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[Adrian]

I may have a spare bracket for that... A.

[Lord-Toady]

Oh no this is damn annoying, the exhaust pipe turned up today from India and is just a standard short pipe for the normal long silencer.




https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/NEW-ROYAL-EN ... 3066646509







Now they are asking me to provide dimensions for the pipe I actually wan't how about just send me the one in the bl**dy picture on the listing as I dont have the dimensions for something I don't have. Its a shame Hitchcocks can't supply the long pipe anymore it's there in the new catalog teasing me with no longer available printed next to it.

[Lord-Toady]

I think my bike is running rich as I hit reserve the other day and I must have only done about 100 miles since I first filled it up which doesnt seem that great for a small bike. The odometer on my speedo is broken it turns very slowly so I should address that, it also explains the bikes apparant low milage and lack of use over the years between mots by previous owners.

I could do with a new speedo, I wonder if they do a nice looking Smiths one with a little trip counter and reset button as well.

BTW I have heard back from my Ebay seller, offering to send me the proper exhaust if I close the case and lose my buyer protection so have told them no.

I should have just spend £100 on the silencer hitchcocks do with the long pipe and second bracket already on it to fit the short pipe.

[Adrian]

Not only did your Indian supplier send you the short pipe instead of the long pipe, but it's for a 350 instead of a 500. If you measure the pipe's outside diameter you'll find it's only 1.5", except at the silencer end with the short section of 1.75" pipe welded on so that the silencer off a 500 can be fitted.



Our hosts offer their own long pipe/short bottle silencer system (catalogue no. 200087 for the 500), you could buy one of those and sell on whichever silencer you don't use.



I don't think any of the replica Smiths speedos from India have the trip counter and reset button. If you want that, you'll have to cough up for a Smiths' original, though a fully-overhauled and correctly calibrated genuine chronometric Speedo would be a very nice present for your bike. Otherwise one of the Puca Smiths electronic speedos could be used. Pricey, though.



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[Lord-Toady]

Yep I took it out to the bike and could see that the diameter of the pipe is too narrow and doesnt match so assumed it was for 350. I told them that, I will have to see what they say, I saw that English made pipe but it works out a bit expensive also I read somewhere that the Indian made one from Hitchcocks has the best sound.

Hopefully they will send me the long pipe, and it will fit otherwise I will get my money back from ebay.

[Adrian]

That particular pipe is available from more than one supplier on ebay, though maybe Mr H. could be persuaded to sell you one of his own from the 200087 kit separately.



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[Lord-Toady]

Yay they came through for me in the end and the proper exhaust arrived this afternoon at work.



It has the same label as the muffler I got from our hosts, Chennai Quality 2, I guess that means good second rate quality, but it looks alright and means they are a matched pair I have ordered some Granville Black high temp RTV silicon to fit it with and am going to get a cooling ring as well. Now if I can order that pipe off ebay, why can't Hitchcocks have them available, would have paid a few quid more for saved agro. PS. Now I have a spare exhaust for a 350.

[Lord-Toady]

I think I need to cut a bit of the end of the pipe where it goes into the head so that it all lines up. I guess they make them a bit longer up there so you can fettle them down to take into account differences between bikes.

[Lord-Toady]

Crikey, fettle!!? I am a biker not a bleeding blacksmith!

[Adrian]

Fettling is good, get used to it! ) Measure twice, cut once, etc, etc.



Regarding our hosts' supply of these pipes, I have seen an instance where our hosts have ceased stocking an Indian part because of quality issues, might they have had a few too many rejects with these?



You can either sell the 350 pipe on, not on here of course, or buy a 350 Bullet that needs a new exhaust pipe.



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