I don't want to hi-jack the thread.
Thanks Joe. I'm continuously trying to improve the bike.
The exhaust is pretty straight forward. I used a piece of coat-hanger wire to use as a template for the bends at the exhaust shop where I had the middle pieces made. I had extras made. Still have a couple sets left. I use aftermarket three-piece clamps meant for the HD mufflers at the muffler end and regular exhaust clamps at the header end. Rear support is still what it was when I put the mufflers on; just some simple brackets that clamp to the Hondaline case frame and to one of the two muffler support mounts that are built into the mufflers. No gasketing of any kind required as I had the connecting pipes expanded for a nice, tight fit. Actually, the mufflers will hang in the position there are now in with no clamps at all - the fit is that tight.
Note - the Road King mufflers come in a variety of styles or configurations. Mine have no cross-over ports, are fully baffled and the left is baffled different from the right. Understand that Harley baffles the paired mufflers different from each other for sound only, and nothing else. They each flow the same as the other. Harley tried *
unsuccessfully* to patent their sound.
The center connection pieces I had made:
Three-piece clamps that I use = stainless:
A crude showing of what I had to what I have now:
The clamps in place:
My simple rear connecting mounting that was meant to be temporary until I made something better/stronger. Still using it as shown though:
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