Here is the hard question, for me anyway: I like these pipes, but they're almost $900 more than doing the TORS. Is that Jardine header worth $900? Ouch ... I almost had myself talked into these for maybe a grand, but 1.3?
Major discount for us all doing a mass order?
It's not $850 for just a header, it's a
FULL system. It gets rid of the cats in the cans, replaces the header with a high flow one,
AND replaces the cat under the bike with straight pipe. I don't like the price either. If you price out everything, it's actually a reasonable price.
-Jardine Full Roadster System= $1,349 (most complete/ best performance. Unverified)
-Triumph Off Road cans= $499.99 (Great fit and finish for good price.)
-Staintune cat eliminating collector= $449.00 (Necessary to get rid of all cats.)
-Jardine header= $? (never priced it out individually, but I assume it's possible.)
-Roadster Performance Exhaust= $1,099 ( Cans from newR3.com. Looks like crap, made by people who make the shorties)
-Staintune cans and cat eliminating collector system = $1,099.00 (Looks good and most likely different sounding than TORS. Unverified.)
If you add it all up,
the header would have to be $400.00 or less to make it a better decision to NOT go with the Jardine system.
Or $200.00 if you wanted the Staintune set. I guess if you only wanted the TOR cans, it would be best to go that route, but you will still have a lot of restriction from the collector cat and the header. I think the system should be a couple hundred less, but I understand their pricing. And they are brand new. You can get the old Jars for $999 on Ebay, but those have been around for years. Maybe you can check with companies that sell the old system and maybe they can get a discount. There are a few places that sell the old system for a hundred or so less than from Jardine Products themselves. They must get them wholesale and keep low overhead to be competitive. I assume anyone that would modify their bike would eventually upgrade the bike with a full exhaust system, so I see this as saving time and possible money. And I think this kit looks better than all but the Preds, which are still more expensive.
Not trying to convince anyone to buy these, just giving as much info as possible. That's what this site is for. I've got info, and I assume there are people that want to know as bad as I do, but not the time and determination to collect it all.
Hope this helps. That's about all the info I've got for now. I don't think there is another thread in any Rocket forum with more info about exhaust for the new Roadster.
**Again, I do NOT work for Jardine Products. And I'm sure that if I was, I would get in trouble for saying that.**
