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DS full aftermarket exhuast system for the 500
Nurse Julie:
--- Quote from: Orcade-Ian on January 06, 2023, 03:20:07 PM ---They do look good quality Julie and as you say, they line up very well. They are double skinned headers then?
Hope you don't leave tyre marks on that Kitchen floor :)
Ian
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Yes Ian, double skinned. No tyre marks on the kitchen floor as they are all parked up in the old Conservatory. But, I have been known to leave tyre marks on the kitchen floor in the not to distant past 😂😂😂😂
deltarider:
On the international forum the other day I've seen a link to the Busso site and was surprised to see a discount. http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php/topic,131225.msg2228895.html#msg2228895
I just looked again and it seems the discount has disappearedand so was only in december.
BTW, does any of you know if, the OEM brackets will fit the repro pipes and if aftermarket brackets will fit OEM pipes. The reason I ask. My OEM pipes are still OK, but I had to order a repro bracket for the #2 pipe, after I had mishandled the OEM one. I have not yet put the repro bracket on. Now I've noticed the repro bracket is thicker, heavier and so more rigid than the OEM one. I don't expect you can tweak it as easily as the original bracket if needed. So I have two options: either use the repro bracket and hope the best of it or remodel the OEM bracket back again to its original form by using the repro as a model.
I realise my question is a bit complex and can only hope I made myself understood.
Oddjob:
I've found directly the opposite, the repro brackets are less rigid and use a thinner metal then the original brackets. They will both fit both types BTW. I did find the repro brackets made the exhausts sit out of line on some of them. My BIL bought a set of repro brackets from DS and we ended up using my original brackets as templates to bend the back into shape. The lower brackets are the most out of line.
bruxby-clive:
I bought a set from CMS just as the pandemic struck in 2020 and they have sat in the garage since arrival, reading through this thread has worried me as although I looked at them I have not tried to fit them yet. They appeared to look alright individually, but until I fit them I won't know if they are alright. I also purchased a set of brackets from Andy Cepok in Germany, could this be fun in trying to fit them. :o
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I found fitting my Motad 400 exhaust really hard work getting four front pipes to fit squarely at the cylinder head then into the rear silencer 4 into 1 arrangement even though it had been fitted to the bike before strip down.
I did a dry run without any sealant & marked how far down the pipes need to go with a marker pen - when I dismantled it to add some sealant the re-fit did not go to plan. IIRC it took me a couple of hours of sweat and trying again before it suddenly decided to fit. I think the pipes just decided to submit.
I had changed the rear bracket for the original one as the old bracket had just the one bolt attached to the frame & I wanted two.
At least on the 500 type system its just two pipes from two manifolds with two brackets so that ought in theory to be easier on one level as it leaves wiggle room not a great start if the brackets are not right to begin with though? :-\ :-\ :-\ :-\
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