IXXRA......The Home Of The Superblackbird

by **whiskey river** » Sun Mar 13, 2011 9:12 pm

got the pipes on wednesday morning by dhl as promised

due to the (unusual) rain in cumbria did'nt get to fit them until saturday afternoon , perfect fit , took me about 90 minutes including coffee break , you also get 2 new gaskets for the link pipes , normal power has been resumed , i can definatley recommend these downpipes , it took me nearly 2 hours to stop dribbling when theey arrived , anyway thats it for now :ride)

by **blackyb** » Sat May 21, 2011 12:04 am

Just had my bike in for service and MOT and was told that I needed to replace my original downpipes on my 13 year old bird, thought they were blowing a bit anyway.

I was told by my local dealer that motad pipes were a straight forward replacement and easy fit.

Not impressed, they sit lower and catch our local speed humps, and they have had to trim the bottom edge of the fairings as they touched.

Anyone else had the same problem with MOTAD pipes :banghead)

by **xxstatic** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 6:20 pm

im sorry to hear that blackyb my downpipes need replacing and i was going to go with motad but maybe ill wait a while ive temporarily repaired the collectr box with gum gum seems to have worked anyone out there bought other downpipes than motad and also anyone had michelin pilot 3s fitted yet and are they tidy am currently running bridgestone bt023 front/rear getting about 3.5k out of a rear 6k front :

by **Tigger** » Sun Mar 11, 2012 4:59 am

blackyb wrote:Just had my bike in for service and MOT and was told that I needed to replace my original downpipes on my 13 year old bird, thought they were blowing a bit anyway.

I was told by my local dealer that motad pipes were a straight forward replacement and easy fit.

Not impressed, they sit lower and catch our local speed humps, and they have had to trim the bottom edge of the fairings as they touched.

Anyone else had the same problem with MOTAD pipes :banghead)

Yes, on my crashed bird, also had to trim the fairing, left it untrimmed and pipes burned the trim, so trimmed it back. Also touched down on a few twisties, so i guess they hung lower, but only scuffed the road, not a big deal for me as never rode 2 up then. :-?