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Silencer for Series C Comet
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<blockquote data-quote="Matty" data-source="post: 32436" data-attributes="member: 1339"><p>Thanks all</p><p></p><p>Seems I'm not the only one trying to find the best compromise between noise, performance, cost and appearance for a silencer for my Comet.</p><p></p><p>It would have been interesting to know how noisy and what performance was available with the original Burgess silencer, which I believe was straight through but with wadding to reduce the noise - certainly you could see straight through it. The Burgess was on my Comet for about 10 years and as far as I can remember was not very noisy and gave good performance. During this time (1960) for instance I went two up via France and Germany to Austria/Italy including over the Grossglockner Pass and seem to remember cruising at 75mph or so on the Autobahns. It would seem a pity, if this is true, that nobody has produced a copy of the original Burgess.</p><p></p><p>Or is it a case of the older I get the better it was ?</p><p></p><p>My Comet is very original so I am reluctant to use a silencer which does not look like a Burgess, but it looks as if I may have to use the straw coloured Armours one in the end if nothing else is available.</p><p></p><p>The noise does not seem to be a problem with my MOTs so far - only for my ears, and is OK with good earplugs. My test station have never wanted to hear the bike running and fortunately only seem interested in safety issues - brakes, wheel bearings, lights, head bearings, spokes, forks etc.</p><p></p><p>Thanks again for the information so far - perhaps I should commission the design and manufacture of a Burgess copy !!</p><p></p><p>Matty</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matty, post: 32436, member: 1339"] Thanks all Seems I'm not the only one trying to find the best compromise between noise, performance, cost and appearance for a silencer for my Comet. It would have been interesting to know how noisy and what performance was available with the original Burgess silencer, which I believe was straight through but with wadding to reduce the noise - certainly you could see straight through it. The Burgess was on my Comet for about 10 years and as far as I can remember was not very noisy and gave good performance. During this time (1960) for instance I went two up via France and Germany to Austria/Italy including over the Grossglockner Pass and seem to remember cruising at 75mph or so on the Autobahns. It would seem a pity, if this is true, that nobody has produced a copy of the original Burgess. Or is it a case of the older I get the better it was ? My Comet is very original so I am reluctant to use a silencer which does not look like a Burgess, but it looks as if I may have to use the straw coloured Armours one in the end if nothing else is available. The noise does not seem to be a problem with my MOTs so far - only for my ears, and is OK with good earplugs. My test station have never wanted to hear the bike running and fortunately only seem interested in safety issues - brakes, wheel bearings, lights, head bearings, spokes, forks etc. Thanks again for the information so far - perhaps I should commission the design and manufacture of a Burgess copy !! Matty [/QUOTE]
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