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Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:48 pm

what sort of price do they sell for as i might have a couple i'm not going to be using one m10 one m20
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:51 pm

Mine cost £100 Shaun, with postage iirc and a £15 refund if i return my old one.
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:52 pm

did you notice much difference with it fitted rob? might get my m30 one done yet winkeye
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:57 pm

whipsey wrote:did you notice much difference with it fitted rob? might get my m30 one done yet winkeye
It.s not fitted yet mate, was going to wait until i need a new clutch, missus says it has,nt improved the Kitchen though.
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Post Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:58 pm

gooner1 wrote:
whipsey wrote:did you notice much difference with it fitted rob? might get my m30 one done yet winkeye
It.s not fitted yet mate, was going to wait until i need a new clutch, missus says it has,nt improved the Kitchen though.
pretend its a hot plate so it makes it to the table winkeye
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Post Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:39 am

I got mine lightened for £80 locally and it did make a big difference.

M20 btw
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Post Sat Oct 24, 2009 10:16 am

i got one on the touring, so much better than the standard one by a mile
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2009 7:55 pm

Do you know how much you all got them lightened by? Cheers, Jason
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Post Sun Oct 25, 2009 11:27 pm

IIRC the member "hongkongfuey" here offers this service.
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Post Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:36 pm

I can have fly wheels machined and balanced if one is provided.
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Post Wed Oct 28, 2009 2:37 pm

There are some lightened flywheels in the bulk buys section I think
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Post Wed Oct 28, 2009 6:21 pm

rix313 wrote:I can have fly wheels machined and balanced if one is provided.
At what cost, and how much is removed/what does the final product weight? :)
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Post Wed Oct 28, 2009 8:46 pm

I guess it depends what you want to end up with :)

IIRC the last one I did was about £50 for the machining and then another £30 for the rebalance.