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<blockquote data-quote="Howard" data-source="post: 11474" data-attributes="member: 271"><p>Just a short anecdote for those who haven't tried this.</p><p> </p><p>In the 70s I took my Egli on the track (Silverstone) for the first time at a VMCC practice day, complete with roadgoing indicators etc and was having a great time playing racer. A friend I was with (Richard Kettle) was there with his racing shadow, he threw me a piece of rusty exhaust pipe, and told me to replace the Vincent type (don't know if it was spiral or what) silencer with it. I didn't like the rusty bit of metal, but it made the bike sound like a real racer, so I went out for another spin. I rode down the feed-on road, looked for a space in the traffic and wacked the throttle open. The difference was so great I lost my grip on the handlebars with the improved acceleration. </p><p>All this extra power without even tuning the carbs to suit, showed me just how critical the silencer is, hence I use the Dunstall can and earplugs. So far "It's standard fitment on 1974 Egli Vincents Officer" has placated the boys in blue.</p><p>Try a piece of pipe reaching back to the rear wheel spindle (tuned for about 4000 rpm), when someone finds a high tech quiet silencer that gives the same performance I think we'll all have one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howard, post: 11474, member: 271"] Just a short anecdote for those who haven't tried this. In the 70s I took my Egli on the track (Silverstone) for the first time at a VMCC practice day, complete with roadgoing indicators etc and was having a great time playing racer. A friend I was with (Richard Kettle) was there with his racing shadow, he threw me a piece of rusty exhaust pipe, and told me to replace the Vincent type (don't know if it was spiral or what) silencer with it. I didn't like the rusty bit of metal, but it made the bike sound like a real racer, so I went out for another spin. I rode down the feed-on road, looked for a space in the traffic and wacked the throttle open. The difference was so great I lost my grip on the handlebars with the improved acceleration. All this extra power without even tuning the carbs to suit, showed me just how critical the silencer is, hence I use the Dunstall can and earplugs. So far "It's standard fitment on 1974 Egli Vincents Officer" has placated the boys in blue. Try a piece of pipe reaching back to the rear wheel spindle (tuned for about 4000 rpm), when someone finds a high tech quiet silencer that gives the same performance I think we'll all have one. [/QUOTE]
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