Cycle Works - where have they gone?

[Crasherfromwayback]

just like all the other 4 1s then

Ah...no. Yoshimura 4-1's back in the day kicked arse, as did Kerker.

[F5 Dave]

Yeah the early pipes where a bread & butter starter, but like said, you have to start somewhere & there was the need for sure.


Obviously someone shouldn't be judged purely on their first work. But clearly he learnt a shit load over the proceeding years.
as a footnote; back in the day my CBX550 had one of his first canister cans & it was faster than 2 mates std piped ones.

Also there is a commercial reality that you can't R&D everything to death or you won't make any money esp in NZ, for example I understand he sold 1 675 system. No one wants to pay top $ without getting ARROW stickers on the side.


I think he able to make something as good as you are prepared to pay for.

Clearly this goes beyond exhausts to bike engineering.
I've messed around getting work done at various places, but ages ago I realised if I wanted it done right it was a far safer bet to drop it off & say 'here's what I think, but what's the best way?' & get him to do that.