Shorties

 

The shorty mufflers came in yesterday. They are short, measuring only 12" long. I took a look in the afternoon to see what would be involved to get them mounted up. It looks like I'll just need to shorten up the drag pipes by about 8" and then weld a couple of tabs onto the muffler bracket to fasten the new mufflers onto. I don't mind hacking the drag pipes off a bit - they're a dime a dozen - and any tabs I weld onto the bracket can be cut off if in the future someone would want to put stock pipes or another set of drag pipes on.

I'm going to finish putting the front end back together on the trials bike next, however. I get that done and I'll be able to roll it out of the way and roll the Sportster up front where the welder and the heater are. It's going to be nice the next few days, so I want to get some things done around the shack before it gets too cold. It won't take too much to finish up both the Sportster and the trials bike, then move on to the next one along with whatever else comes along. Something else always comes along.