will need a flange to mount it to the frame? Will I also need to cut the old exhaust off and weld the new one on? Or is it all bolt on/off?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 25, 2005, 02:06:57 PM
QuoteAlrighty, so I'm fixin to buy a Wileyco can for my 05 GS500F and from what I understand, I will need a flange to mount it to the frame? Will I also need to cut the old exhaust off and weld the new one on? Or is it all bolt on/off?

Yes you need a flange that will slip on to where the headers meet. you need to cut it right after there. no need to weld it, it stays on pretty well on its own.

you can get the flange from srinath if he has some left that is.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: scottpA_GS on October 25, 2005, 03:01:22 PM
OK.. I called the guy selling them on ebay.. First off he is super helpful and cool. He wasnt sure what ones on there are 3 bolt. He said that alot of them are 4. He is going to check them out and call me back either later today or tomorrow. I will post the ones he says are 3 bolt  :thumb:
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 25, 2005, 05:23:23 PM
that's interesting  :?
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: budget speed demon on October 25, 2005, 06:14:32 PM
:o  man that sounds good.... I gotta get me one of those, I'm ass-u-meing that instaling one will still require the usuall rejetting deal.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: BOSS500 on October 25, 2005, 06:50:44 PM
yes you're ass-u-meing correctly
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: phire on October 25, 2005, 10:45:07 PM
Well, srinath, do you have any flanges left?  :)  If not, I can wait til next season since I'll be storing the bike away soon.
Title: Making
Post by: The Buddha on October 26, 2005, 08:27:50 AM
I am going to make a new lot of flanges ... Lets just say I will make 3 or 4 bolt ... I dont actually have much preference ... but I'd need a 20 order lot for 1 or the other ...
Rejet is sorta optional ... I drop weld a square plate in the flange that will cut your flow off enough to run stock jetting till you re jet ... at whihc point you can knock that plate off with a hammer ...
There were those yanashiki's that are also available in 3 and 4 bolt ... they are various colors and oval aluminum types ... 3 bolt ones were only sold in pairs - hayabusa and TL 1000 ones ... search ebay ... you can get them and split it amongst 2 of you ... If we decide to do one or the other ... it will be good for me to get my hands on one of the same ones and work that into position ... so just dont all do some random thing ... lets display some collective intelligence and get a good product in the process. I call dibs on the onlt Ti can that's in that lot. I prefer Ti cos its metal and as such while heavier than the CF, tends to stand up to the banging and shoving that accompanies the build process a lot better than CF.
Cool.
Srinath.
Title: Wiley co's here they are again ...
Post by: budget speed demon on October 26, 2005, 09:00:02 PM
I searched for those yanashiki's and didn;t find anything accept billet engraved grips "yana shiki"
Title: Try
Post by: The Buddha on October 27, 2005, 10:41:31 AM
http://www.yanashiki.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=79

It was these, but they were sold by a place in florida and were $150 if I remember. $100 for CF wileyco seems to be a deal ...
Cool.
Srinath.