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Reply #30 on: October 15, 2010, 05:24:20 pm
".....These bikes NEED back pressure....."

Nonsense.  
My G5 LOVES the Goldstar exhaust - straight through open pipe.
Doesn't sputter, doesn't stall, goes like shite off a wet shovel....
and still gets 85mpg
Loves it... :D
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Reply #31 on: October 15, 2010, 07:32:09 pm
".....These bikes NEED back pressure....."

Nonsense.  
My G5 LOVES the Goldstar exhaust - straight through open pipe.
Doesn't sputter, doesn't stall, goes like shite off a wet shovel....
and still gets 85mpg
Loves it... :D

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Reply #32 on: October 15, 2010, 09:31:22 pm
I once had a fellow tell me that a car NEEDED back-pressure to run good - I told him to jam a potato or two up in the pipe so it would be REALLY fast .......  ::)
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Reply #33 on: October 15, 2010, 09:45:24 pm
 ;D ;D
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Reply #34 on: October 15, 2010, 11:41:26 pm
I once had a fellow tell me that a car NEEDED back-pressure to run good - I told him to jam a potato or two up in the pipe so it would be REALLY fast .......  ::)
CMW catalog or some kind of manual had potatoes too - though for a different purpose.  ;)  Sure, you will remember that !  My memory is fading - its TGIF.
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Reply #35 on: October 15, 2010, 11:42:57 pm
CMW catalog or some kind of manual had potatoes too - though for a different purpose.  ;)

Hey!  This is a family friendly forum!

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Reply #36 on: October 16, 2010, 05:49:53 am
Easy there Lads, we don't want any potatoes exploding on here.

@Will - "goes like shite off a wet shovel" No wonder you get 85mpg and your bike is surely fast.


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Reply #37 on: October 16, 2010, 08:32:20 am
Shiny chrome - lots of it on the G5 DeLuxe - adds a couple of hp, and wearing earplugs seems to add a couple more........ ;)
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Reply #38 on: October 16, 2010, 07:55:15 pm
Hey!  This is a family friendly forum!
:D

@Scott & @SSR - check it out, an Idaho speciality in Nfieldgear  ;)

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/catalogsearch/result/?q=potato
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Reply #39 on: October 16, 2010, 09:40:41 pm
 Ya know singh, I have to disagree with there findings on the merits of the red potato.I  have found then when properly wadded with boiled cabbage, the red potato is far Superior to the russet, both in ft per second and accuracy. The boiled cabbage wadding seems to lubricate the pipe, and increases muzzle/ tail pipe velocity as well.
For the ultimate scatter gun effect, perhaps to be used on the obnoxious Hog riding neighbor, a half boiled red potato can hardly be beat. ::)
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Reply #40 on: October 17, 2010, 01:44:42 pm
@Scott & @SSR - check it out, an Idaho speciality in Nfieldgear  ;)

http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/catalogsearch/result/?q=potato


I'll have to add that to my wishlist.
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Reply #41 on: October 18, 2010, 01:54:35 am
Ya know singh, I have to disagree with there findings on the merits of the red potato.I  have found then when properly wadded with boiled cabbage, the red potato is far Superior to the russet, both in ft per second and accuracy. The boiled cabbage wadding seems to lubricate the pipe, and increases muzzle/ tail pipe velocity as well.
For the ultimate scatter gun effect, perhaps to be used on the obnoxious Hog riding neighbor, a half boiled red potato can hardly be beat. ::)

Snicker, snicker - That wouldn't be an IRISH recipe would it?? ;D
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Reply #42 on: October 18, 2010, 02:52:37 am
Snicker, snicker - That wouldn't be an IRISH recipe would it?? ;D
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Reply #43 on: October 18, 2010, 09:38:23 pm
Ordered my 'Tater today,  gonna' plant it in the spring so I have a lifetime supply!! ::)  That will put me way ahead of the curve!  ;D
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Reply #44 on: October 18, 2010, 11:43:30 pm
Pardon my ignorance, but how exactly does one use a potato to decarbonize an exhaust?
I am going to be sorry I asked. aren't I?
http://nfieldgear.com/enfield-store/potato.html
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