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They have to be kidding or am I out of touch
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Seabeowner on January 19, 2016, 12:55:25 PM ---I have a set of these in the garage with only one tiny crack to the outside world showing and a couple with loose baffles and can't make up my mind whether to leave them, or sell now and put the cash towards some aftermarket ones when they eventually reappear. I,m sure a few out there are thinking the same.
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Silvers now showing them in their listings but 'temporarily out of stock'. They do have 'seconds' ...some with the drain holes in the top and dodgy chroming/welding! I phoned about them but they advised me to wait till the proper ones come in. They were a tad expensive for seconds too IMHO.
Seabeowner:
Looks like David Silver may have had a complete set as seconds and they sold for £684, but only now has nos 1 & 3 left (as seconds).
These are "significantly reduced" so I suppose a full set for under £1k, we have to be grateful.
Anyone have experience of previous aftermarket exhausts?
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: Seabeowner on January 19, 2016, 09:12:21 PM ---Looks like David Silver may have had a complete set as seconds and they sold for £684, but only now has nos 1 & 3 left (as seconds).
These are "significantly reduced" so I suppose a full set for under £1k, we have to be grateful.
Anyone have experience of previous aftermarket exhausts?
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These in link below are the ones they (and me) are waiting to get in stock. £834 INC VAT and you will be able to swap return if they turn up not up to scratch as these are the full spec ones. May even hightail it down there and pick them up when they have significant stock in. Posted this before but I returned a front guard once and they went through 14 to find a perfect one (Gen Honda) . Picked faulty one up and redelivered FOC
https://www.davidsilverspares.co.uk/CB500K0-FOUR-1971-USA/part_273945/
MCTID:
I bought a set of unstamped HM300's for my CB750 K4 from MachIV in USA....which cost an arm and a leg with Duty, VAT and P&P.......but they are excellent.
Don't know if they are Yamiya or what but very pleased with them......not fitted them to my bike as yet so that's an unknown at present.....but other parts I have bought from MachIV have been exactly as described and their service is also excellent.....so I can recommend them.
I also bought a set of unstamped HM341's from DS....marked as 'Seconds', and again, I haven't fitted these but they are also excellent for the money.....I think these were originally from CMSNL which is again, a reputable Dealer.
It's really a 'Catch 22' - do you wait and see if a Company starts to make a production run in the future at an 'affordable' price, or buy what comes up when you see something advertised now and take your chances.
The DS 'Seconds' are a good bet if you just want to remove your original HM's and keep them in the loft.......depends how you view originality and how long you plan on keeping your bike(s) for.
AshimotoK0:
--- Quote from: MCTID on January 20, 2016, 10:22:25 AM ---I bought a set of unstamped HM300's for my CB750 K4 from MachIV in USA....which cost an arm and a leg with Duty, VAT and P&P.......but they are excellent.
Don't know if they are Yamiya or what but very pleased with them......not fitted them to my bike as yet so that's an unknown at present.....but other parts I have bought from MachIV have been exactly as described and their service is also excellent.....so I can recommend them.
I also bought a set of unstamped HM341's from DS....marked as 'Seconds', and again, I haven't fitted these but they are also excellent for the money.....I think these were originally from CMSNL which is again, a reputable Dealer.
It's really a 'Catch 22' - do you wait and see if a Company starts to make a production run in the future at an 'affordable' price, or buy what comes up when you see something advertised now and take your chances.The DS 'Seconds' are a good bet if you just want to remove your original HM's and keep them in the loft.......depends how you view originality and how long you plan on keeping your bike(s) for.
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Had a bad experience with MachIV.. You are OK with the pipes they sell ..they are in fact Yamiya. However you have to be mega careful as everyone assumes their Japanese stuff is Yamiya . Take it from me it isn't, as I know to my cost! Their returns policy/after sales is sh*te. With DS their after sales is great, which is why I continue to use them. DS probably not selling full spec HM323 replicas yet because he's not happy with the quality from the supplier. The ones from CMS are evidently from the same source, so draw your own conclusions from that.
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