Ahhhh, the joys of owning a 35 year old Honda.
About ten days ago, I was riding home from work and decided to hammer it a bit. Shifted into 3rd at 60 and..........blew the end out of the left muffler.
So, I got online and started looking for replacements. I found some repops offered up through David Silver Spares. However, at $130 a pop plus shipping, I was looking at $300+ for a pair.
Well, low and behold, HD Sporty mufflers are a pretty straight and recommended replacement for the Maggot mufflers. And they can usually be had cheap as long as you don't go through HD to get them. I found a pair on Craigslist for $20.
Only real problem I have is that these came off of a later Sporty with a balance pipe and therefore have a couple of bungs I don't need.
So, into the horizontal band saw at the shop and Presto!!!, no more bungs.
A couple of 1 3/4" OD adapters, an oxy-acetelyne torch, a bit o' brazing rod and 15 minutes later.
I only had a limited amount of time(lunch)for government work today, so that's as far as I got. The piece of flat stock in the first pic is the new brackets. So, twenty for the cans, eight for the adapters, and four bucks for the steel. Even with my time, that's still a lot better than $300.
