I therefore decided to purchase a Hinckley built Triumph and settled on a Thunderbird Sport. Looking back over a lifetime of motor cycling (spanning 40 years) and reflecting on the variety of machines I had owned and ridden, the Triumph stood out for all the right reasons. However it was my wife who had the foresight to say we shouldn’t sell our bike gear and she was right!įast forward a couple years and the love of all things motorbike had not gone away and so I started to consider my options. I then relinquished that bike and tried again to ‘retire’ from the bike scene. I later returned to biking and spent some riding and touring on a BMW R1150R naked sports tourer bike. However circumstances forced me to give up motor cycling for some years and so the Sprint was reluctantly sold. That bike was British Racing Green and I loved the build quality and characteristics of that 885cc engine. My passion for the Hinckley Triumphs started about 20 years ago when I purchased a Sprint 900 triple. This blog has been created about a Triumph Thunderbird Sport and subsequently how I changed it for a Thunderbird 900. We ensure that the silencers are finished correctly, welds are levelled as much as possible before the silencers are triple plated with Nickel and Chrome for an excellent quality finish.Triumph Thunderbird Sport & Thunderbird 900 We use a heavier gauge steel than most other manufacturers, this means that our silencers will last longer, and are less susceptible to light damage and colouring. This is a quality product made in England by Reminds me of a Rolls Royce Merlin and has a rather pleasant popping sound coming off the throttle. Quality of the silencers is excellent and the sound from my 2002 Triumph Thunderbird is Fantastic."Ĭomment from customer 17/05/17 : "I have recently fitted Browning Silencers to my Thunderbird. Put the silencers on Saturday, went for a good long ride on Sunday. I live in Australia so the delivery time was fantastic. Frank"Ĭomment from customer 30/10/16: "I received the silencers on Friday after ordering on Saturday. I would send you some pics but I cant find how to, any way cheers and hope to use your services agan. Sound: Please note this kit is louder than the original specification standard silencers.Ĭomment from customer 18/6/14: "Hi, fitted your silencers to my Thunderbird, now it sounds like a Triumph, I took the carbs off cleaned them replaced the inlet rubbers with de-restricted ones, new throttle cable, set the air screws to 3 turns out, balanced them, now it pulls well and sounds well thanks. In our experience fitting these Browning silencers takes approx 20 minutes. We supply 2 new bolts to secure these silencers to those brackets. These Browning Silencers are a quality product, Made in England, by Dorset Silencersįitting of these silencers requires the use of your existing mounting brackets. However, please note, the Adventurer has an angled header pipe on the right hand side, meaning some adjustments may have to be made to get the silencer to fit. Will also fit the Adventurer model, as shown in the photos Note: A customer has also fitted these to an Adventurer, see photos NEW: We have made some Heavy Duty versions, these have a double internal baffle system, which makes them a bit quieter than our STD versions, they are heavier as well as they are double lined, however please note the additional baffling means that the heat generated by these lean-burn engines will be retained in the silencer, meaning they will get VERY hot, and in some cases may distort the chrome if allowed to overheat. These are made to fit the standard Thunderbird 900 models.īarrel diameter 3.5" (90mm approx) these are smaller diameter than the original spec silencers. Hinckley Triumph Thunderbird 900 Premium 'Browning' SilencersĪ pair of Browning Silencers Kit - convert your modern Hinckley Thunderbird to that really loud 'classic' sound and improve the look of the bike at the same time.
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