CDH67 question

[Mr.Herron]

Does anyone know of a good exhaust brace that will stabilize the pipe cause if not it will blow a gasket and has already bent a exhaust bolt... Check out the picture, the pipe is a little long for this bike and the lip on the pipe is back farther from bike frame... Also could I re tap to a 8mm??

 

[Tony01]

That pipe needs to be supported. The size of the bolts holding the exhaust flange on is not a problem, but it soon will be if the pipe is hanging on those. You need at least one big support preferably 2 or 3. On my last 212 build I had the flange plus 3 suppports. Head mount, header end frame support, and a muffler mount made of some 3” tube shaped to silencer, holding with two hose clamps.