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« Reply #1305 on: May 19, 2016, 04:59:57 PM » |
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« Reply #1306 on: May 19, 2016, 05:02:15 PM » |
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From there I drove down to Salisbury in Wiltshire to collect the new Amal carbs from Burlen Fuels. Hopefully these'll do the job.
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« Reply #1307 on: May 19, 2016, 05:04:00 PM » |
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Oooh all smart and new - I've never had a new carb!
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« Reply #1308 on: May 19, 2016, 05:10:09 PM » |
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Strangely enough, neither have I. Then on, down to Christchurch in Dorset to look at exhaust silencers in Brit Bits. Unfortunately I arrived at 3 in the afternoon & they shut at 1. Every day. And only open on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday. How do they sell anything? So I tried Sammy Miller's trials bike products in the New Forest. Couldn't find it. Neither could the Sat Nav on my phone, (it's supposedly 2 roads from the Sammy Miller Museum). How about Armours exhaust manufacturers in Bournemouth -nope. They don't have a shop & only accept visitors by appointment. So I went home. |
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« Reply #1310 on: May 19, 2016, 06:02:44 PM » |
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« Reply #1311 on: May 19, 2016, 06:05:09 PM » |
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« Reply #1312 on: May 19, 2016, 08:22:43 PM » |
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Errr. It's the right internal diameter.
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« Reply #1313 on: May 19, 2016, 08:29:59 PM » |
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Yeah, I know - not pretty. Just looking. Leaning more toward fitting baffles in straight pipes but haven't yet found any that might actually quiten it.
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« Reply #1314 on: May 19, 2016, 09:37:56 PM » |
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Hand Made to Your Specs
These silencers are hand made to your specifications so if you want something in particular why not give us a call. We can supply custom configurations and different materials. We always use the best quality products in our silencers.
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« Reply #1315 on: May 20, 2016, 05:43:41 PM » |
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Loony mentioned this afternoon that he knows someone who works for a local performance car exhaust place, who might be able to bend the new pipes up for me at work. So I've taken the old ones off the bike & will see what can be done. Still looking at push-in baffles. These look more promising than most, but are about 20 quid each. I'd have to adapt them to fit my 1 3/8" pipes, (1 1/2" O.D), & I'm guessing from the photo that they're probably 6" long cos they're 1 3/4" diameter, so I'd have to buy a couple for each pipe.
My memory really is appalling -I thought the existing baffles were around 8" long, but when I pulled them out, they're actually 16" (2 8" ones welded together) -& still too loud.
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« Reply #1316 on: May 20, 2016, 05:52:59 PM » |
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Also took the carbs off. I'm just about to nip over to Mr Dslam's lair in Surrey to drop the old & new ones off to him. Not sure if the hose fittings & Carb tops with their screw in cable ferrules, need to be swapped over onto the new ones. Mr Slam has a stall at the Kempton autojumble tomorrow morning, so might be able to sell the old ones for me.
These have also arrived in the post from the States today. CNC machined brass twiddlers for the mixture & tickover, to replace the standard slotted screws. Utterly pointless & will probably get twiddled by every passing show goer, but I just liked 'em. I'm pretty sure Mr 'Slam won't.
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« Reply #1317 on: May 20, 2016, 06:13:40 PM » |
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CNC machined brass twiddlers for the mixture & tickover, I'm pretty sure Mr 'Slam won't.
I think he will love them. Once everything has been set and checked, he can cut the ends off to stop you messing with them. |
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« Reply #1318 on: May 20, 2016, 06:57:09 PM » |
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I thought the existing baffles were around 8" long, but when I pulled them out, they're actually 16" (2 8" ones welded together) -& still too loud.
Bloke who used to lodge with us had a V-Max with a Kerker silencer a bit like the one below that was REALLY loud - someone suggested he shorten the silencer by almost half - he did, and amazingly, it was a lot quieter! |
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« Reply #1319 on: May 20, 2016, 07:39:53 PM » |
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going back to the baffles.. if it's too loud then can't you just wrap them in a little fibreglass wadding to give more muffle?
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