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DS full aftermarket exhuast system for the 500
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
Thanks Ken - I copied and pasted one of your previous posts about how to fit, order etc
Hang the cost I'm going for the 4/4 I know it makes sense. Am I right in thinking the exhaust is very quiet - just what I liked about my old 250 Dream.
Oddjob:
Yes Ted, very quiet until you really start the wring the engines neck, then a sort of muted howl starts, it's so nice you're tempted to keep the engine redlined just to hear it. At no point will your ears start to bleed. The neighbours will love you.
Sesman:
As Ken has stated. The 4 x 4 sounds great when you give it the beans….really nice, without being antisocial.
Solomon Islands on the 17th January…..
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I do recall Honda's purring past my Scooters back in the day.👍👍👍
Oddjob:
I've just looked at the Busso copies again, I'm still of the opinion that they are just bought in, as in NOT made by them, to avoid anyone saying they've been making silencers for the 500 for many years I will admit they have been doing just that, however not these type, they didn't start to appear on their website until the 2nd set of copies made there appearance a few years ago now, the things that make me suspect they are just bought in copies is that they have gone to great lengths NOT to show the rear of the silencers, I strongly suspect that because they didn't want to show all the writing on the back of them, the same writing that Honda put on the 374 copies that didn't appear on the 323 copies, plus the engraving identifying them as 323 silencers is still there, just where the silencer meets the down pipe, IF it was being made by them why would they go to such trouble, plus they may have infringed copyright by doing that as it clearly say HM323, again the angle of the pictures is such that you struggle to make out the engraving but you can see it if you look closely.
I'm not saying what they are doing is wrong, far from it, they don't claim to make them, I've re-read the blurb repeatedly, all that infers they do is the reference to OUR collectors. The original manufacturers of these pipes is still using the same presses that were used to supply the original pipes to Honda, I've read reports these were sold to a Chinese company many years ago, whether the right to include the HM323 stamping was also transferred is not known, it may have been or maybe they came to an agreement with Honda to be able to use it.
The cost of the Busso system however is competetive, maybe even cheaper than CMS, not sure if the import duties would make them cheaper than DS though. Worthwhile comparing though Ted.
Just noticed one thing about the Busso version, at first read you think the price includes the 4 brackets and the balance rubbers and the stand rubber but when you really study it all is says is that they are available to buy, not that they are included in the price, be aware of that before buying.
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