Hi everyone. As you may or may not know I am the one looking after Robs precious ;D.
I am due to rego it in August this year and have to go through the blue slip crap and was wondering is there any quick fixes to quiet the Termi's to get it passed?? [thumbsup]
I have heard of the old steel wool?? Does it work? The bike will be trailered to the shop so it will only be started up for a sec.
Any help would be much appreciated :)
Oh and hey Rob, I painted it yellow :P [cheeky]
WHAT, Precious is new Yellow!
As far as I know you won't to worry about noise for a blue slip, it is pretty much the same check as a pink slip (RWC)
I don't think they do any db noise checks and st s gentle 4,000rpm it wouldn't really be that noisy.
google "db killers"
they are popular in Europe.
Quote from: jamie2548 on January 10, 2013, 02:57:56 AM
Hi everyone. As you may or may not know I am the one looking after Robs precious ;D.
Oh and hey Rob, I painted it yellow :P [cheeky]
I don't remember that in the conditions of sale :o
[laugh] ha ha nah she's still shiny black. [thumbsup]
Thanks Mat, but I'm still concerned as I have to take it to the only car mechanic in the area that does blue slips and he is very strict :-\ just trying to cover my ass before the time comes. The bike shop down here doesn't do them ??? [thumbsdown]
Quote from: jamie2548 on January 10, 2013, 02:57:56 AM
Hi everyone. As you may or may not know I am the one looking after Robs precious ;D.
I have heard of the old steel wool?? Does it work? The bike will be trailered to the shop so it will only be started up for a sec.
Any help would be much appreciated :)
Two Dogs has tried (steel wool) I believe with spectacular results,
I'll leave it to him to explain the finer points of (steel wool) installation
Find a seller of staintune pipes, you can get Db killer through them. I got mine through MCA Liverpool
Don
[laugh] Ana. Yeh I'm sure it would light up!!!
Thanks Don. I'll give them a bell. [thumbsup]
Quote from: jamie2548 on January 10, 2013, 04:12:50 PM
Thanks Mat, but I'm still concerned as I have to take it to the only car mechanic in the area that does blue slips and he is very strict :-\ just trying to cover my ass before the time comes. The bike shop down here doesn't do them ??? [thumbsdown]
why do you have to go to that car mechanic??
go elsewhere , it will pass easy
Making it quieter? I don't understand this.
Quieter?
You did say quieter?
LOL
Again though, as far as I know the blue slip is the same inspection as a pink slip and they don't do db sound tests.
Quote from: mattyvas on January 10, 2013, 10:43:52 PM
Again though, as far as I know the blue slip is the same inspection as a pink slip and they don't do db sound tests.
Yup,
They don't even run the bike, and if they do just tell them that's how it came with Gen-u-ine Ducati pipes ;)
It really is a check to make sure that the engine and frame numbers are correct.
Mmick
Sweet guys thanks [thumbsup] I'm sure it will be ok
Quote from: mattyvas on January 10, 2013, 10:43:52 PM
Again though, as far as I know the blue slip is the same inspection as a pink slip and they don't do db sound tests.
I was told recently (by an authorised inspector) that the only difference between a "pink slip" and a "blue slip" inspection these days is that a when doing a "blue slip" they're supposed to check the frame and engine numbers match the registration details.
Dunno how accurate that is, I've never needed o get a blue slip done on a bike.
big
well that is strange, i have blue slipped three bikes in the last 4 years and each time they have started the bike and gave it a little rev to check if the exhaust is obviously excessivly loud.... when i blue slipped the monster i was running obviously loud pipes and he marked down that i failed the first and passed the second inspection. he said if i fail you for real youll just go home and put the original pipes on and come back so why dont we just save ourselves the effort..
Quote from: bigiain on January 13, 2013, 04:02:06 PM
I was told recently (by an authorised inspector) that the only difference between a "pink slip" and a "blue slip" inspection these days is that a when doing a "blue slip" they're supposed to check the frame and engine numbers match the registration details.
Dunno how accurate that is, I've never needed o get a blue slip done on a bike.
big
true been like that forever
different inspectors do different things
when i had my 916 blue slipped he checked the numbers, checked the speedo reading
he then asked me does everything work ??
i said yes of course while he was walking into his office