Cosi
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Better to take your pants off for something you need than something you think you need...
Malcolm Cox
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henry
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Cosi said:
have you been wearing them white boots on your head?
dropping your rods so as to make a payment only encourages a dose of the pox
padlock
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henry said:
WHY? what could you hope to gain or achieve by such a comment. Not normally abusive to people on here but fuck off Henry. we are all entitled to our opinions and frequently they are aired but yours smacks of an idiot with no substance to back it up.
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Grant
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It would appear we are not all entitled to air our opinions, especially on this topic.
All I will say is that it was probably one of THE most polarised discussions this forum has seen (so far).
All I will say is that it was probably one of THE most polarised discussions this forum has seen (so far).
henry
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padlock said:
i haven't denied you your opinion - you can have as many as you like. i simply expressed mine. i have my reasons.
Laverdalothar
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Grant said:
+1
else :-X
impamentor
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Just another +1 for M Cox Engineering received a pair of RGS cans collector box and brackets. Quality is superb, packaging over the top (this is a good thing)
Forgot to mention the chrome, very good indeed. spotless thick and liquid like. Like old british chrome used to be..as I remember as a lad, buffing the old mans Panther...
Forgot to mention the chrome, very good indeed. spotless thick and liquid like. Like old british chrome used to be..as I remember as a lad, buffing the old mans Panther...
VanguardontheLav
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I promised to write up my fitting of one of Malcolm's galvanised collector boxes, but never got round to it.
They are really well built and strongly finished - more of that later - and fit EXACTLY as poorly as the original RGS box does to my (Keihan we believe) downpipes. I am now waiting for Malcolm to finish the downpipes so that I have something that fits perfectly throughout...
Fitting was NOT as easy as I had hoped: I thought I would be able to take off the old box and fit the new one in its place - job done, 30 minutes or so... But oh no. Major problem was that the galvanising had "run" inside each of the three inlets so the downpipes wouldn't fit. I mistakenly thought that would be easy to clean up with my trusty half round file. One thing about the galvanising - it's bloody hard! After 30 minutes of sweat, I decided to take a small grind wheel to finish the job which was much quicker. Note to self: if the finish is this tough, it should last on the bike!
Once that was done then it was simply getting all the pieces together again. Anyone who has tried to fit a Keihan exhaust will know what I mean: nothing quite fits the way you would expect. Following all the recommended routes, hanging the silencers; tightening from the front; and supporting the collector on a jack, meant it all came together eventually as the copper exhaust gaskets compressed (reminds me: I need to tighten up the headers to take into account the creep of the copper rings...)
Out on the road, sounds good - i.e. no leaks - bike seems to run nicely and what more can I say? Can't really see it unless you lie down or have the bike up on the lift.
Overall I'm very impressed. Talking to Malcolm, he says that the first batch didn't get checked for running of the zinc, but later ones have and will be checked. This was the only real problem I had with fitting. Now it just remains to see how long the thing lasts! (Stainless ones, have been a max of three years in my experience...)
I would recommend and fully intend to buy some downpipes from Malcolm too when he gets them finished! You certainly can't fault his customer service!
Hope this helps someone.
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Dick
They are really well built and strongly finished - more of that later - and fit EXACTLY as poorly as the original RGS box does to my (Keihan we believe) downpipes. I am now waiting for Malcolm to finish the downpipes so that I have something that fits perfectly throughout...
Fitting was NOT as easy as I had hoped: I thought I would be able to take off the old box and fit the new one in its place - job done, 30 minutes or so... But oh no. Major problem was that the galvanising had "run" inside each of the three inlets so the downpipes wouldn't fit. I mistakenly thought that would be easy to clean up with my trusty half round file. One thing about the galvanising - it's bloody hard! After 30 minutes of sweat, I decided to take a small grind wheel to finish the job which was much quicker. Note to self: if the finish is this tough, it should last on the bike!
Once that was done then it was simply getting all the pieces together again. Anyone who has tried to fit a Keihan exhaust will know what I mean: nothing quite fits the way you would expect. Following all the recommended routes, hanging the silencers; tightening from the front; and supporting the collector on a jack, meant it all came together eventually as the copper exhaust gaskets compressed (reminds me: I need to tighten up the headers to take into account the creep of the copper rings...)
Out on the road, sounds good - i.e. no leaks - bike seems to run nicely and what more can I say? Can't really see it unless you lie down or have the bike up on the lift.
Overall I'm very impressed. Talking to Malcolm, he says that the first batch didn't get checked for running of the zinc, but later ones have and will be checked. This was the only real problem I had with fitting. Now it just remains to see how long the thing lasts! (Stainless ones, have been a max of three years in my experience...)
I would recommend and fully intend to buy some downpipes from Malcolm too when he gets them finished! You certainly can't fault his customer service!
Hope this helps someone.
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Dick
jotajoe
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VanguardontheLav said:
I just had a look at my Malcolm Cox Galv collector and it is perfect..No problems whatsoever
joe
impamentor
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The M Cox collector box material is twice as thick as my original it is also 28mm longer (overall length) which would explain the poor alignment / fitment of the existing system fitted. It is much heavier then the original (obviously). The original cans always pointed in (pigeon toed) I was never able to get the cans 'parallel' with the frame / bike.