Promised a pic and comment when Armour's pipes and silencers arrived. Which they did, eventually, yesterday afternoon after 10 days lost in transit between Dorset and Normandy - all of about 90 miles door to door. Silencers are great, with a much better sound than the siamese I had on before. Timing side pipe was very good too and easy to fit. Drive side pipe, supplied with a small double kink in it to tuck in at rear of primary case and under lh footrest hanger and rear brake lever, was too tight by about an inch to go on. Had to heat and remove both kinks, then it went together OK. Bracketry was pretty close - less than half an inch out on the lh side, and easy enough to persuade it into place. Shame about the bluing and the ripples that heating the end of the pipe caused, but I'm not into 'shiny' too much and aren't as bothered as a lot of people would be. Could be something weird about my bike, or a slightly ill-formed pipe, or whatever - but I didn't fancy the hassle of trying to get another. Anyway, having fabricated some bits of farmyard scrap to make hangers for the silencers, I'm pleased enough. Angle of dangle is about equal both sides, spacing from the frame centre line isn't bad and the whole thing is nice and rigid. Wouldn't do for them as wants perfect, but the best is the enemy of the good and I'm happy. Groily
Not sure if pic will come through - too large maybe for the 800k limit . . .