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Posted by CDNRatMan
- February 07, 2016, 23:13:48 PM 
following and waiting to see how it works out......
Posted by JagLite
- February 07, 2016, 22:54:55 PMI finally had some time to play with the Drifter today...
First I cut up the headers from another bike for the flanges
Trial fit:
Yep, fit great.
If this was a custom show bike I would be done 
But this is a bike to ride so more is needed.
The flex tube won't bend as tight a radius as I want so some thinking time is required...
On to the rear pipe for now
Need a "T" to join front and rear pipes so this part of the headers I cut might be the ticket:
Hmmm, maybe another piece of the donor pipe on the T might help?
Yeah, that might work.
Don't know if it is needed but if so I have it.
Now to make the hanger mounts for the muffler that match the original:
This piece of scrap square tube should work:
Close enough for me
Drill some holes:
Time to wind up the welder
Two bolts and two nuts are welded inside the tabs.
I used the stock hanger to locate the tabs
Ready to bolt on for a trial.
End of the afternoon:
So far things are progressing as hoped. 
Keep in mind that if all goes according to plan all of this will be hidden by the 2" flex tube that goes over the inner pipe.
Still to do list:
Buy the pipe wrap that will go around the inner flex tube, inside the outer flex tube.
Buy the exterior 2" flex tube that will actually be seen.
Decide how I want to make the muffler end caps with the 1 1/2" tube size to match the inner flex tube.
Buy some 1 1/2" straight tube for the muffler outlet pipe.
So far so good
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 31, 2016, 12:46:40 PM 
We are to.......
Posted by JagLite
- January 31, 2016, 09:36:18 AMI took a look at the old exhaust pipes I have and found two possible candidates for the head pipe flanges.
Both are new stock take-offs from bikes that the buyer had the dealer switch out for an aftermarket system.
I bought a few of these when a dealer was moving to a new building and had a garage sale.
I am glad to get back to work on the Drifter 
Posted by JagLite
- January 28, 2016, 10:21:44 AM1965 Rickman Metisse MkIII with Triumph TR6C 650 engine
Here is my build thread for the Rickman:
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/1965-rickman-metisse-mk-iii-scrambler.818140/
Sunday I finished the new oil cooler installation on my DR650 Street Tracker
And the build thread for it:
http://advrider.com/index.php?threads/dr650-street-tracker-build.857154/
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 28, 2016, 10:20:48 AMThe actual Roadhouse system does have the flex pipe going over solid pipe........they are just a slide over cover and in one set I saw it was cut out in the back to allow the heat out....
Posted by JagLite
- January 28, 2016, 09:26:54 AMHi Dan,
Here is the link to my ride report:
http://www.vulcandrifterriders.com/forum/index.php?topic=38628.0
I really like my shop you can tell.
It isn't fancy or well equipped compared to many, but it is the best I have ever had!
Interesting idea, putting the flex over the stock pipes as a heat shield.
Now that I have taken the stock system apart it does seem like that is possible.
I will try to remember to check that out.
Posted by deadeyedan
- January 27, 2016, 21:15:15 PMWOW WHERE I COME FROM THAT IS A HOUSE. HAPPY I AM ONLY 73 AND STILL HAVE TIME TO WORK ON ONE. WELL AT LEAST I FINALLY GOT THE BEER FRIDGE IN THE SHED WITH THE BIKE. APPRECIATE THE PICS. IS IT NOT PRACTICAL TO HAVE FLEX PIPE OVER EX.PIPES AS HEAT SHIELDS I HAVE THE SAME JACK AND I AM STEALING YOUR IDEA THANK YOU HOPE YOU HAVE PICS. OF YOUR TRIP TO SHARE DANNY
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 26, 2016, 00:18:40 AM 
what no pictures of the Rickman...why what did we do to upset you that you talk about it and then do not post any pictures......now we have to just sit here and think about it....how mean you are.......
Posted by JagLite
- January 25, 2016, 22:18:00 PMI'm glad you like it!
I certainly like the Drifter more than I expected.
It was really the only cruiser style bike I ever liked and the only one I even considered buying.
When this one listed on Ebay I decided to put in the minimum bid ($3,000) and if I was the only one to bid, great, if someone else bid on it that was fine too.
But maybe everyone else was smarter than me and knew that a bike in Florida would have corrosion and rust problems... 
But riding it up from California to Alaska helped me to really like riding it.
