Its a shame you didnt ask NEO you could have had the option of testing your bike with my specially made leak-down tester and saved the bother if was good
It will if you look after it, rotten exhausts are the death of many a good (old) bike, it a shame but also a fact, I thought you had ordered some already you said?
I suppose it is Gary but my personal preferences are
1: plasti-cote BBQ from wilkinsons...its cheap
2: PJ1 exhaust paint
http://www.wemoto.co...MPEXHAUSTPAINT/
Main thing is keep on top of it...dont expect it to last forever
keep on top of the cleaning and painting Gary, I would recomment plasti-cote BBQ paint available from wilkinsons stores, it's cheap and good but really you need to clean and paint it every year at least to keep the rot at bay
I guess its just something to do with emmissions Gary, it appeared on the DTRE's as well. Lots of DTRE's have the likes of DEP exhausts fitted which dont have this pipe and so the small pipe is removed out of sight and capped off I think
yeah for what you want it for a DT pipe would work sure it would, the difficulty though is getting any other pipe but the original to mount right on the bike...
What kind of choke is it...is it the pull knob plunger type commonly fitted to 2 stroke bikes? (yes i know it is a 4 stroke) but reading between the lines i think you are suggesting it is.
This is how it works if so....
...hmm a compression test would be good
might be worth checking the valve clearance on the inlet valve and a visual inspection of the top spring retainer and collets are in place.