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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #30 on: July 29, 2012, 02:21:09 PM »
Sorry Tomb, it was only said tongue in cheek. No offence taken hopefully :-\ I was only wondering if anyone out there knew of anyone willing to give it a try.
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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #31 on: July 29, 2012, 03:44:19 PM »
Hahaha LOL sorry did I come across all moany ::)

Nah mate no apologies warranted, man you lads are polite :-*

Its got to be said, building cafe racers, chops, bobbers, and specials is sooooo much easier than standar resto's when it comes to those hard to find (read expensive) parts.
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'62 CB77 Sprinter
'70 CD175
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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #32 on: July 29, 2012, 09:43:25 PM »
I've got it in mind to give it a shot in a few years time - I trained as a blacksmith and found sheet metalwork to be both fun and something I'm fairly good at. I'll be knocking up a set for my 550/k3 first if I do, pictures will follow and I'll see how much of a **** that job is before even considering the 500/4 type, none of it's going to happen soon though, at the moment I'm living in a house with a tarp where the slates should be. Also like Tomb I've done engineering type jobs that have taken days for friends or work collueuges, and financially it's never been worth it, conversely by doing the roof ourselfs we've saved paying a builder and his lad £30 per hour, against the £7.80 / hr I earn. I recon before I get round to it someone in China with a redundant production line thanks to the recession will churn out a mass of repro tinwork, if it only sells if a good copy then that will bew what is made, if it sells well despite being utter rubbish then that will be what is made. Quality costs.
Got a 500/4 with rust and a sidecar and loadsa bits. nice and original and been round the clock

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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #33 on: July 30, 2012, 09:12:07 AM »
Back to the replacing the rotted out silencers from earlier, there are `universal Dunstall style mufflers` advertised on fleabay. £60 each with £7.95 p+p, p+p includes up to 2000kg so if you want 4 silencers it`s still only £7.95. If funds weren`t so tight I`d give one a go!!
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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #34 on: July 30, 2012, 10:28:29 AM »
If its the same ebayer, I think the weight for £7.95 may be a bit confusing, he quotes 2000kg

But theres also another quote
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Prices are shown for weight not exceeding 30kg

You could buy a pair for £110 saving a tenner Click

Back in the day we all had these on our 400/4's and 550/4's :D
Tom
'73 CB550 with CB500 engine café racer
'62 CB77 Sprinter
'70 CD175
'78 CB550 with sidecar
'80 Z50R
And a load of old Yamaha 1100's

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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #35 on: July 30, 2012, 01:41:53 PM »
I remember fitting a pair of them, or something very similar, to a 250G5 after the old ones rotted out. I sold the bike to a mate and could hear him nearly 2 miles away. With foam air filters the bike pulled right into the red with no hint of slacking off! I bet his hearing sounds like he's still got his Griffin Clubman on.
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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #36 on: August 06, 2012, 07:05:22 PM »
Basket, Tomb,
I put those on mine back in Dec 2010 (see page 1 of this message string).
- sound great (& no, not toooo loud)
got them from :
http://www.bitzforbikes.co.uk/Chrome_Universal_Silencer_-ref-2978-116.html

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Re: 4 into 4 exhausts
« Reply #37 on: August 06, 2012, 07:46:56 PM »
Just an update - I bit the bullet and got a set of genuine honda pipes from http://www.motostoricheitaliane.com/Eng_Menu.html
I got my enquiry in before the prices went up.
He has a couple more sets if anyone's interested but I expect that they will be at the new higher price. You can email Marino Setti at info@motostoricheitaliane.com but be aware that it's August and Italy is on holiday.
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