New Zard Pipe for the 2500cc

[Zutt]

Someone on the Rocket 3 FB page had a weld on the Zard that was MUCH worse. So much so he's sending it back. Seems quality has maybe come down a bit. Too bad for that price!

Here it is. Not my post. If not supposed to post it here I'll delete it but just to show the absolutely sh!t quality on these supposedly premium exhausts!

 

[Gregger]

You should be able to polish out the welding blemishes but that should have been done by the manufacturer....

 

[Zutt]

You should be able to polish out the welding blemishes but that should have been done by the manufacturer....

Guy posted Zard's reply that welds are made by their best welders and they are willing to polish them off for another 100E or pounds. Sounds like a sh!t company.

 

[ricknaish50]

Can't believe they shipped a pipe out with that finish. Very disappointing.

 

[Guffer]

That’s horrendous. And to think I was on the verge of buying one.

 

[estoma]

Guy posted Zard's reply that welds are made by their best welders and they are willing to polish them off for another 100E or pounds. Sounds like a sh!t company.

If that is their best welder(s) work, it is probably time for Zard to abandon MC exhausts and transition to furnace fabrication instead. Zard's earlier exhausts were always virtual exhaust art, welding included - and expensive for just that reason. This here is simply atrocious. And it is a terrible place to locate the weld seam as well - right at the top of the can and along its entire length - which would necessitate machine-welding to be performed faultlessly, in fact.

There was normally only one Exhaust Builder who produced nicer pipes than Zard - fellow Italians Moto Corse. Equally unaffordable and mostly in titanium, though, for Ducati, MV and BMW - exemplary weld joints all around. Zard clearly has lost that edge but still favours calling for the same margin.

 

[Zutt]

yeah. Next thing they will have Duck tape instead of welding, and they'll claim it's for esthetic reasons.

 

[pica]

that welding work don't reflect the price you pay for that exhaust. I haven't seen something that bad in a commercial exhaust for sale and I had several brands in different engines, never that bad.

 

[ricknaish50]

Maybe the welder didn't meet the criteria and they picked someone from the bottom of the list that did.

Yup, exactly. I would bet that they started the weld on a Friday, half an hour before quitting time. Ugh.

 

[pica]

Maybe the welder didn't meet the criteria and they picked someone from the bottom of the list that did.

Italy right? I don't think they have "affirmative action"....