Dunstall Mystery Parts

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Re: Dunstall Mystery Parts

Postby swooshdave » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:18 pm

Don Tovey wrote:Hi all,
they say Dunstall on the rubber foot rest but the quality looks too good to be Dunstall.
I remember in the 60's & 70's buying Dunstall parts for my Atlas & most of them were poorly made.
The Pistons melted, The half fairing cracked around the mounting brackets & the insides came loose on the Silencers (although the sound was nice) I put Gold Star replica silencers on eventually & they were a really nice sound.
I used to look around Dunstalls Shop in Eltham on the outskirts of London a lot as I only lived about 8 miles away.
I went to a bike museum near york in Yorkshire & they had an old Dunstall catalogue just left on the seat of an Atlas.
Ahhh, my good old days of youth, Wine, women, motorbikes & women (I liked women).
Cheers Don


Don't worry, the rest of the rearsets are shoddy enough to make them real Dunstalls.

One set went to a Kawasaki guy and the second set went on a Norton GrandPaul is building.
You probably want to go into town, and find a up to date Jap Bike store,
With a full spares department, a clean workshop, and kean young mechanics.
And ask them if theres a Grumpy Old Bloke out in the Hills, who knows how to fix Real Motorcycles.

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Re: Dunstall Mystery Parts

Postby grandpaul » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:06 pm

It was a bit spendy having the welder do everything, but I'm not set up for aluminum and I had 100 other things to do right now.

They're done and I'm working on fitting them up tomorrow.
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