yeah, one of the things i like about vinces is how it's mounted.
If it wasn't going to be neat like that, I'd just take your advice and make on myself.
thanks for the word.
Japan Meets Britain
One way I've been able to find these things is to look at sites devoted to British bikes (except for the bacon cutters/cooling rings which came from Brian Crichton at Classic Bike Magazine). You'd probably be surprised at what British stuff fits on the SuperHawk, if you're inclined in that direction. The pedestrian slicer I have is from a pre-unit Triumph, and if you look at vintage photos of bikes from that era they use pretty well the same one. So, that being said, I'd check out either British Cycle Supply in Nova Scotia or Domiracer here in the U.S., or pick yourself up a copy of Classic Bike Magazine.
As an aside, the TOGA/Norman Hyde mufflers came from British Cycle Supply, and the Amals came from Wolf Cycles in Arbutus, Maryland (specialize in Triumphs, plus they do all the work on the bike). The Amals bolted right on with no modification. Thanks for asking!
I think they went on with no reducing collars necessary. We used polished Cobra clamps at the joints (they use a t-bolt to tighten the clamp). As far as the other end goes, a spacer was needed to push the muffler out so that the center stand arm hugged the left muffler properly, but other than that it was pretty straight forward. I was fed up with the EMGO's, and I figured if I was going to spend that kind of money on mufflers, I preferred to have these than the stock repros which are about the same price -- not that the quality is necessarily better (the Norman Hydes are built like a tank) as I don't know how good the repros are, but just that they fit in with what I was trying to go for here in this 'art project'.
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Another place you can try for a pedestrian slicer is Classic Motorworks in Faribault, MN. They are the importer of the Indian made Royal Enfields. I think they sell two versions, though they don't look like the one on my bike.
As far as lettering goes, I had the 'SuperHawk' made by a graphics place that does boat transom lettering with die cut vinyl (I think it's a heavy duty 3M product). I brought them the slicer so that they could get the curvature of the lettering right. You could also try a Signs By Tomorrow or the like....
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