saw this with a smile and had to post it here...

Austinracing Exhaust Now Ready - Ducati.ms - The Ultimate Ducati Forum


for all those, who remember.

blast from the past:

uh oh

Phl said:

Austinracing Exhaust Now Ready - Ducati.ms - The Ultimate Ducati Forum


for all those, who remember.

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Pretty funny as he slammed titanium in preference of Inconel

I wonder why he doesn't offer a FULL system ?

Trauma said:

Pretty funny as he slammed titanium in preference of Inconel

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Gentlemen, Gentlemen please.

Let's not get carried away with another hyper critical thread, that's based upon the AR matter regarding the 1199 exhaust on this forum.
I have been watching that thread develop on the other forum from the beginning from the sidelines, and at a distance whilst totally abstaining from having any input(for all the appropriate reasons).

But that particular offering has been developed in response to some strong lobbying to Rich, by a particular forum member who wanted something like that made for him.
It was after seeing some AR advertising, and the potential customer had it stuck in his head, that was what he desperately wanted for his SF.
Rich was initially hesitant to take the project on as a one off as I don't think they've ever offered anything for the SF.

Read into it what you will.
But understandably Rich was prepared to go ahead with enough support from other forum members who were genuinely interested in purchasing.
Totally normal practice for a commercial operation wishing to capitalize on the potential economy of scale

Prince Albert said:

I wonder why he doesn't offer a FULL system ?

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To add to my above input.
And read into it what you will.
But if I recall correctly, there was resistance from Rich to develop a full system for the SF.
I would assume he could see no real commercial benefit for a bike that was virtually out of production.
Totally understandable

Also it could possibly be due to his previous experiences with developing an exhaust in response to perceived market demands, then selling it through and engaging with members of internet forums

On the face of it.
It appears as though his business model has been modified somewhat since "our" good forum member's prior experiences with his product for the 1199, and his company.

Don't forget, and we also need to acknowledge that there were also happy AR customers out there in the world outside of our forum as well

In regard to his offering of the slip-ons for the SF.
I absolutely see no reason why it wouldn't be good for those who want that type of thing, in particular made out of Titanium for their SF.
It's essentially no different to everything else out there in the market, in terms of the various offerings from aftermarket vendors.

Good luck to them I say
As far as I'm concerned, they can go and knock themselves out
I've got my Termi slip-ons for both the SF and the 1199, and I couldn't be happier

I seen it a few days ago and was thinking of posting it here lol

Thx Phil

Oh crap round 4

Should I lock this thread now.....or wait...