GT550 ENGINE BARS???
Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 10:42 am
I have a chance of making these small engine crash bars.
similar to the GT750 ones.
I've been offered a set on loan but before I take a plunged in making a jig etc.
how likely will these sell.
I've 3 others over the years namely Z650,Z1000 and a yamaha but cannot remember what model for sure .
these did not sell well at all so I stopped making them ,so I dont want to do this again.
besides I'm now more or less retired and will only make 20 of each grab rail a year --T250,350-T500-GT380,550,750
some time even less ,depend what I've got left when I come to make more eg if I've got 5 x T500 I'll only make another 5 and thats it for the year.
I've no need to make anything else but I will just to help others out with their resto.
I will not be chroming these but you will have two choices if I go a head none chrome or powder coated.
price will be around the £90/100 mark all depends on how long these take to knock up.
tubing ? 20mm dia x 2 mm wall or 22mm dia x 1.5mm wall. I bend these by hand and 22mm x 2mm wall is a bit much for me to bend.
let me know what you guys think. john
similar to the GT750 ones.
I've been offered a set on loan but before I take a plunged in making a jig etc.
how likely will these sell.
I've 3 others over the years namely Z650,Z1000 and a yamaha but cannot remember what model for sure .
these did not sell well at all so I stopped making them ,so I dont want to do this again.
besides I'm now more or less retired and will only make 20 of each grab rail a year --T250,350-T500-GT380,550,750
some time even less ,depend what I've got left when I come to make more eg if I've got 5 x T500 I'll only make another 5 and thats it for the year.
I've no need to make anything else but I will just to help others out with their resto.
I will not be chroming these but you will have two choices if I go a head none chrome or powder coated.
price will be around the £90/100 mark all depends on how long these take to knock up.
tubing ? 20mm dia x 2 mm wall or 22mm dia x 1.5mm wall. I bend these by hand and 22mm x 2mm wall is a bit much for me to bend.
let me know what you guys think. john