Aluminum Exhaust Flanges

Post by **AlisoBob** » March 16th, 2008, 11:57 pm

When these were first offered.... Brit, myself, Bigpower and other's were labeled "Haters" because we all thought they were junk...

1. Expensive
2. You already HAVE a exhaust flange... right?
3. ZERO performance boost
4. Aluminum dosest last in high heat / vibration applications...
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Regardless, allot of folks on Tracy's site couldnt get enough of them..... It became the "must have" item of the week.... ( weak?)

Well, Tracy himself has a new opinion...

http://cr500riders.com/cgi/yabb/YaBB.pl ... 718487/2#2

I guess he's a "Hater" now too....

Gee, another OEM part that outperforms ...who woulda' thought?

iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » March 17th, 2008, 1:33 am

I didn't hate them, I just thought the o rings wouldn't last so I didn't buy one.

lewisclan · Post by **lewisclan** » March 17th, 2008, 7:08 am

I never bought. I have wore out steel ones

Post by **AlisoBob** » March 17th, 2008, 1:16 pm

lewisclan wrote: I have wore out steel ones

The Lewis Clan never ceases to amaze me!

mxracr121 · Post by **mxracr121** » March 17th, 2008, 1:24 pm

OEM isn't ALWAYS the best. On the early Gen. 3 CR250's (02-03), the stock flanges broke on numerous bike. Some even had pieces go into the engine. But, never heard of a problem on the 500's.

Ported&Polished · Post by **Ported&Polished** » March 17th, 2008, 1:36 pm

mxracr121 wrote:OEM isn't ALWAYS the best. On the early Gen. 3 CR250's (02-03), the stock flanges broke on numerous bike. Some even had pieces go into the engine. But, never heard of a problem on the 500's.

Wheew, thank God mine has a cr500 flange on it!

iggys-amsoil · Post by **iggys-amsoil** » March 18th, 2008, 10:44 pm

Ported&Polished wrote:
mxracr121 wrote:OEM isn't ALWAYS the best. On the early Gen. 3 CR250's (02-03), the stock flanges broke on numerous bike. Some even had pieces go into the engine. But, never heard of a problem on the 500's.
Wheew, thank God mine has a cr500 flange on it!

MICK · Post by **MICK** » March 21st, 2008, 6:52 am

Well unless I missed the point, those were supposed to stop leaks. On the other site guys mentioned, "not a single drop of goo after one ride."

Are you kidding? After one ride huh...

I put some high temp gasket sealant around the manifold when I put the pipe back on. Not a single indication of leakage in 5 years. I still use the original steel bands. I've got the pipe off it right now and I see a black smear just below the flange. Guess it's time to replace those bands, or maybe I didn't use enough sealant the last time I put it together? Whatever the case it wouldn't cross my mind in a million years to buy a special billet alloy exhaust flange. It makes about as much sense as a BBR gas cap.

Post by **AlisoBob** » March 21st, 2008, 7:42 am

MICK wrote: It makes about as much sense as a BBR gas cap.

At least you can SEE the gas cap....

Great point Mick.

lewisclan · Post by **lewisclan** » March 21st, 2008, 8:38 am

ive got a billit cap

britincali · Post by **britincali** » March 21st, 2008, 9:02 am

lewisclan wrote:ive got a billit cap

You have EVERYTHING j

dannygraves · Post by **dannygraves** » March 21st, 2008, 9:05 am

britincali wrote:
lewisclan wrote:ive got a billit cap

You have EVERYTHING j

Ported&Polished · Post by **Ported&Polished** » March 21st, 2008, 10:02 am

lewisclan wrote:ive got a billy cap

Profiler! Now all you need isa fitty to ride though the camp fires with.

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Aluminum Exhaust Flanges

Aluminum Exhaust Flanges