Brian’s bike update
Finally found the correct flaring tool for the oil lines. So I whipped up a half set, that mate to the hex horseshoe tank on Brian’s bike, I will use rubber to attach to pump. The nice thing about stainless is you don’t have to worry about the chrome flaking off when you’re manipulating the bends getting everything to line up. I wound up picking up a 37* flaring tool from inlinetube.com, It was quite the nut at 173.00 shipped but wow it works nice. The stainless tubing is 3/8”x .028 wall picked up from jegs. Normally the wall size for most other metal tubing is around .35 or so and I had trouble getting the stainless to hold in the economical flaring tool. Brian was looking for an upsweep on his pipes. When I do exhausts, anything to help hold it in place is your friend no matter what the material. Tie wraps, shims, wood, hose clamps drilled out, your kids, your girl, your dog, a drinking buddy whatever you need to get those initial tacks in place. Who cares how the real fab...
