I finally got tired of holding all of my copper connections together with springs and messy exhaust sealant and after staring at my bike for a while and looking at the bends of my exhaust I had an idea. It occurred to me that the curves of my header to the x-chamber was almost exactly the same as the curves in an old 10-speed's drop handle bars. I went to my local bike shop and picked up an old set of wald drop handle bars. I cut them to approximately the same length as my slip-fit copper pipe header. I then chopped the flange and about 1-1/2" of the header off of my stock muffler. I joined everything together with two 3" sections of SBP 7/8" I.D. silicone tubing. It looks almost the same as before, only now no leaks, and it's a great way to reuse and re-purpose parts that would otherwise sit and rust.
