Recent content by jstrain

I think I got it figured out, but no way to know for sure without getting in touch with Benji. In the second pic, I think the short flanged piece that fits over the main pipe gets flipped around the other way. The flange fits into a relief on the engine side of that finned lock ring, and the...

Anyone here running BCR's El Poquito exhaust? It's the high mount 2 into 1 setup. I started to dry fit mine together and I'm not sure how it connects to the engine. The stock exhaust is long gone, but each pipe used a 2 piece sleeve that wrapped around the original pipes and was held in by a...

I've got all winter to work on it. Also have a wrecked '10 Bonneville as of a few days ago :( If the insurance company doesn't total it, I'll have my hands full all winter. At least the Bonneville runs well :)

Thanks for the responses guys! I'm a ways off from that part of things (the damn thing doesn't really even run at this point), but I'm anxious to get to the cosmetic stuff. The single pan sounds like the easiest way to tackle things. I guess if you're upholstering the pan as it sits on the...

Just picked up a '72 CB450 that is going to be a winter project. Was going to pick up a tank / seat combo from BCR, but I'd like to try the seat myself. I've read up on a bunch of homemade seat threads on the net, but not completely sure how to tackle it. My goal is to get a single seat...