Valkyrie stuff (the Log Truck)

[hubcapsc]

I have triple tips on the Log Truck... they've been on there around seven years.
I regularly make sure my headers are clean, and they are still nice and chromular,
but the bottoms of the triple tips are rusty...



I wanted to soak them in some Oxalic acid to nuke off some of the rust, but didn't
know really what to put them in to soak them. Carolyn got me a disposable baking
pan that would hold them, so I flipped the rust-side down and poured in the acid.



It is poison, the baking pan even had a lid to keep the cats and dogs out.



I left them in there overnight. Remember the scene from Breaking Bad
where the moron Jesse ignored Mr. White's instructions about what kind
of plastic container to use for dissolving the bodies in acid? Yeah, all the
acid had escaped from the aluminum container when I went out to
look this morning  ... most of the rust dissolved away,
though... they're still kind of blistered... certainly not pristene...



But... they look fine on the bike, hidden under the bags and stuff...



One of my straps on one of my muffler's chrome covers had rusted out... so
I scabbed in a piece of roofing tin, and now it is nice and tight again.



I figured while I have the triple tips off and cleaned up as much as possible,
it seemed like a good time to put the regular tips back on and try out these
BBT "chrome piggies" I've had in a box for a few years...



They're pretty cool I think, and on my 70 mile afternoon ride I realized they
are lots quieter than the triple tips. The piggies stick out past the tips a little,
instead of bouncing exhaust noise around inside the cavernous triple tips. I
very much like the quiet.

My road used to be a dead-end dirt road. They paved it a few years ago, and
now there's a big turn around about where our property starts. I stopped there
and took a few pictures... that's my neighbor's place on the left, mine on the
right...



All the children came running out when I was taking pictures. Can you believe it
is the middle of December  ... ?



Here's a little horse action too...



I washed the Log Truck yesterday, the old girl still cleans up pretty good 

-Mike "and rides really fine..."

[Challenger]

When I wax my bike, I hit everything I can see. Then my wife lays on a carpet and waxes stuff underneath. I told her no one can see that and she said "I know its there"  Guess I should thank her because the under side of my pipes are still pristine.   I think I will keep her! 

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Nice read Mike    Larry and I rode The Dragon today very little going on however a Tennessee State Trooper did get him a Beemer ( car )  for passing a SUV on double yellow.

[Chrisj CMA]

Mike, you are quite the engineer!  I do like those piggy extensions, where did you get them?  Nice looking bike too...Careful though, people may start making fun of you for having too clean a Valkyrie

[hubcapsc]

I do like those piggy extensions, where did you get them?

http://www.bigbikethings.com/ ... I just looked, I don't see them there now, though they're mentioned
on the R&D page... perhaps he'd make more if there was interest... ?

Careful though, people may start making fun of you for having too clean a Valkyrie

If we were in group rides more often you'd know that's hardly ever the reason
they  make fun of me 

-Mike

[Chrisj CMA]

Thanks Mike......I think I will check hardware stores for just the right pipe and make some, paint them black......I even have a slightly different design in mind, will post pics if I am successful.

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Mike do a search and read about using aluminum foil to clean off rust.

[signart]

Nice set up, looks great. Maybe better than the triple tips.

[hubcapsc]

Mike do a search and read about using aluminum foil to clean off rust.

Yeah, I've read that... I've used the oxalic acid before with good results on
small parts, I could drop them in a glass container... putting big parts in
vats of acid, though, is more difficult  I probably won't buy any more
now that I have used it all up (leaked it all out  ) ...

Grumpy posted about this non-toxic goo that he says works great:

https://www.evaporust.com/evapo-rust-rust-remover

There's still a little rust on the triple tips, I might try some aluminum foil on it...

-Mike

[Chrisj CMA]

Ok, that was easy......3/4" copper pipe some solder and hose clamps and then black BBQ paint.  Cost about $16  and took 3 hours.

Naked copper extensions


Installed after painting


All finished

[hubcapsc]

Cool... have you ridden? Do you notice "quieter"?

You chose to have yours way out there, I chose to have mine just
barely peeking out... I jambed mine in so far it they were kind of
binding on each other...

-Mike

[Chrisj CMA]

Cool... have you ridden? Do you notice "quieter"?

You chose to have yours way out there, I chose to have mine just
barely peeking out... I jambed mine in so far it they were kind of
binding on each other...

-Mike

Ya, I wanted to get them close to the rear of the bags...yes I noticed quiet.....and no drone.

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Ok, that was easy......3/4" copper pipe some solder and hose clamps and then black BBQ paint.  Cost about $16  and took 3 hours.

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I like it!

[Chrisj CMA]

Just got back from bike night and really enjoyed the new sound.  I think these piggy extender things added a couple horses....... Or maybe it just seems so..... ZoomZoom