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Re-chromed Silencer

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AshimotoK0:
You did well there Ian as I have not had the same luck with them. But there again one of the few places that will rechrome a used exhaust.

Orcade-Ian:
You are right Dave (plus the others!) and I normally send my stuff to Prestige but their turn-around time is really long these days.  Quality Chrome in 'Ull had made such a good job of my Ducati Elite parts, especially the clip-ons which were very poor, that I decided to send them an email with pics.  Keith said he could tackle it, so off it went.  I'm well chuffed as many will know they are virtually unobtainable, even secondhand.
Magpie, I hate travelling any distance without the ability to carry a few essentials and have somewhere to put my helmet if I go walkabout, so decided to make the rack which my Honda mount plate and top box fit.  You can buy one but it means repositioning the indicators and it's not a 2 minute job to fit or remove and has to be 'sprung' over the shocker mounts.  Mine is in two halves with those alloy top bars bolted on and very easily removable. I even made some dummy spacers for the cissy bar bolts when it's not fitted.

Ian

Laverda Dave:
This is what I use now if I need to carry my crash helmet around, it's basically a carry strap but designed for crash helmets and is adjustable.

https://www.infinitymotorcycles.com/product/wentworth-sling/black?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-_mvBhDwARIsAA-Q0Q7mqr106uRXAkdpGT6ucz9NPkSPXyBAtE2yM1r0TUl9HlVYJJ7ffhAaAvKjEALw_wcB

3scs:
That looks great Ian can I have it back now 🤣👌

Orcade-Ian:
Of course Simon,
Send me £5k and it's yours!  I'll even throw in a Shiny Orange bike with it!  But seriously, many thanks for letting me have first dibs on the silencer - I have done quite a few miles on it this last season and even took it to two of our shows - the Annual Classic motor show in August and the Science festival display by the St Magnus Cathedral in September.  The staining was not that noticeable once fitted but it was certainly worth having it done.  I'll get around to doing the front wheel when I get my bike bench free again and then apart from a bit of regular maintenance, that's about it for that one.  Might be getting close to running out of projects!

As a complete aside I have just finished modifying a magneto drive sprocket for a mate up here - it's from a 1920's V Twin Blackburn engine that came from a Bleriot Whippet cycle car.  He's fitted the engine into an old Sunbeam frame and calls it a 'Sunburn'.  Another compulsive collector here has even got the old log book from the original car! 

As you can tell we love being in Orkney, every day's a school-day!

Ian

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