Pressing Aftermarket Motorcycle Exhaust Parts using British Fly Press Machines - Fuel Exhausts

Part of our Fuel Friday series, this video is about fly press work and shows how we use fly presses to punch and press parts which are used in our British made aftermarket motorcycle exhaust silencers and associated pipework.
We have a number of fly presses which are used daily, the main one is 'Bertha' a number 8 Sweeney & Blocksidge machine. We have a smaller Sweeney & Blocksidge number 2 fly press and a Norton number 5. We also have a few others which are used on an adhoc basis. We have owned and used these machines regularly for nearly 20 years!
As we manufacture pretty much all the parts for our motorbike exhausts here, we need to ensure our workshop machines are reliable. Good old fashioned fly presses can't really let you down. No fancy automated machinery, just plain old gusto and strength.
We use our 'Bertha' fly press to press a centre lip into our end caps for additional rigidity. It also looks more aesthetically pleasing than a flat cap. All of our exhaust outlet spouts are pressed into our end caps on this same fly press. We have specific press tools and jigs which we have made here for the different exhaust ranges.
We use our smaller Sweeney & Blocksidge number 2 fly press to press the inlet spiggots into our end caps. Once the inlet and outlets are pressed into the end cap, the joint is fully tig welded on our welding rotator for a perfect seal but that's a whole other video blog! Our Norton fly press is permanently set up with a slotting punch and die tool which we use to punch the slots into our link pipes and inlet spiggots.
Our UK road legal exhausts are stamped with the appropriate BSAU mark - BSAU 193-T3/1990 - and the stamping of this reference number on the rivet bands is also done in house. The punch tool used was manufactured by an English engineering company who specialise in making punches and dies to customer requirements.
Quick links...
01:08 Pressing a centre lip into our end caps for added rigidity
01:42 Pressing a Diablo spout into the end cap
05:12 Stamping the BSAU mark - BSAU 193-T3/1990 - onto a rivet band
05:44 A stamped BSAU rivet band with the polycoating in place
06:00 Pressing an inlet spiggot into an end cap
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[@FuelExhaustsLtd]

Ooooh watch those fingers.... ;-)

[@BladeDJzx]

That has to be the best Fly press video I have every seen, excellent demonstration of the use of the tool.

[@FuelExhaustsLtd]

@Christopher Barrett. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@pcat1378]

I was looking to replace the exhaust on my V Strom DL1000 L8 and after seeing these videos and how its all British I bought it today from you guys to be delivered next week. Thank you for letting us see inside

[@FuelExhaustsLtd]

@P Cat thanks for the lovely comments and for your order. We are processing it now and will despatch early next week. Glad you have enjoyed the videos! Soon you will get to enjoy that deeptone rumble from your bike too! :-)

[@pcat1378]

@@FuelExhaustsLtd Thank you and it's really good to see you guys in action (even upstairs) and how things are made as you can see the skill going into the exhausts it's honestly what made me buy

[@FuelExhaustsLtd]

@@pcat1378 Superb! We do put our heart and soul into everything we do here so it is great to hear that it shows! We are sure you will not be disappointed! #buybritish :-)

[@VinCode17]

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[@kimriley2491]

Goodnes me kid...don't you have something better to do....?