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Ebutch
| Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 01:00 pm: |
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I bought the Race-Pipe $225.It,s Ruff and sent to mettle-shop to have large dent in back taken out and front inlet ripped almost off tobe reformed and and welded back-on.came out Nice $125.00.Next sanding out scrapes with #60 emery cloth and looks Nice!Will post latter today. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ewItem&item=280725213120&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT& _trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_829wt_958 |
Ebutch
| Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 06:02 pm: |
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#60 grit emery is working Nice a few more hours more maybe. |
Trouble_enabler
| Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 06:31 pm: |
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Butch, sent you a PM earlier. Let me know if you got it or not. Thanks! Mike |
Zenbiker
| Posted on Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 10:18 pm: |
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Butch, Good job on saving something that might be considered scrap and bringing it back from the brink. Originals are getting very rare and now that guy has many more good miles ahead of him. Zen |
Ebutch
| Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011 - 10:05 pm: |
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Sanding out scrapes done and first polish. Will take pic outside tomorrow. |
Rick_a
| Posted on Friday, September 23, 2011 - 11:42 pm: |
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Nice. My race header could use some love right now. |
Ebutch
| Posted on Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 01:46 pm: |
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Second polish pics taken outside today.Need more work on collector but need more emery. |
Alfau
| Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 07:20 am: |
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I scrubbed my headers up but nowhere near as good as that.There has to be some trick to fitting these headers,I've had 2 goes already and will have to do it again soon because the rear flange is starting to fart again. Can anyone enlighten me about the technique? I don't like the way the retaining ring on stock Buell racing headers work. |
Rick_a
| Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 11:35 am: |
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Doubling up on the retaining rings has always worked well for me. |
Alfau
| Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 09:48 pm: |
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Because they are stainless steel the headers discolour very quickly ,it only takes a thumb print left on them when you fit to leave a very ugly mark when heated. Sadly there isn't much info on fitting the headers in the manual. Would be easy enough to double up on the retaining rings and it makes sense too. Thanx. I have tried both types of flange gaskets and am not any wiser as to which one is better? Book says :- Fitting Exhaust Header NOTE Muffler hardware must be tightened before fitting exhaust header hardware. Install new exhaust port gaskets (5) and exhaust clamp retaining rings (4). 2. Slide exhaust header clamps (3) over ends off exhaust header (1), 3. See Figure 2·142. Slide exhaust header under frame by positioning as shown, threading oxygen sensor wire under frame. Blah Blah Blah. Not very explicit. |
Ebutch
| Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 10:48 pm: |
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Allen The only thing I see you have trouble with is not useing two retainer rings each side like Rick said.I polish mettle all the time and if you don,t it hard to maintain! Some polish many Don,t!!!! I do!!! |
Ebutch
| Posted on Sunday, September 25, 2011 - 11:18 pm: |
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Polish polish polish lots of clean rags and alot of elbow-grease and don,t touch skin is oily. And alot of mettle polish!!!! |
Foximus
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:21 am: |
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Sigh. I need a Set of these as well. My KT systems pipe is on the way out. Its cracking all over the place and my patches just make the cracks expand elsewhere. |
Brinnutz
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:51 am: |
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You must not have installed it correctly for it to keep cracking like that. |
Jayvee
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 11:57 am: |
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S3 is the best looking Buell, that's real nice. Trying to convince myself to start polishing my headers, but don't want any downtime, guess I need to get another header, eh? |
Foximus
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 12:09 pm: |
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Brinnutz- Na. Its installed correctly. Its just an old pipe. Too thin and its rusted all over the interior wall. Everytime I tighten with the correct procedures. tightening from the cylinders down. However at this point my welds have probably warped the pipe, and I'm sure that accellerates the cracking more. |
Ebutch
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 12:47 pm: |
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No Time to polish then High-Temp powder-coat color of your choice.Tighten by the book 205,000 miles both bikes no Cracks but don,t have steel-pipe all stainless Steel.
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Alfau
| Posted on Monday, September 26, 2011 - 06:00 pm: |
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I bought a stock set of headers plus muffler and a stock ECM off ebay for $75.00 au.($75 AU = $77 US) IT was pick up only . Man It was difficult to hold back the euphoria. The Guy bought the bike new and put a race kit on it, eventually he ditched the DDFI, put the Race Ecm in a box and put a carbie on it. He is going to look for it for me. Some people wouldn't have a clue.
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