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[QUOTE="Lutz, post: 239029, member: 25116"] spanky250, I'm glad to hear you don't feel ripped off by fmf. I'm sure lots of people don't; fmf pipes do make good power. But a very large number of people have problems with fit and with components missing. Maybe my point would better be made by saying, "you wouldn't have just handed them money for them to rip you or [I]someone else [/I] off. JTT, I understand what you are saying, and it is most certainly true. Yes there are a lot of products that are all hype, and people need to avoid those. However exhaust pipes (like those from fmf) are not all hype; they really do work (well in the case of your CR250 the new pipe wasn't better, but that is a bit of an uncommon situation). Unfortunately, fmf has a problem with making pipes that fit like they are supposed to: that is the problem I would like to see resolved. Like you and spanky250 said, some fmf pipes fit good, but many others do not. Fmf gets a huge share of business in aftermarket exhausts; if they don't make a product as well as they could, other companies aren't as hard pressed to make high quality products. However, if fmf is forced to improve, the companies in competition with fmf will also be forced to improve in order to stay competitive. Again, that would be good for all of us who buy products from the aftermarket. So while it's hard to target every company who makes sub-standard products, it is easy to target the big offenders. In this case fmf. Dave C, One thing I have thought about is that, to my knowledge, the only pipe manufacturer to make a torque pipe is fmf, though I could be wrong since I haven't actually looked into it myself. Maybe DG or some other mass production pipe company makes a torque pipe. However, there is the option of getting a custom pipe: you will almost definately spend more than for an fmf pipe, but you are also almost guaranteed a perfect fit, the untimate in build quality, and the option of having a pipe tuned for exactly the way you ride. Also, for low end torque, the stock pipe is usually a pretty good option. In any case, you may have to search a little harder to find an aftermarket torque pipe, but if you don't buy poor fitting fmf pipe, it will be worth it. (Just be careful that you don't buy a poor fitting pipe from another manufacturer.) One final note: I am not saying boycott only fmf. If there are any other companies that have such a high rate of problems with their products, you shouldn't buy from them either. Fortunately, for every company that has a high rate of problems, there is probably one that has a low rate of problems, i.e. fmf vs. Pro Circuit. Every person has options, so no person should have to buy a pipe that doesn't fit like it is supposed to, and so on. [/QUOTE]
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