Why are duc exhausts so darn expensive... ugh...

[Veloce-Fino]

It's 12:20 am here! lies

[DoubleEagle]

The full after market Akrapovic Exhaust  system for a BMW S 1000 RR is about $2800 -$2900.

So it's not just Ducs that are expensive.

Dolph

[junior varsity]

from what i remember, harley exhausts are also expensive, but they've got chrome those folger's tin cans, so there's an extra step.

[lawbreaker]

This just in:

Ducati's and their aftermarket modifications are expensive.

More at 11.

 

[muskrat]

from what i remember, harley exhausts are also expensive, but they've got chrome those folger's tin cans, so there's an extra step.

wrong buddy boy.  my exhaust cost $670 and it was chrome too.

[RAT900]

What rankles me is that hit-or-miss quality you get for the premium dollars...

all for a pair of glass-packs no less

[Statler]

clearly there's a market for high quality, inexpensive Duc exhaust. 


<waiting for someone on this thread to make their millions producing them>

[RetroSBK]

Economy of scale...  Simple

Had a set of custom, equal length, stepped tube, merged collector headers done for my car in stainless - $1600. And they had a basic template for exhaust, as its a 289 based motor in a Mercury Comet, so there are about 5 million of them out there, and have been since 1965.

Any idea just how long it takes to make a full custom exhaust system? We do it in about 40 man hours. That's a merged collector and equal volume tubing for each cylinder, and trying to mimic the length of the stock system to maintain the scavenge properties with the stock cam timing, etc.

I understand that Yoshimura spends about 100 hours per full system they develop on dyno tuning and fitment, then you have to build a jig and make the systems. Leo Vince spends a bit more time, on each system, and wont release one, no matter how much customer request there is, unless it makes more power than stock, which isn't easy to do now-days.

Now I do think that 3k for a termi system makes about as much sense as a $800 DP ECU, when they are both equally bad, but if you only make 500 units, its really hard to recoup the R&D expenses.

I honestly think that if we came out with a $1000 full system for a 1198, no one would buy it anyway, figuring it was junk (which it would have to be at that price) China has lots of cheap alternatives, and Im sure the days of cheap Duc parts are right around the corner.

[DoubleEagle]

What would be a fair price for a pair of CF Termi Slipons for a S4Rs ?

Dolph     

[muskrat]

I'd say $600?  The Arrows are far better looking IMO and can be had for that price. 
I'm a puss and admit it but I myself can't justify nearly $3k on a full system to get the paltry 8% or so gain.  That said, I'll sure as hell spend it on accessories though 

[LA]

Quit complaining and look for a used system.  They're out there.

LA

 

[Duckintime]

Price is one thing, but to get bent over AND not have them fit perfectly is ridiculous.

[Popeye the Sailor]

Price is one thing, but to get bent over AND not have them fit perfectly is ridiculous.

You still talking about exhausts? 

[Duckintime]

 

[TheoRex]

Would this work, I ran across it this morning

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/mcy/1707942861.html