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Motad Cease Trading?
paul G:
Sad I have had quite a few sets from them, last one a full 400/4 set so I could keep the original under the bed.
Tomb:
Its a shame to see a British company fold, but as for quality and lasting forever?
I ride XS1100 Yamahas as well as SOHC Hondas, the Motad for the XS1100 was dreadful, dreadful design looking something like MZ would reject, and the header flange cracks for fun.
mike the bike:
I once bought a Motad for a GS1000, there was so much chrome plating on one of the headers it wouldn't fit in the socket. I had to take it back to M&P on the train.
Green1:
My dads 1992 trophy 1200 still has the original Motad pipes on it one has just started to rattle. At 15 years old with 80000 miles on them I don't think that's bad.
mike the bike:
Thinking about it I suppose it was inevitable. Firstly - there's less bikes about. What bikes there are about are;-
Expensive yuppie machines. No Motads there.
Harleys. No Motads
Crappy chinkie bikes. Nope. A Motad would last longer than the bike.
Restored classics. Not original enough.
Sport bikes. They have those can thingies.
Back in the day when biking was our only transport we went for Motad because it was affordable, nowadays biking is a hobby, not a necessity so we fork out more for our pipes or get them rechromed.
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