New Product Launch Inspires Unusual Gift

A leading motorsport fabrication company in Long Crendon received an unusual gift this week to celebrate the launch of their new range of super-lightweight motorcycle exhausts.

GoodFabs, who make hand-fabricated exhaust systems for Formula 1 teams, were both surprised and delighted to receive a fully-working Super Minibike at their Long Crendon workshop from a company in Japan.
GoodFabs Managing Director, Neil Morgan explains; “We had recently visited Tokyo to discuss our plans to produce lightweight, hand-fabricated after-market motorcycle exhaust systems with potential partners in Japan, one of whom absolutely loved the idea.

“They mentioned at the end of the meeting that they would like to send us a fully-branded bike to display in our workshop but to be honest, we never dreamed it would happen. It’s the perfect gift to celebrate the launch of our hand-made Titanium and Inconel motorcycle exhaust systems and will take pride of place at our offices.”

Uchiumi Giko, a Japanese company that make exhausts for Honda race bikes also create mini super bikes, which are raced by children on mini race circuits. They had the bike ‘wrapped’ in the Good Fabs logo and colours and sent it over as a gift.

Good Fabrications, or GoodFabs as they are widely known, are respected in Formula 1 and NASCAR as a high-quality fabricator of development and race exhaust systems. They are now using the materials, equipment, tooling and their race experience to introduce specialist design, fabrication and machining skills to the road biking fraternity.

GoodFabs has initially developed two premium after-market systems under the GF Moto brand name: the GF Moto Inconel Header Set for the BMW S1000RR and the GF Moto Titanium Header Set for the Honda Africa Twin. Both these lightweight systems will be fabricated using the same lightweight alloys and processes the company has so successfully applied to their F1 fabrication. Closely following the contours of the bike and made in limited numbers, the systems will provide additional power and exclusivity to these highly desirable machines. The BMW system is complimented by a Titanium silencer, the design of which is now being developed for additional motorcycle models.

Anyone interested in learning more about the systems available should visit www.gfmoto.com

Good Fabrications, one of the world's leading fabricators of exhausts for motorsport first came into existence in May 1982. Steve Good, a fabricator with the Grand Prix winning McLaren team, realised that the hand-made parts on an F1 car could be made more cost-effectively in an independent workshop and left to start his own business.

GoodFabs began supplying other F1 teams including Ayrton Senna’s Toleman team in 1984, expanded to the US and in 1996 supplied exhausts to every car in the Indy 500. GoodFabs set up workshops in Indianapolis and North Carolina and is now based in Long Crendon, Bucks in the area known as ‘Motorsport Valley’.

Good Fabs is renowned through the world of motorsport for their ability to fabricate precision-welded systems which meet the most stringent of tolerance levels, using thin-walled exotic materials. As such, they have supplied F1 teams every year for the past 30 years and continue to work with a significant number of leading race teams and engine suppliers.

GoodFabs are regularly called upon to for their years of development experience to advise on improvements in system design, and have pioneered the use of 3D printed metal components. It is their ability to work proactively with customers, often within very challenging timescales, combined with their knowledge and skillset, which firmly places GoodFabs at the very top of their profession.

Unit 3a Drakes Farm
Drakes Drive
Long Crendon
Aylesbury
Bucks
HP18 9BA

This release was published on openPR.