Installed V&H today

[mikesth]

I think I know what causes the rear cylinder welding cracks. I found it very difficult to put the muffler on after loosly mounting the Rear header pipe. Struggled with it for an hour fileing the inside coupling of the muffler even though it felt smooth, then filed on the header and then lubed it with oil, then took the header off and tried to put it all together , then thread it in. No luck, I could never line up the muffler mounts back by the left bag. I think THAT is the binding that folks have experienced is because of this inability to fit correctly and it is forced...the solution, a hacksaw sawing 1" off the end of the header pipe and then file burrs - took all of 10 minutes to finish up.

I'm very pleased with the sound. I will break it in slowly as we are spending more timeteaching the wife to ride her new bike, but this was an easy one if I hadn't been so stubborn. If you encounter the same problem, it's a simple fix,,,