Old Frescos

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RICSPEED wrote:i had an under kick on a tv175 motor ,it would not pull at all with it ,had caustic soda down it and all sorts ,it ran better on just the u bend :? ,the over kick job on my gp was great and i do like the look of them in a retro way ,just had to weld it up now and again :lol:
Hmmh, SX150 gearbox too, 46/17 sprockets_____ah, well_____I'll give it a whirl anyway :)
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RICSPEED
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storkfoot wrote:
RICSPEED wrote:i had an under kick on a tv175 motor ,it would not pull at all with it ,had caustic soda down it and all sorts ,it ran better on just the u bend :? ,the over kick job on my gp was great and i do like the look of them in a retro way ,just had to weld it up now and again :lol:
Hmmh, SX150 gearbox too, 46/17 sprockets_____ah, well_____I'll give it a whirl anyway :)

i think it was just the pipe i had ,can only assume it was blocked some how :?
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the offending pipe :evil:
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belting pipe.pulls like a donkey.
i have a horrible feeling.things are going to go bang
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Under-the-kickstart Frescos are not exactly great on ground clearance. Mine was squashed flat in no time at all.
Meus Lambretta est non infractus. Is est quietus.
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sean brady scooters
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the old school fresco pipes are actually extremley good ,if used on appropiate set ups..
i always favoured the OTT ones ....better looks and ground clearence.
i used to convert many of these to a rubber mounted set up using the mini exhaust mountings....this helped stop the vibrations and cracking probs.
and yes the silencer could be easily re packed when needed due to the circlip design..
I ,m sure that there were different sized bores on" U" pipes available to suit the engine size

one of the best ones that i had was on a tuned 175,...and the main reason that it worked so well i think was due to its unique" U" pipe that was tapered from half way around ....
the ones for say 200,s just had a "U" pipe of about 42mm/44mm that was the same bore from exhaust to main chamber..
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