the sound

Thus spake Don Clarke (donseb@aapt.net.au) unto the assembled multitudes:
> GBURTON wrote:
>> how do I MAKE MY 2007 BONNEVILLE SOUND LIKE A TRIUMPH?

> Is it possible to fit the older Bonnie silencers which are legal
> straight-throughs - my '70 Bonnie sounds great!



If you are of a sensitive disposition, please do not read on.




I had a Tiger 650 (TR6R) in the mid 1970s, the salad days of my mis-spent
youth. When the silencers rotted away I couldn't afford new ones so I ran
it with just the downpipes for a while. Then when I realised it was a bit
noisy, I just hammered some lumps of wood into the downpipes. My oh my,
what terrible abuse that poor bike suffered at my hands. It bit back
though, and seized an exhaust valve at 90mph one fateful afternoon, after
which it languished under a cover for two years until I sold it for little
more than scrap value to someone who wanted to restore it. I am not proud
of any of this.

I now run a Trident 900 and I am far more conscientious in caring for it,
but it is a lot more reliable and deserving of respect.

:-)



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University of Sussex
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In article <s8KdnaHpNvibmHLbnZ2dnUVZ8tyqnZ2d@bt.com> Ray
Chandler<chandler_banjo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> nospam wrote:
>> You can keep them pretty quiet if you don't get too heavy handed.
>> OTOH, mine sounds like a gunshot from time to time on cold startup.

> Ah but in some areas the police don't go by the sound. They'll have
> a look at pipes on parked bikes (especially at popular bike
> gatherings) and if they see the "not for public road use" stamp on
> them they'll book you without even hearing the thing.

There are after market alternatives, but I don't know if they
aremarked. See page two of

<http://www.normanhyde.co.uk/download.php?file=bonnycat.pdf>

for example.


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In article <JcSdnVBMYpxOvXPbnZ2dnUVZ8q2dnZ2d@bt.com>, Ray Chandler <chandler_banjo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>nospam wrote:
>> Switching to the "off road" mufflers and replacing the intake
>> snorkel with a velocity stack gets mighty close.
>
>Lovely sound if you just want to ride around private estates or sit in
>your drive and listen to it, but if you take it on public roads be
>prepared for police attention in some areas.
>The law enforcement boys in some UK counties are getting quite
>intolerant of non-road-legal exhausts, I believe. Same goes for
>non-regulation number plates, etc. There was a time when all they cared
>about was your riding, but not these days.
giving up your guns let a lot of rubbish happen.
you need a revolution and restoration of personal rights.
despite our myriad problems, the u.s. citizen can still switch governments
when needed. it's even required by the constitution.
"when in the course of human events......"
they lied when they said you'd be safer...

In article <s8KdnaHpNvibmHLbnZ2dnUVZ8tyqnZ2d@bt.com>, Ray Chandler <chandler_banjo@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>nospam wrote:
>> You can keep them pretty quiet if you don't get too heavy handed.
>> OTOH, mine sounds like a gunshot from time to time on cold startup.
>
>Ah but in some areas the police don't go by the sound. They'll have a
>look at pipes on parked bikes (especially at popular bike gatherings)
>and if they see the "not for public road use" stamp on them they'll book
>you without even hearing the thing.
yep, definitley time for a change. nursemaid police are facist scum in drag.

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