On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:26:12 +0000 in uk.rec.motorcycles, Wicked Uncle
Nigel says:

>Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique,
>(E-Mail Removed) typed
><Snip>
>
>>Motad is a REAL company who for 35 years have made decent exhausts -
>>one of the very few making stuff here in the UK- My bill in Tesco is
>>paid each week indirectly by you guys- I quite like eating!- if you
>>have a comment or an issue- contact me on (E-Mail Removed)- you
>>can have my mobile if you like
>
>Fair play to you Ian. It's good to see that attitude, and I think it
>reflects well on you and your company.

Absolutely, I don't have need for a replacement system ATM but if I
did I know now who'd be first on the list of potentials.

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On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:22:54 -0700 (PDT) in uk.rec.motorcycles,
TOG@Toil says:

>On 14 Mar, 17:16, Andy Bonwick <nos...@bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dunstall Decibel silencers
>
>I always thought that was just the greatest name ever for an
>aftermarket exhaust.
>
>"Does exactly what t says on the tin".
>
>I also had them on my first XS650, which prompted a then mate to say
>thoughtfully: "You know, that's a real *lout's* bike...."

I had a pair on my 750 Bonneville, they didn't seem to silence
anything. I borrowed them from a friend who'd stored them, unknown to
me, packed with grease. This led to the predicable comedy smoke screen
on the A3 as the grease heated up and caught fire.

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(E-Mail Removed) wrote:



> you can have my mobile if you like

Is it a decent one? My old Nokia is getting a bit tatty and needs
replacing, but I don't want yours if it's ****.

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Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

TOG@Toil wrote:


> There were some absolutely awful manufacturers about then. Anyone
> else remember Jock Kerr and the Dynaflow brand? Or those hysterical
> Piper three-into-one systems for two-troke triples?

I remember the Name 'Jock Kerr' but not the man. I had a Piper 3-1 on
my GT750 when I was 18, it sounded ****ing awful and made the bike
drink fuel whie at the same time strangling what little performance
there was.



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Honda CBR600 FW trackbike
Yamaha SR250 Spazz-Trakka
Suzuki GSXR750 L
Suzuki TS50X
Suzuki TS50X

On Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:22:54 -0700 (PDT), "TOG@Toil"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>On 14 Mar, 17:16, Andy Bonwick <nos...@bonwick.me.uk> wrote:
>
>> Dunstall Decibel silencers
>
>I always thought that was just the greatest name ever for an
>aftermarket exhaust.
>
>"Does exactly what t says on the tin".
>
>I also had them on my first XS650, which prompted a then mate to say
>thoughtfully: "You know, that's a real *lout's* bike...."

I fitted a pair of reverse cone mega on my XS for a few months and
they were seriously loud plus it actually went well with them on. The
only real problem was the fact that I kept wearing holes in them where
the alloy end cap met the nasty cheap main silencer. Patching them
with material borrowed from work was never a good idea because all
that happened was I wore through the pop rivets and the patches fell
off.

Happy days etc.

Lozzo <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> I remember the Name 'Jock Kerr' but not the man.

He used to offer "exchange rebuilt engines" for Hondas. And big-bore
kits.


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In communiqué <(E-Mail Removed)>, Andy Bonwick
<(E-Mail Removed)> cast forth these pearls of wisdom
>I fitted a pair of reverse cone mega on my XS for a few months and
>they were seriously loud plus it actually went well with them on. The
>only real problem was the fact that I kept wearing holes in them where
>the alloy end cap met the nasty cheap main silencer. Patching them
>with material borrowed from work was never a good idea because all
>that happened was I wore through the pop rivets and the patches fell
>off.
>
>Happy days etc.

I see you can still get Megaton "silencers". Wonder if they still have a
slot mounting so that you can fit them on almost anything. Not content
with fitting a Matchless OEM 'Mega' on the Matchless 250 G2, I also
bashed out the blanking plate on the end of the pipe (AMC often used
this system of a blanked pipe with holes protruding some distance in to
the silencer). This was, I hasten to say, before I became a Member of
the Institute of Acoustics.

Anyone remember the lovely Burgess silencers with the arrow logo ?
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TOG@Toil wrote:

> > Dunstall Decibel silencers
>
> I always thought that was just the greatest name ever for an
> aftermarket exhaust.

http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/dunstall.gif

....copies of which (made by Brituro) used to grace the Guzzi.
http://www.sweller.dynalias.org/images/guz-back.jpg

It now just has a pair of Conti replicas. Which are, for all intents and
purposes, straight through megas.

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The Older Gentleman wrote:

> I had to replace both coils: they failed, one after the other, in the
> space of about six months.

Yesterday I replaced plug caps and HT leads (it got so wet the other day
it required WD40 to start) and balanced the carbs (which weren't too far
out - to the extent I would have left them if I were in a hurry).

It now seems to run a lot better and pull from sub 3K revs easier - still
not perfect.

However, pots 2 and 3 don't properly chime in until its fully warmed up.
This was an intermittent fault I put down to dodgy leads but I suspect it
may need another coil. I'll temporarily rob one from the turbo to prove
the point.

Odd though, IME coils die when they get hot not the other way around.

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"sweller" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
<(E-Mail Removed)>:

>However, pots 2 and 3 don't properly chime in until its fully warmed up.
>This was an intermittent fault I put down to dodgy leads but I suspect it
>may need another coil. I'll temporarily rob one from the turbo to prove
>the point.
>
>Odd though, IME coils die when they get hot not the other way around.

I had that on a K, I put it down to there being small cracks in the
coils which were letting in moisture- when warm the moisture was gone.


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