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Dave_02_1200
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 07:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I was looking at my stock headers today and I got an idea that a stock header could be made into a Race Header.

It seems that if the stock header is cut just before the two pipes are joined and two new 90 degree bends are slipped onto the stubs and joined after the 90 degree bend like the Race Header, the result would be that the tubes would be of the correct length and the whole set-up could then be used with a Race Muffler.

Does this seem right? If so, it might be a solution for the shortage of available Race Headers.

What do you think?
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Buellistic
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 08:18 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Think "i" will send you some "INFO" ASAP !!!
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Nwrider
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 08:30 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hmmm... sounds too easy. But... sometimes the best solution is.

Chop one up and sell me one of your race headers Dave?
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Phelan
Posted on Tuesday, November 15, 2011 - 10:13 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Yep that's it...
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Road_thing
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 08:23 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
That sounds about right to me, too. I'd like to attach the collectors to the head pipes with springs; I'm thinking that would keep some of the vibration off the collectors and keep them from cracking.

rt
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Purpony
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 08:34 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Ive been thinking of doing this for the past year.. lol
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Xl1200r
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 09:44 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I guess I should feel lucky to have a real one! I am seriously considering taking it off the bike in favor of a stock header with the Supertrapp/Pro-Series muffler (just a tad too rowdy for my tastes these days)... but unlucky for you I'll want to keep it for an X1 I'm thinking of building.

Good luck with the project - just keep in mind that the race muffler is a rare bird as well.
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Tutte
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 01:31 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Dave_02_1200 wrote:

I was looking at my stock headers today and I got an idea that a stock header could be made into a Race Header.

I build a header only for shine in race look.I think it looks like "faster" or "more technical" with the springs.



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Dave_02_1200
Posted on Wednesday, November 16, 2011 - 02:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Frank,

That is a great looking header.

I agree that the springs and slip-together assembly is best.

Are these available?
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Nwrider
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 06:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
"Are these available?"


Yea.. what Dave said!
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Ebutch
Posted on Thursday, November 17, 2011 - 09:20 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Frank how about a pic of Other-Side???
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Tutte
Posted on Friday, November 18, 2011 - 12:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Hi Ebutch,
this is a normal 2,5 inch header, i need it for the German TÜV. So i must ride a street legal
muffler on this header.
This header is complet a fake , you cann't slip on the tube parts. I made it only in this form for looking in race tech art.





when the bike was finished i will drive a
Buell race header and canister.
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Nwrider
Posted on Monday, November 21, 2011 - 08:48 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Drool... Beautiful Tutte.
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Zenbiker
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 12:26 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
+1
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Skntpig
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 11:05 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
Tutte...More pics and info on wheels. Those are sweet. Nice bike.
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Tutte
Posted on Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 11:41 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)
I will open a new post only for this bike.
I posted same article in different post's, so i put it together in one.
So can see anybody from the start to the end.
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