Powerplus or Bust, Eh?

[Tom Lovejoy]

Great stuff Kevin, keep em coming please

[frichie68]

Why is it always so much FUN to take things apart? At least is is for me!

Even more fun when it's back together enough to look like it will run again!

[Jim]

Why is it always so much FUN to take things apart? At least is is for me!

[Shaky Jake]

Back in the saddle

It's been almost a year since I've worked on Patience. I think I was a little bit burnt out on it. Today I commenced the post-Cannonball tear-down. Here are todays before pictures:








And here are todays after pictures:








I know, it doesn't look like I accomplished much, but I had fun doing it. Details to follow.


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[Shaky Jake]

Just thought I'd share this link. It'll be on the new motorcycle Cannonball website, coming soon.

https://youtu.be/3LE6ujvPHuU

Have a good weekend, friends,

Kevin

[Shaky Jake]

Front pipe

I made the front pipe in the same way, but it had a few more pieces because it has to bend out around the timing cover then back in between the footboard and the engine before lining up with the muffler:






Here is the breakdown:














After that I finished out the welds, grit blasted, and painted them black. Good enough.




Kevin


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[Shaky Jake]

I don't know what a SmugMug is!
Dale

Just teasing Dale. I thought maybe you'd peeked ahead at pictures of my pipes.


Kevin

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[painterdale]

Thanks Dale, I might take you up on that when I make my next set.
Did you peek ahead at my SmugMug account?




Kevin


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I don't know what a SmugMug is!
Dale

[Shaky Jake]

Rear pipe

I got these pre-bent pieces of 1-1/4 inch exhaust tubing from Columbia River Mandrel Bending:








The rear pipe was the easy one. One of the short bends only required a little work to fit as the bottom half:






Then I tacked a short straight piece and the flange to it:










And finished welding it out:






Kevin


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[TechNoir]

Great updates Kevin.

John

[Shaky Jake]

Kevin, the pipes look great! Obviously functional. I realize they are finished now but if you still want a set to copy, you are welcome to borrow mine. Just want to put the offer on the table.
Dale

Thanks Dale, I might take you up on that when I make my next set.
Did you peek ahead at my SmugMug account?




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[Shaky Jake]

I have never used a metal lathe, but I was wondering is there a way to CUT the pipe off using the lathe? It looks so NICE!

Jim, yes, there is a lathe tool that's called a 'parting tool' that I used to cut it off.




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[painterdale]

Kevin, the pipes look great! Obviously functional. I realize they are finished now but if you still want a set to copy, you are welcome to borrow mine. Just want to put the offer on the table.
Dale

[Jim]

I have never used a metal lathe, but I was wondering is there a way to CUT the pipe off using the lathe? It looks so NICE!

[Shaky Jake]

Exhaust pipes

I had an original muffler, but no header pipes. As far as I know, no one is reproducing them, and without a set to copy, having a set bent was not a possibility. The pipes are made from 1-1/4 tubing, which is an odd size that none of the exhaust pipe places seem to have a mandrel for. My options were to hot bend the tubing myself, or to cut and weld pre-bent pieces of tubing together. Because of the complicated three dimensional shape of the front pipe, I decided not to try to hot bend the pipes. That left me with cutting and welding pre-bent pieces of pipe together. I'm pretty proud of how they turned out. I don't have any formal training in welding or machining; what little skills I have are self taught.

One of the problems is the flange at the top of the pipes. Some people have made forms out of wood or medal, heated the tubing and peened or pressed the flange onto the end of it, similar to making a flare end. I decided to make my flanges on the lathe. I started with 1-3/8 inch OD steel tubing with a 1/8 inch wall thickness. I turned down a length of the tubing until it was the same OD as the 1-1/4 inch exhaust tubing and then I parted it off at about a 1-1/4 inch length.














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