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| mr_stang | | Set |  |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/08/2009 | | Posts | : | 271 | | Location | : | East Kurrajong, Australia |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2011 - 09:08 Post title : Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. | | | Long story - when I purchased my (black) tbird I got Tors. I left the old pipes with the dealer along with the stock air filter.
They are now in the back of my car because the dealer was having a clean out.
SO I have a brand new set of stocks.
Any ideas/suggestions what I can do with them.
Youngest daughter asked me to fit them to her bike - Kawasaki GPX - but somehow I don't think that is going to work - the pipes probably weigh more than her bike!
Give me your suggestions (please keep them clean).
Stan
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| Thatch | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 24/06/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,655 | | Location | : | Savannah, GA, United States |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2011 - 09:15 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: mr_stang) | | |
(please keep them clean).
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Well that rules me out then... 
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Personally I keep all my stock parts so I can take the bike back to stock form if/when I trade it in or sell it for a new bike. Accessories on a bike are like swimming pools for houses. They are great to have but add nothing to the value of the property. I strip them when it comes time to sell (not such an easy thing to do with a swimming pool)
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| SeanS | | Jupiter | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 17/10/2009 | | Posts | : | 1,179 | | Location | : | Matlock, Derbyshire UK, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 07 May 2011 - 09:46 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: mr_stang) | | |
mr_stang wrote:
Long story - when I purchased my (black) tbird I got Tors. I left the old pipes with the dealer along with the stock air filter.
They are now in the back of my car because the dealer was having a clean out.
SO I have a brand new set of stocks.
Any ideas/suggestions what I can do with them.
Stan |
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Check the latest issue of Triumph Magazine.
Seek out another pair and turn them into legs for a designer Bar Stool..
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| Farkinott | | Set | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 13/12/2010 | | Posts | : | 283 | | Location | : | Queensland, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 08:56 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | Punch out the baffles and you've got 2 didgeridoos
| The only thing that's impossible is shoving 1/2 a pound of melted butter up a wild cats arse with a red hot poker
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| zolti | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 23/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 3,127 | | Location | : | newcastle , United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 09:15 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: Farkinott) | | | after punching out the baffles drill two holes in your front door
one eye level the other mouth level
fix one to the uppoer anad one to the lower hole
as these a very long pipes
from your lounge you then use the upper one to see who is there and with the lower one speak to them
you can do this without missing your tv program
alternatively
drill out the baffles
cut a new rear length with a customised curve or line to suit your tastes
roll or crimp the edges
you now have two individualised straight through shorties
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| Calveitro | | Set | | | Reg. Date | : | 09/04/2011 | | Posts | : | 196 | | Location | : | Dongara, Western Australaia, Australia |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 12:37 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: mr_stang) | | |
mr_stang wrote:
Long story - when I purchased my (black) tbird I got Tors. I left the old pipes with the dealer along with the stock air filter.
They are now in the back of my car because the dealer was having a clean out.
SO I have a brand new set of stocks.
Any ideas/suggestions what I can do with them.
Youngest daughter asked me to fit them to her bike - Kawasaki GPX - but somehow I don't think that is going to work - the pipes probably weigh more than her bike!
Give me your suggestions (please keep them clean).
Stan |
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I picked mine up from the dealer and he was a little surprises. He said most people don't come back for them. Like he said they have an intrinsic value but since no one wants them their extrinsinsic value is zero. I'm paraphrasing. More along the lines of fecking pipes should be worth something but they aint. Mine are being used as dust collectors in the back of the garage. Perish the thought but should I ever sell it they will go to a new home to be dust collectors.
Cut them up to make legs on a bespoke coffee table, hang them from the wall as some kind of trophy. Bottom line is no one wants them except the next buyer of your bike. Stock bikes always sell for more so being able to throw those pipes in will help. LOL, like anyone bitten by the bug sells a thunderbird
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| EnGage | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 14/07/2009 | | Posts | : | 3,155 | | Location | : | Grand Rapids, MI, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 13:29 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: mr_stang) | | | I would think you could sell them as periodically someone with stockers is bound to scratch one.
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| RedBird2010 | | Chaac | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 11/10/2010 | | Posts | : | 666 | | Location | : | Spokane Valley, Washington, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 13:46 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: EnGage) | | | I still have my "stockers", I wasn't going to let the dealer keep them, I was sure they would sell them on e-bay or something.
I like the idea of having the stock parts in case it helps someday for collectibility of the bike in 50 years when it is an antique.
| Rick 
2010 Thunderbird SE 1600
"Harley-Davidson; the worlds' most efficient method of turning gasoline into noise without the harmful side effect of horsepower."
"The wilderness holds answers to questions man has not yet learned to ask"
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| narsisco_lopez | | Thor | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 09/09/2010 | | Posts | : | 2,765 | | Location | : | Golden (Showers!), Colorado, United States |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 14:28 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: RedBird2010) | | |
RedBird2010 wrote:
I still have my "stockers", I wasn't going to let the dealer keep them, I was sure they would sell them on e-bay or something.
I like the idea of having the stock parts in case it helps someday for collectibility of the bike in 50 years when it is an antique. |
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I like your optimism 
| 2012 Storm (SOLD!)
Other Bikes:
2003 Suzuki DRZ400E (plated - my dual sport/mountain trail/camping bike)
Past Bikes:
2012 K13S
2009 KTM 990 Adventure
2010 Triumph Thunderbird 1600 (the Alien Queen)
2009 Triumph Sprint ST (another great bike!)
2007 Kawasaki ZX10R
2000 Kawasaki ZRX1100
1975 Honda SB550T "Clubman"
1981 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1985 Suzuki GS550E
1978 Yamaha 650 Special
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| mat1600 | | Thunderbird | |  | | Reg. Date | : | 06/03/2010 | | Posts | : | 8,596 | | Location | : | Bridlington, Democratic Independant State of Yorkshire, United Kingdom |
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| | Posted : 08 May 2011 - 15:25 Post title : Re: Ideas please - what to do with Stock Pipes. (Re: Thatch) | | |
Thatch wrote:
Personally I keep all my stock parts so I can take the bike back to stock form if/when I trade it in or sell it for a new bike. Accessories on a bike are like swimming pools for houses. They are great to have but add nothing to the value of the property. I strip them when it comes time to sell (not such an easy thing to do with a swimming pool)
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+1
Kept all my bits and bobs when I changed to my new TBird and didnt lose a penny. Dealer even put them on the new one for me. Will probs do the same again.
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