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on: April 02, 2013, 04:15:47 am
i'll see if my dad can make a few more if anyone else is interested

my dad machined up these plain tappet covers for me and is working on a finned one as well.

i'm not trying to turn this into a sale thread but if anyone would like one i've got one plain polished cover, and one sand blasted plain cover.
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my dad also did up some black plastic swing arm bushing covers for me because I lost one of the stock ones on my first ride.
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Reply #1 on: April 02, 2013, 04:18:44 am
I thought these looked pretty boss compared to the ultra shiny covers
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Reply #2 on: April 02, 2013, 04:53:06 am
Oh man..while you were posting this, I installed the tappet cover from Hitchcocks. My stock chain had died and I ordered a better one from Hitchcocks, and decided to get the tappet cover too. I just installed it literally 5 mins ago. It looks good too, however I wanted a plain one like your dad has made. Mine says "Hitchcocks Performance".  ;)

Oh well, I might get one from you in the future!
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Reply #3 on: April 02, 2013, 06:34:00 am
i will buy the sand blasted one - pm sent
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Reply #4 on: April 02, 2013, 08:40:48 am
Nice!
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Reply #5 on: April 02, 2013, 03:04:05 pm
Thanks for doing this, I'm "in-between" Enfields right now, having sold my C5 Special end of last year. Miss it and want to get back in .. I'm torn between another C5 and the G5 Classic. Weighing pros and cons of each right now. Anyway, when I had the C5, I tried to find a source for a plain, polished tappet cover, just hated the "EFI-500" script - spoiled the 'vintage' look. What I find interesting, the 2010 models had a plain tappet cover, no script at all. I don't know why they had to change this.

At any rate, I'll buy the polished cover it is still available. Thank your Dad for me!
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Reply #6 on: April 02, 2013, 05:38:11 pm
Can he engrave it ?


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Reply #7 on: April 02, 2013, 06:32:49 pm
Thanks for doing this, I'm "in-between" Enfields right now, having sold my C5 Special end of last year. Miss it and want to get back in .. I'm torn between another C5 and the G5 Classic. Weighing pros and cons of each right now. Anyway, when I had the C5, I tried to find a source for a plain, polished tappet cover, just hated the "EFI-500" script - spoiled the 'vintage' look. What I find interesting, the 2010 models had a plain tappet cover, no script at all. I don't know why they had to change this.

At any rate, I'll buy the polished cover it is still available. Thank your Dad for me!
Dropping you a PM right now.

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Reply #8 on: April 02, 2013, 06:34:09 pm
Can he engrave it ?

absolutely. i'm going to need him to do up a few more.
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Reply #9 on: April 02, 2013, 06:49:09 pm
I got lucky, I've got a 2010 with a blank plate and I like it that way.  I can see where this might help sell bikes in India but in the US people like the old school look.  Heck, Triumph got custom throttle bodies made to look like carburetors when they switched the Bonneville to EFI.

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Reply #10 on: April 02, 2013, 06:51:18 pm
yeah, everytime I look at the "EFI 500" I just get a little upset on the inside. I mean, clearly most of us love the old school look that's why we have an enfield and that tappet cover just messes up the flow!
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Reply #11 on: April 02, 2013, 07:00:23 pm
b.sheets...your Dad did a great job with those covers...I'd love to get one from you!
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Reply #12 on: April 02, 2013, 07:15:47 pm
The other weird thing, there's nothing in there!  Since we have hydraulics they could have just made the case one piece and skipped the plate altogether.

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Reply #13 on: April 02, 2013, 11:57:19 pm
so many people don't even notice the efi-500 plate! or the r RE name on the tank. typically,"what kind of bike is that?" "who makes that?"  "what size?" you know, the questions we answer all the time. not a bad thing, for sure.
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Reply #14 on: April 03, 2013, 12:08:43 am
I love this:
"What kinda bike is that?"
"Royal Enfield." (pointing to tank)
"Who makes that?"
"Royal Enfield."
Blank stare, pause, "Oh."

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