What's wrong A65 silencer fitting issue

[ChrisG]

Here is a photo of James Rushton's 1965 LC showing the kickstart in more detail.

[ChrisG]

And here is one of the side view.
Your silencer looks a lot longer than James's. I would suggest yours is not the correct one.
I've not heard of the supplier you bought it from but there seems to be a lot of these guys who are all selling the same pattern parts on the internet. Their knowledge of different models of each marque maybe limited.
Gordon at Feked is very knowledgeable. They supply a Clubman silencer (Feked p/no DS282) £89.95 +vat +delivery. Also, if you are concerned about the position of the bracket compared to the inlet for instance, they will measure it and send a photo with the dimension on it.

[geraldhattrick75]

Thanks for all the help folks.
Feked seems the way to go (ironically it's also how I feel about the money I seem to be losing)

I'll just have to save up my pennies and get one from them once I have enough ....


Ed, that is one beautiful looking bike..... I think mine should end up looking reasonable- but it's not going to bear comparison to yours. Stunning....


I hadn't realised the colours of the side panel badges till I saw yours...... The ones I have are pretty much Black and silver.... and one appears to have been run over... by a number of vehicles possibly including a Centurion tank...) (too badly damaged to be properly repaired.... so I'll do my best and call the resultant shortcomings 'Patina')

Martin S.- Ed's bike is the one you should have more pictures of (Ref my '1965 A65 Lightning side stand length' post)

Thanks again for all your help and suggestions,
Dave.

[ChrisG]

Hi Dave,
Whoa! That's not my bike (although I wish it was), It belongs to member James Rushton and we featured it in the January 2016 edition.
Look it up in the members area.
I must confess I did take the photos, my first go at doing pics for an article.
Chris

[geraldhattrick75]

Thanks for the correction Ed...

I'd happily take credit for it.... Simply beautiful.

But the side panel badges in the picture have really made me reconsider what I was going to do with my fairly 'manky' ones.....
So that's a bonus for me...... (I stripped all the paint off mine, again, and I cant say how much time I've spent on them already..... (Still, onwards and upwards eh?))


Incidentally, with regards the silencer issue, I managed to contact Britishmcparts on the phone today and he half convinced me that we might be able to sort something out real soon..... (I've heard it before but I can hang on another couple of weeks if I have to......  ('Gullible' is actually my middle name...)

[Martin S]

Hi Dave,
Whoa! That's not my bike (although I wish it was), It belongs to member James Rushton and we featured it in the January 2016 edition.
Look it up in the members area.
I must confess I did take the photos, my first go at doing pics for an article.
Chris

Can you give me some guidance on finding James's bike pics please?

[cdsdorset]

Feked from pipes are made in Poole. Most of the tube type silencers are made at feked. Their front pipes fit a lot better than Armours ( I should knowing i modified a lot of the other supplier pipes to get feked ones to fit properly) Thdor chroming is done in Birmingham to a high standard as well.

[cdsdorset]

Feked front pipes are bent in Poole and chromed in Birmingham. The tube type silencers are made in house and chromed in Birmingham. Things like ranging silencers are bought in. There has been a lot of work to get the front pipes to fit closely.