Whilst in the Isle of Man (in fact on the day before we were due to come home 
), the bracket holding my Remus can on decided to break. Luckily we were able to get a bit of wire to temporarily hold it on until we got home 
.
On arriving home the bolts that held the brackets on were liberally squirted with WD40 type stuff and thereafter every day for a week as they didn't look too healthy. Come the weekend and removal time, the first bolt sheared off and the second sounded like it was coming undone with that cracking sound but it was the captive nut on the inside that came loose . So off to the welders hoping to have the bracket welded to can, couldn't be done stainless to titanium , but they did weld the bracket back together.
Got the exhaust and bracket back today (they're still sort off together as the bolt through the bracket to (not so) captive nut is keeping them loosely together) and tightened the two together with some jubilee clips. Whilst doing this, I noticed that where the exhaust pipe goes into the silencer is starting to fracture .
Sorry for taking so long, but the question is should I get a replacement Remus exhaust (considering how (not so) long this one has lasted - 6 years max that I can work out, or maybe get an Akrapovic - the idea of a clamp seems good (what are peoples experiences of these) or go to Gazelles and have a stainless one made up (the one on my 'Old Wing ('76) was still good after 10 years when I moved her along).
The collective thoughts of UKGS'ers would (possibly) be appreciated
), the bracket holding my Remus can on decided to break. Luckily we were able to get a bit of wire to temporarily hold it on until we got home .On arriving home the bolts that held the brackets on were liberally squirted with WD40 type stuff and thereafter every day for a week as they didn't look too healthy. Come the weekend and removal time, the first bolt sheared off
and the second sounded like it was coming undone with that cracking sound but it was the captive nut on the inside that came loose . So off to the welders hoping to have the bracket welded to can, couldn't be done stainless to titanium , but they did weld the bracket back together.Got the exhaust and bracket back today (they're still sort off together as the bolt through the bracket to (not so) captive nut is keeping them loosely together) and tightened the two together with some jubilee clips. Whilst doing this, I noticed that where the exhaust pipe goes into the silencer is starting to fracture
.Sorry for taking so long, but the question is should I get a replacement Remus exhaust (considering how (not so) long this one has lasted - 6 years max that I can work out, or maybe get an Akrapovic - the idea of a clamp seems good (what are peoples experiences of these) or go to Gazelles and have a stainless one made up (the one on my 'Old Wing ('76) was still good after 10 years when I moved her along).
The collective thoughts of UKGS'ers would (possibly) be appreciated
