I am spending too many grumpy hours in front of the TV or computer with a bad back lately, but this and other similar reports really cheer me up! Thanks mate, never too many pics. Great to see real workmanship and fair dealing.

I rang up my local dealers (who hate china-bikes and refuse to service /repair them!) to see what a smaller, lighter muffler would cost me for the Kinlon. They said $300 and rising, most performance mufflers being closer to $500 plus fitting costs ... I am sure I will find something cheaper somewhere as it was just the first enquiry I made, but at that rate it might be very cost effective to send to Shanghai for one! Or for a chinese bride that can weld ... you know of any that might want a grumpy old sod in the bush? I've got nice views of trees from my verandah, nothing much in the bank though ...