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I was looking for a winter project.........I found this!

1978GS750E said:
You mean you like it better than the pipe that came off of it?

Special 3 piece Vance & Hines Exhaust: At least the baffle was intact, about the only thing on it that wasn't rusted through!

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3 pieces? My V&H "Street Megaphone" is 2 pieces, as is my V&H "SS" (canister style).

How I hate baffles, when they're too baffling, or have too much fibreglass.
 
3 pieces? My V&H "Street Megaphone" is 2 pieces, as is my V&H "SS" (canister style).

That's why this one is a "Special" exhaust! Leave yours in a barn for 18 years and I'll bet it becomes a 3 piece exhaust!
 
Suzukian said:
That Vance and Hines could be wrapped and you could get someone to give you something for it. ;)
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Yeah, just wrap it!:eek:

Better do a lot of welding beforehand!:p

Make me an offer if you think it can be saved!:rolleyes:
 
I guess they are worse than they look in the pictures. I've seen guys sand blast the chrome and rust off, and wrap pipes, fix the collectors, and make some decent pipes. Junk is junk. The Delkovic is an incredible exhaust. You'll really like it a lot. The quality of the Stainless Steel is awesome! :)
 
A lot of people paint the headers black and shine up the muffler as best as possible.
 
Guys, these pipes are rusted into 3 pieces! These were originaly a 2 piece system. They are very far beyond repair. Better to start with some bare tubing and a bender!:rolleyes:
 
Did you ever hear the term "If it's man made it can be fixed" this one could be fixed, but nothing near cost effective.
 
rphillips said:
Did you ever hear the term "If it's man made it can be fixed" this one could be fixed, but nothing near cost effective.
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I'd lay you better odds on fixing the Antikythera machine with a roll of gaffertape and a mouthful of chewing gum.
 
Been making a little progress in the last couple of weeks. Started the teardown and have been cleaning and refurbishing parts as I remove them. All the rubber parts get the "wintergreen" treatment and any steel parts with rust or corrosion is sandblasted and the part is repainted.

Got all the painted parts off and rubbed out with compound and waxed. Refurbed the headlight, front master cylinder, rear fenders, taillight, ignition, gauge cluster, airbox, electrical plate, horns and a few other small items.

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Running out of room in the garage so I started bringing them inside!

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Still a lot of work to do, but it's a long time until spring!
 
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You’d better slow down or you’ll need another project to get you through the winter when this one is done. Looks great, Ron.
 
Wife didn't say much when I brought some parts in the house... But I sure wasn't brave enough to try putting them on our bed.
 
rphillips said:
Wife didn't say much when I brought some parts in the house... But I sure wasn't brave enough to try putting them on our bed.
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LOL! That's another benefit of being single.:cool: That's a spare bedroom with the parts on the bed. The girlfriend doesn't live here, so she can only say so much!:rolleyes:

Years ago, many, many years ago, I actually had a complete 1978 GS750E in a spare bedroom at another house over the winter!
 
Many years ago, I had a nice apartment, with a back room that was perfect for rebuilding engines. Then I got a girlfriend, she morphed into my wife. We purchased a house, and she made me make a barn. I do still have a small room with lots of to0ls and stuff in it. I do electronic repair. She reminds me I have a barn every day, for over 20 years now. ;)
 
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Finally got the engine out of the frame!


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​The frame will be heading to the sandblasters and powdercoaters next week.

Still have to rebuild the forks, clean up the engine, clean the carbs and do a lot of zinc plating and black oxide coating before I even think about assembly.

Oh well, it is about 3 months until warm weather!
 
Got the frame home from the powdercoater today. Spent a couple hours cleaning up all the threaded holes and sticking the engine back in the frame.

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Decided to install the swingarm, shocks, rear tire and wheel and the rear brake since it was early!

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​Still waiting on a black oxide coating kit, so some of the bolts will have to be removed and coated when it gets here!

Stainless brake lines are due on Friday!
 
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