hudson29 said:I was very happy to read the original post about the availability of the improved Amal to fit our Commandos. It was a valuable bit of news that many of us who would like to stay close to original spec may benefit by. Thanks Wolfie for letting us know!
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Brithit said:bill said:remember belt drive man heaven help me :lol:
Yes I do! Wonder whatever happend to him. I think he's been banned from a number of fourums.
swooshdave said:Brithit said:bill said:remember belt drive man heaven help me :lol:
Yes I do! Wonder whatever happend to him. I think he's been banned from a number of fourums.
I think he changed his name to Carbonfibre and gave up on belt drives to complain about Amals.
bill said:Carbonfibre said:Finally I wonder if you would be good enough to outline what carburetion and ignition system you would fit to a customers bike, who was looking for long term reliability and performance, without any major concerns over OE type originality?
what does this have to do with the original topic??? NOTHING SO EITHER START YOUR OWN THREAD OR SHUT THE F### UP!!!!! now if you do start another thread I might give it some thought but as you like to change the facts to suit you maybe NOT!!!
swooshdave said:Brithit said:bill said:remember belt drive man heaven help me :lol:
Yes I do! Wonder whatever happend to him. I think he's been banned from a number of fourums.
I think he changed his name to Carbonfibre and gave up on belt drives to complain about Amals.
bill"[quote="bill said:remember belt drive man heaven help me :lol:
Seems that reading and comprehension are also not your strong points. Its states quite clearly in the OBM article that casting, milling, drilling and plating are outsourced to local companies, unless of course we count the Far East, China or Eastern Europe as local. Why don't you just run along and play with the other children in the playground and leave us grown ups in peace.Carbonfibre said:How have I changed the "facts" to suit myself exactly? Seems for some reason that Amal refuse to disclose where the carbs are actually being made, and it seems to be likely they are being made in either the Far East or Eastern Europe. See OBM article for clarification that they are not being made in Burlen factory Salisbury as claimed earlier in this thread.
snakehips said:Seems that reading and comprehension are also not your strong points. Its states quite clearly in the OBM article that casting, milling, drilling and plating are outsourced to local companies, unless of course we count the Far East, China or Eastern Europe as local. Why don't you just run along and play with the other children in the playground and leave us grown ups in peace.Carbonfibre said:How have I changed the "facts" to suit myself exactly? Seems for some reason that Amal refuse to disclose where the carbs are actually being made, and it seems to be likely they are being made in either the Far East or Eastern Europe. See OBM article for clarification that they are not being made in Burlen factory Salisbury as claimed earlier in this thread.
Seeley920 said:bill"[quote="bill said:and BDM actually had a lot of knowledge, could back it up and knew what he was talking about. :lol:
SGOUD said:My Commando never ran so smooth since I changed for a Mikuni...
SGOUD said:Wether that product is made in England or in China is not relevant. The end product is the important part and when flawed (materials of poor quality, short life etc ) then it becomes a second or third choice for me.
Electronic ignition, electronic assimilator, modern tires, updated braking, H4 lighting, LED brake lights, reed valve, high output alternator, updated carburation, Akront wheels etc keep me happy on the road.
My Commando never ran so smooth since I changed for a Mikuni. A huge difference in qualitly.
Good quality is good no matter where it is made!
Oh ya? Says who?Carbonfibre said:SGOUD said:Wether that product is made in England or in China is not relevant. The end product is the important part and when flawed (materials of poor quality, short life etc ) then it becomes a second or third choice for me.
Electronic ignition, electronic assimilator, modern tires, updated braking, H4 lighting, LED brake lights, reed valve, high output alternator, updated carburation, Akront wheels etc keep me happy on the road.
My Commando never ran so smooth since I changed for a Mikuni. A huge difference in qualitly.
Good quality is good no matter where it is made!
Where the carbs are made is actually relevant............ as this is directly related to unit costs, and more importantly product quality.
All the improvements you mention though are things that make a great deal of difference to any older bike, nearly all of which were fitted with shoddy poorly made OE parts, which today can be easily improved upon, often at a lower cost than using reproduced OE type parts.
ludwig said:I like Amals .
When set up correctly , they perform well .
OK , they wear fast , but with rubber manifolds you can double their life .
over 300 000 km , they gave me very few problems , like f.ex. twice a piece of slide broke off , but the engine 'ate' it without further damage .
What I particularly like about them , is how they handle changing altitude .
Even at 10000 ft up , they will pull trough the rev range ,idle well and still start first kick .
By comparison , my brother's modern Bonneville (carb version) in std setting , will loose massive power above 6500 ft and refuses to rev over 5000 rpm .
( But I'm shure the knowledge that his keihins where cast from the right stuff was a real comfort ..)
I also get much better milage : 60 mpg (imp) .
Sleeved a few slides , using anti aircraft shells , but swiched to anodised as soon as they became available .
I would consider Jseng's flat slides if I where shure they can perform over a range of 10000 ft without rejetting .
My next set will most likely be Premiers .
Wish they would make them a little lighter though ..