Redbeard wrote:nowt wrong with an alpha, my st had one on standard jets and airbox and it flew, sounded great too with half a baffle. good luck in your search.

I`m glad you enjoyed yours as well

I liked that it was on the left as there was a winging old git on a bi-cycle in our village called Flapper, we used to pull the clutch in behind him free wheel up and give him a blast, me and a mates Z750 twin had left hand pipes and were quite effective !

My Alfa after about a week of no quarter went rather silent and the bike seemed lethargic, I took the baffle out and threw away some rock wool type stuff and cut a third off of the baffle, I then gave it a damn good thrashing and two of my mates with 750`s couldn't get in front, that was on standard...

The 4 air/fuel mixture screws are set at 2 1/2 turns out and look the same, so far I have only disassembled 1 carb at a time with those screws out I do spray carb cleaner through then air line it, I have bench sync the carbs and done the float level at 22mm, the o rings are I think the drain screw, ...

hi Paul and Al, thanks for replying, I have stripped everything out, and sprayed carb cleaner in every hole and blown through with an air line, every jet and emulsifier has been cleaned and I can see through every hole, the only thing I have not done is split the carbs away individually, petrol is g...

as above my bike was i think left on the side stand for 8 yrs so I've stripped the carbs now 3 times all seems ok and done the diaphragm test and are all ok, 3 and 4 cylinders run fine and 2 intermittent and 1 fires hardly at all, had the plug out of 1 and it sparks fine, they are all new plugs. its...

seems I`ve stepped on a minefield, yes that's the one Steve, mine was quite loud, but that was 27yrs ago and I`m deaf now , I just think it looks nice that side as I`m left handed

I have seen Dave`s website and his piper.

I am looking for one of these exhausts for my Z1000 LTD, I had one back in the mid 80`s on my Z550 LTD and it was a good exhaust.