whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???

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whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???#25684

By Alan R - Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:29 pm

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:29 pm #25684

Hi guys--------- now that IS unusual !!-------- Trouble is , both IAN D & ANDERS FR could be correct....ANDERS, because in the past the Bullet 65 bikes were subject to a cylinder head re-call and free exchange..This was due to the fact that in a certain batch the factory had fitted the wrong valve seats ( Softer, home market ones instead of the harder, European items)..This showed up as rapid valve seat recession....... BUT, IAN D could also be correct as the term "Softer seat" is only a comparative one and I can't imagine any seat bending like that...PLUS, it would have been bounced around a few hundred (Thousand ??) times before being spat out.....New one on me, I'm afraid but interested to find the answer !!

whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???#25685

By Alan R - Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:40 pm

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 4:40 pm #25685

Hi guys-----------just some further thoughts }--- If that is a seat and it had just happened you'd get NO compression whatsoever, plus a great deal of CLATTER from the rocker system, plus the exhaust push-rod would probably jump out of its socket.....If it is a washer, it's probably an experiment that a PO has tried to seal the exhaust pipe header into the head and it dropped down the pipe....So IAN D, just how "Bendy" is it then ??------------ Why not try TINYPICS for posting an image ??---------

whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???#25686

By Peter 53 - Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:08 pm

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:08 pm #25686

It's cat among the pigeons time... in my opinion it is a (very small) washing machine door seal that has become hardened by some magical process during its time in the exhaust pipe?

whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???#25691

By Alan R - Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:41 pm

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:41 pm #25691

Hi guys--------- maybe a PO put it in there deliberately, just as a joke ??

whats this?.....it came out of my exhaust???#25692

By Alan R - Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:47 pm

- Thu Jun 13, 2013 9:47 pm #25692

-------------- it looks like a Dowty washer with the rubber missing...Washing machine door seal ???---Hmmm ???--- don't think so as our bikes are mainly "Side-loaders" whereas a modern washing machine is a "Front-loader" !!!!!