I have no concern for the "outer" pipe. It's heat-shielding... There's no other purpose for jacketed pipe but insulation, heat, sound, or both. It's the inner pipe you should be concerned with. I'll review the link you provided shortly. If Ti is a possibility, you may be best off cutting ...

The fact that it's described as titanium is the point that I meant to get across. Not to buy another part. That does nothing for the reason I ask for your input. Back to point. Is there a ti alloy that is compatible with SS?


Thanks

I found this on ebay.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Akrapovic-Slip- ... 0692242401

200 bucks really isn't that much money, so I would call that affordable performance that many would take advantage of.


Jim

Let's remember, it's a tube inside a tube. The outer tube acts like a heat shield. The bike is a Yamaha R6. I found some of the exhaust systems that are ti. I can't say definitively that the pipe in question is ti though. I do know that when I tacked it and let go to reposition the piece simply fell...

That's a very good question Mick. The owner of the bike swears that the exhaust pipe is SS as well as the 400 dollar muffler. The tacks did just FALL apart as you stated so I was doing some internet research to try to find out the composition of the parts. The muffler is SS. I don't know as of yet a...

Here's the story. Yamaha crotch rocket exhaust pipe looked like it might be 18ga. the new $400 dollar muffler inlet end looked like .035 with a butt joint not a slip joint. The exhaust pipe is a double wall setup. Imagine 2" ID w/ 1-7/8 OD . The muffler inlet is single wall .035. (The inside pi...