I wasn't sure if I would keep it before riding it, now I don't see selling it anytime soon.
Nothing new on the Drifter yet, I have been spending my limited shop time doing the final assembly of the Triumph engine for my Rickman.
And finally tonight I put the engine in the frame for good!
I hate to have an engine apart long since I can lose parts like nobody else.
Now I can get back to the exhaust system puzzle for the Drifter
Stay tuned for more pictures next week.
(I hope)
Posted by bambam0099
- January 25, 2016, 05:53:03 AMReally enjoying this thread!
Posted by JagLite
- January 08, 2016, 17:46:36 PMNew muffler arrived and so did the pipe bender.
First, here is a backside view of the front cylinder stock head pipe showing the distance the large diameter tube runs before reducing down.
Considering that both the front and rear cylinder head pipes reduce down just before going into the under bike muffler I am pretty sure it is not for performance (increasing torque at lower rpm) but is just for packaging into the muffler body.
Here is the new muffler, a Borla XR1 straight through design with the inner perforated core the same size as the inlet and outlet pipes.
I will be using reducers to match the pipes in and out to the muffler body.
The large I.D. of the muffler means that I can run overlap pipes inside if straight through proves to be too loud.
My pipe bender is just the cheap ($180 is cheap?) hydraulic pipe bender.
Nope, not a mandrel bender but it will have to do for my use.
It is another great deal on Amazon for those of us outside the lower 48.
This puppy weighs 88 lbs, and would have cost at least $280 to get it shipped up.
But on Amazon Prime, I only had to pay $27.00 for shipping! And it arrived in 3 days.
Hmmmm, I wonder if they sell lathes? Mills?
Now to remove the tank and rear fender to prep for paint.
And to measure for exhaust header flanges I will need to start the new pipes at the head.
This afternoon I drive out to the powder paint shop to pick up the newly painted hubs for another bike project.
I have 3 wheels to build now. Never done that before but I am looking forward to it.
How hard can it be after all? It ain't rocket surgery 
Posted by JagLite
- January 06, 2016, 21:22:56 PMStart looking for that farm now
We decided to start looking with no rush factor.
My wife did get very frustrated when I wasn't interested in one place after another that she liked.
She said that I would never find what I wanted at a price we could afford.
About a year later one came on the market that I did like so we jumped on it.
We needed place to park the 36' motorhome, two (now three) utility trailers, at least five cars, a fenced yard for the dogs but not a lot of land to maintain. We had that at our hillside house and it took too much time keeping it presentable.
I really enjoyed being out in the sticks, but the rich people were building all around us and soon we wouldn't have been "out of town" just out in an expensive area.
I liked the quiet and privacy out there and wanted something like that in town.
This house is at the end of a dead end circle in an older established neighborhood so we have no drive by traffic and we are both happy with how private it feels here and yet I am only 3 miles from work and can come home for lunch if I want.
After buying this place we put the hill house on the market and sold it for what we wanted.
That way we could pay this place off and still had $30k or so left over.
We did spend a year remodeling this place and are still working on projects inside and out but we plan to stay here for the duration so it is no hurry to finish them.
Far too many people sell their house and then pick the best of what is available at that time to choose from.
On Drifter news, my new Borla muffler showed up today and UPS will deliver my pipe bender tomorrow so I can get started on the new exhaust system...
Posted by DC
- January 06, 2016, 20:27:30 PMQuote from: JagLite on January 04, 2016, 23:07:34 PMI'm at the same point in life, where I should be downsizing. Get a smaller, cheaper place, get rid of a mortgage, go with everything on one floor, etc. I'm looking to have more land though and get away from neighbors. I'm just looking for a small farm set up where I can keep all kinds of utility trailers, and construction/farm equipment (I'll buy and sell) outside and no one can complain about the look of the place. I'm in an HOA setting in a regular neighborhood with sky high school taxes. It's time for a change.It only took me 60 years to get my own little shop.
Actually, I did have a one car garage/shop for the past 15 years in the house we built.
We sold it and bought this old place, it was built in '75 as a starter (cheap) house.
So it is opposite our custom home with the best of everything we could afford.But this one is one level instead of three, has a level driveway instead of a steep, curving, long driveway that took me three hours to plow every time it snowed, is in town instead of half an hour drive... and best of all, it is paid off. (Yay!)
Posted by CDNRatMan
- January 05, 2016, 17:21:12 PM eh! guess your right eh!