Thrown together to ride til winter

Lookin to get her ready the warm weather is just around the corner a few plans before the weather begins to cooperate. have too many projects lined up for good weather so wanna get the little stuff outta the way
ordered an HID headlight kit today the black lens leaves a little to be desired out here in deer country
upgrading front Master cylinder
atleast I can spen a little more time on her this year (I hope)

ram.....let me know how your new master works out....i bout the same ones for my project. not in use yet.

will do! wanting to pull the trigger on a new V&H pipe but cant seem to get anyone to bite on my old pipe on ebay
I have a really beat up Kirker my son in-law wants me to keep for his build so may be running it this season.

I am sure it will be the end of the month before my HID and my master show up. gonna spend a couple weekends
(if it will decide to quit snowing) and pull my front end and rear end off for a serious cleaning and inspection I put a ton of miles on the mono conversion & never have felt good about my caliper reassembly up front.

with the weather we have had I have everything packed in my yard barn like sardines so it will take more than 1 nice day in a row to get enough space cleared out

getting the fever bad

when I get everything cleaned out bake back running and get my painting area cleaned up gotta a new theme coming


after I get this melded into one of my old tanks

Love boxes in the Mail!

Holy chrome!

I know right?!
It's beautiful straight out of the box. I was just saying how I have heard a lot of negative things about Vance & Hines Quality but so far it looks great and fits perfect. waiting on a few tidbits and its cleanup time for the ol girl
and hopefully a long riding season.
An actual baffle will probably not go very far. cant remember the last KZ I have even heard with a stock baffle
pretty excited to see the sun and it be actually warm enough to start moving the clutter aside to get back to creating and riding last year was kind of a bust. still too many things not finished

Superman loves chrome

Patton posted some great info on installing a VandH system recently
kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/592989-exhaust-gasket-removal#624529

Have you tried fitting the megaphone to the header yet? Mine wasn't even close to fitting...I mean it was impossible. I bought the same header in the 90's and it went right together with no problems....things went terribly wrong somewhere along the way. Just wondering if they are straightened out yet?

79MKII wrote: Have you tried fitting the megaphone to the header yet? Mine wasn't even close to fitting...I mean it was impossible. . . .

Patton wrote: The horror stories about too tight fitment between canister and header on V-H may result simply from the chrome plating being a little too thick.

No clamp is used or needed at the muffler/header connection.

Took my new V&H to the local muffler shop guy who put an expander tool in the canister and with one quick adjustment had it fitting perfectly and with no chrome damage whatever, actually no visual difference at all, just a nice easy snug perfect fit. Took about 5 seconds. Slick as a whistle. He just smiled and said, "I'd marry that!" Installation did not require any lube or sealant of any kind, and no leaks whatever. This cure seemed almost miraculous compared to the alternatives.

IMO grinding is not the answer. Would also forget about super heating canister to fit onto frozen header, because once it cools, it becomes permanent thereby disallowing necessary fitment adjustments.

Believe extra thick chrome is a good thing. And dreaded the prospect of attempting to sand or grind chrome from a circular surface, whether inside the canister or on outside of the header, and manage to maintain the perfect circle needed for precise fitment with no leakage. A cylinder hone might do okay inside the canister -- but still removes the chrome.

Save your time, energy, muffler, and dremmel wheel. Forget about the ham-fisted neanderthal grinding method, and just pay a quick visit to your local muffler shop.

If the canister tab is slightly misaligned, may be easily adapted to fit by fashioning a short metal strap between it and the rear peg bolt.

If an exhaust clamp is difficult to fit over a header flange because of a rough spot on the flange, a quick light hit with file or dremel is okay -- won't take much.

More info in this link:
www.kzrider.com/forum/2-engine/259775-exhaust-help#259901

Good Fortune!

79MKII wrote: Have you tried fitting the megaphone to the header yet? Mine wasn't even close to fitting...I mean it was impossible. I bought the same header in the 90's and it went right together with no problems....things went terribly wrong somewhere along the way. Just wondering if they are straightened out yet?

No I hadn't tried fittng it until I read this I was worried about the actual tubes lining up, but I ran right out and double checked and YESSS the megaphone fits perfectly.

now I am just hoping I can Get Les to work his magic on some collars :whistle:

That's great....I figured they would get it straightened out eventually.

Custom collars sound cool!