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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 7:34 pm Post subject: |
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First time I met Vort on a bike day out...he was very late....and the rest of us were about to leave...then in the distance we could hear a stricken Lancaster bomber coming in for a crash landing....the boom and reverberations got louder and louder until some ten minutes later....crash landing....a DB4 with a corse can rounded the bend and entered the carpark....I can testify that it isnt a bike to follow at any distance less than 400 yards...the cacophony and reverberation from the empty sewer pipe end can of the corse system makes your hearing and brain go funny with the thud thud thud....it comes over you in shock waves and reverberates even through your helmet....its overtake or park up and give it some distance........fine whilst riding it...but dont be behind it........ |
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brian
Joined: 22 Aug 2011 Posts: 3769 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2015 11:04 pm Post subject: |
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Definately sounds like something I need then _________________ '99 DB4 #104, '96 SB6 #1165, '94 DB2 J #652, '99 DB4 #088, '08 VTX1800, '93 ZXR750R M1, '95 ZXR750, '95 ZXR750 Race Bike, '94 CBR400rr NC29 Race Bike, '94 CB250, '49 BSA C10 250, '61 BSA A10 650, '89 ZXR750, '91 Ducati 851 |
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2bims
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 12:10 am Post subject: |
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I'd like one....and although the DB4 hasnt been made for 14 years...the company that makes the pipes is still around and could probably make them again...although I've never dared email them to ask...being in Japan with airfrieght costs, import and Tax charges on top to UK...and Corse stuff aint cheap without all that anyhow....I have a receipt just for the end cans on my DB2 from Corse back in 1996.....and they were some 1500gbp back then.........Ouch......and once I found a guy in Germany selling a corse system for DB5....but he wanted over 3500 euros for it...and it was 2nd hand...... |
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ladolcevita7
Joined: 02 Dec 2015 Posts: 44 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 2:09 am Post subject: |
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Man that sure looks a damn fine bike Vort 😉
I last looked at a Corse exhaust system way back when I got the bike, and they sure were expensive then.....I would love that system, I just need to win the lottery 😄
I have been searching for a set of Mikunis for a xmas prezzy to me 😊 but no joy as of yet😕
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Brian - Early xmas present for you
Now they may be expensive but they are a work of art and the lightest can I have ever held. !!
On the carb side , mine has Keihin FCR's not Mikuni , so I can't confirm 100% but I have to say that riding my bike and a standard carb DB4 back to back , you would not believe the difference a set of carbs makes.
If I were you, I would ditch the standard carbs, get a nice set of Mikuni's and K&N's , if you like the shotgun pipes get them stripped out and lightened, and then get it set up on the dyno. You will have one of the best bikes going, and the induction noise from the pod filters is amazing. |
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deebee4
Joined: 08 Jan 2011 Posts: 266 Location: Netherlands
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vort28
Joined: 22 Mar 2010 Posts: 2194 Location: Northwest , UK
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:21 am Post subject: |
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Wow , that website has moved on in the last year or so.
Got my lightened flywheel and a few tuning bits from there a few years ago. Very nice people.
Got the Bimota sports kit by default when I bought the bike. Came with the pipe, carbs,pod filters and special tank to fit carbs. Did'nt really appreciate what the kit gave till I rode a stock db4. They are worlds apart.
Carbs are the best money per smile improvement you can put on the air cooled Duc motor I would suggest. |
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2bims
Joined: 03 Apr 2010 Posts: 7289
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:32 am Post subject: |
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"Compared to the stock DB4....." "Worlds apart...."...."wouldnt believe they were the same bike back to back..."......
I suppose I'll only stop hearing about it when I either throw in some mikuni flatslides into my DB4.....or drop the engine in from my DB2....... |
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2bims
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Posted: Tue Dec 22, 2015 9:32 am Post subject: |
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"Compared to the stock DB4....." "Worlds apart...."...."wouldnt believe they were the same bike back to back..."......
I suppose I'll only stop hearing about it when I either throw in some mikuni flatslides into my DB4.....or drop the engine in from my DB2....... |
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ladolcevita7
Joined: 02 Dec 2015 Posts: 44 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Fri Dec 25, 2015 2:37 am Post subject: |
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Thanks very much for the link on the carbs, not cheap as i have found out looking on ebay usa.
Merry Christmas to one and all 😉
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hatyszysta
Joined: 13 Jan 2014 Posts: 18 Location: Poland
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2bims
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ladolcevita7
Joined: 02 Dec 2015 Posts: 44 Location: Manchester
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Posted: Sun Feb 21, 2016 2:02 am Post subject: Clutch housing |
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Hi hatyszysta
Nice job on the clutch housing and a nice clean looking bike.
Ginkuja Michal |
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