When I saw the truck pull up I grabbed my cane and hobbled out through the garage to try and catch the young gal that had already dropped them at the front door. She saw me with the cane and asked would I like them put in the garage..."if you would, please." She tossed them over her shoulder and as she entered the garage stopped and looked at the trike...followed by "oh my!" She then put the stacks down and asked if the delivery had anything to do with the trike so told her what the packages were and pointed to the exhaust standing nearby. I then opened one box and her eyes were like saucers, then said "I'll be watching for that one in my rounds." I then thanked her for moving them to the garage for me. I did a preliminary fit & the OEM pipes slipped in about 10" past the piggies before binding a bit so appears I'll need to dress down some of the high spots but should be able to tap them in place with a rubber mallet. I had to do that on my Tourer I recently sold, had Airflow stacks on that one, also on a couple other bikes done for friends. Theirs needed a bit cut off and I just happened to have a 14" cutoff saw. Funny how that works.
So, here's what the stacks look like, no apparent blemishes. Kinda wish I had an extra set of hands on this part of the project but guess I'll manage. I plan to loosely hang the exhaust in place, that will allow me to get a perfect length measurement before cutting anything off. My neighbor is worried I'll make a mess out of cutting them to length, said I can't just use a hacksaw or diegrinder with a cutting disk. I showed him a cutoff saw I've had for a number of years, uses either a metal cutting disk or a wood cutting blade, currently has a 14" metal cutting disk mounted. Here's some pics taken this afternoon. Mounting the exhaust and the airbox and I'm ready to try starting it, I'll be using an external test tank for that part until I'm satisfied with how it runs, then will mount the tank.
Cutoff saw I've used on metal before, works great. You can lock the item in place before cutting, keeps it nice and steady for a straight cut.
