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Steverino wrote:Thank You Chase.
I will check them on the motor as soon as they arrive and I will post a report. I wish I could have a set with the correct swoop. I think I will send my originals to SpaceCoast to see what they say. I really appreciate the number of times you've saved me from missteps.

Few (probably none) plating shops will be able to take dents out of header pipes. Working dings and such out of sheet metal is viable for them, but not something as thick-walled and tough as steel tubing. It also depends on where the dents are. If you have any local race car chassis shops around, you might want to show them what you need to do. if the dents are minor, perhaps adding some weld to that area, and grinding it back to shape might be practical. Pictures would help. Regards, Chase

Here are some pictures of the dents in the pipes. I am wondering if it might make sense to find some dent free ones. I haven't looked yet but probably after 50 years, there aren't any. Below these pictures I have a swingarm question.
15 - 4 (1) by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr
15 - 3 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr
15 - 2 (2) by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

My replacement swingarm has enough clearance that everything fits as it should. The original bushes on this arm are in nice shape so I am going to leave them in place.
Here is my swingarm Question
They are different. Is my replacement an earlier design? My bike is a 67.
KIMG0159 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

Steve.

The swing arm on the left is an earlier one with a forged lug brazed on. The one on the right has simpler welded construction.

The pipes are double-skinned so pretty hard to straighten out. Modern replacements are single wall.

G

Hi R100
To tell the truth I had not taken the time to check that it had the correct front bracket until now. It does. Here are some pictures of the seat and supplier information. One thing, it was shipped here about ten years ago so I don't know if they are making them exactly like this anymore.
KIMG0178 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

KIMG0183 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr
KIMG0181 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr
KIMG0190 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

Thanks Steverino.
I might just gamble on Thailand.
I patched up mine and recovered it. It looks OK, but is awful to sit on. That can happen when you try to do something you don't know how to do. Oh well.

Steverino wrote:
My replacement swingarm has enough clearance that everything fits as it should. The original bushes on this arm are in nice shape so I am going to leave them in place.
Here is my swingarm Question
They are different. Is my replacement an earlier design? My bike is a 67.
KIMG0159 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr

The swing arm on the left with the cast, brazed ends is the early issue.

HT

I haven't got much done lately. I've been busy setting up a sandblast outfit. I've got the cabinet assembled, except for the lighting and dust control, and I bought a compressor that I hope is big enough to feed it. It is a two stage with cast iron pump it's supposed to deliver a little over 15 cfm at 100 psi so we'll see...
I have experienced water problems with my little craftsman compressor so I am interested in the type of water trap setups you use.
KIMG0236 by Steve Steverinomeister, on Flickr
Here is my header pipe question.
I test fitted my David Silver Header Pipes without any gaskets in the exhaust ports. Without the gaskets I don't know how valid my test fit is. The ends of the didn't hang low but rather, they are quite tight to the motor. And, just how much wiggle room is available when I install the exhaust gasket, or if a little more room is needed, two?