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Apr 11, 2005 | 06:32 PM

79 Softail

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Shovelhead Pipes

Is anyone making custom shovelhead pipes?

You can't anything worth a crap for a shovel.....you can pick from drag pipes or then there's drag pipes.......

I need some nice pipes for my project bike!

Apr 11, 2005 | 10:00 PM

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Is anyone making custom shovelhead pipes?

You can't anything worth a crap for a shovel.....you can pick from drag pipes or then there's drag pipes.......

I need some nice pipes for my project bike!

Just noticed your Texarkana addy. Jefferson, here. There ain't a whole lot other than drags, dual pipes w/shorties, or old style 2 into 1 head pipes. But there are a couple things to you can do, if you have access to a TIG outfit, or can find a shop with one. Get a set of cheapo drags for the part of the pipe that connects to your head. Then hit one of the local muffler shops and ask if you can scrounge through their scrap. Look for cut up sections of pipe and piece something together. Have the TIG dude do his thing, smooths all the welds, and send it off to be plated, or shoot it with hi-temp paint, and cover it with some exhaust insulating wrap.

Here's a site you can drop in and ask some questions. There might be someone there that can point you in the right direction. I've seen some sites listed in the past that told where to buy new bends, etc. for people making their own exhaust systems.

http://www.network54.com/Hide/Forum/47850

Went over there (The Horse Tech) and searched. Here's a place to get pieces:

http://www.magnumforceracing.com

And this guy sells the stubs for bolting to your head:

http://www.fabkevin.com/

Apr 12, 2005 | 12:14 AM

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Thanks a lot for the links and ideas.....hey, my bike came from Jefferson.

Apr 12, 2005 | 01:16 AM

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Thanks a lot for the links and ideas.....hey, my bike came from Jefferson.

Who'd it belong to?

Apr 18, 2005 | 03:03 PM

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Sorry it took so long, I had to dig out my paperwork......I got it from a deputy sheriff who had traded for it from a guy named Calame.

Apr 18, 2005 | 09:52 PM

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Sorry it took so long, I had to dig out my paperwork......I got it from a deputy sheriff who had traded for it from a guy named Calame.

Don't recognize the name, but then I'm a transplant. I think everyone else in the county is related one way or another!