02-08-2016, 02:48 AM
A friend scored a very nice after-market muffler for his bike on eBay for cheap because it was missing it's mid-pipe. He consulted with me and I recommended we build one out of stainless. He ordered the parts -- a pre-bend, a straight section and reducer -- and we had a little garage party putting it together.
What was nice about the build was that no parts were scrapped, all the joints fitted very nicely and we were done an hour before we thought we'd be done.
Normally, you start building an exhaust from both ends and it meets in the middle, and that middle joint is usually the one which takes as much time as the whole rest of the pipe and has a terrible fitting joint anyway. This one came together just so and fairly quickly. As our Brit friends say, I was well chuffed.
What was nice about the build was that no parts were scrapped, all the joints fitted very nicely and we were done an hour before we thought we'd be done.
Normally, you start building an exhaust from both ends and it meets in the middle, and that middle joint is usually the one which takes as much time as the whole rest of the pipe and has a terrible fitting joint anyway. This one came together just so and fairly quickly. As our Brit friends say, I was well chuffed.