nice job looks prof, from pic i personally woulden`t want to see blues pipes, but kudos for the guts to drill on such nice pipes

 

Me likey as well! Of course, i'm a bit biased with the 'tommy gun' pipes nobody likes! Very nicely done and professional looking bud....

 

Thanks! But it didn't really take guts... those are the plain old stock Dyna heat shields. They're a dime-a-dozen, since everybody throws them away. If I screwed 'em up I knew I could replace 'em cheap!

It's cool that people don't realize the header pipes and heat shields are stock. BTW, those are Super Trapp slip ons - they're not the stock mufflers.

 

Looks really nice!

 

I like that look Risdo...I have chrome heat shields and I am thinking I might do that as well but add some fine screen wire mesh to the back of the heatshied...that way you get the look of the holes without the blueing of the pipes showing through so clearly...just got to see if I can find some high temp fine mesh wire.

 

oh boy.... thanks for giving me a reason to start f'ing with my bike again. But I, like one of the others, am now tied between black heat wrap and now drilling holes in everything. also, good to know about those supertrap slip-ons. my buddy just got a bike with some ugly looking traps he wants to replace.

 

Those Supertrapps have a range of tips available for them; I chose the stock-looking ones because I just like the old factory look.

It's hard to tell from the pic but they're about 5" shorter than the original factory mufflers.

The other thing I like is that you can tune them pretty much the way you want.

 

I think I have seen some stainless Wire Form mesh that would be nice behind drilled parts. I believe I saw it at the local Arts and Crafts store.

 

I did this last winter and was worried that the blued pipes would look shabby through the holes. I bought some VHT paint in gray and painted the headpipes. It has stayed on far better than I expected and really helps the overall look.

 

I went to a local bike night last night. Most people liked the holes, but they were pretty split on the blued pipes showing through.

Personally, I've always liked the blued pipes; it makes the bike look like it's done some miles.

I don't like perfect... which is probably why I took off most of the chrome.