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Re: Welding a motorcycle exhaust pipe

To: Douglas Shook <shook@usc.edu>
Subject: Re: Welding a motorcycle exhaust pipe
From: Susan and Mark Miller <marknsuz@pacbell.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:51:52 -0800
Douglas Shook wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I need to weld up a crack and small hole in the
> megaphone/"muffler" of my BSA B50's exhaust.

> After taking a welding class, and after spending quite a bit of
> additional time welding, I am a reasonably competent welder, so I
> thought I would repair the crack myself.
>
> This megaphone is from CCM circa 1972, and is not replaceable, so
> I don't want to ruin it in the process of trying to fix it.  :)

If it isn't replaceable I would highly recommend doing the same job on a scrap
pipe first.  I'm not an expert (or even a novice!) on how to do it, but I do
believe that you'd be well served to practice on something that isn't 'non
replaceable'
In any case, good luck!

Mark Miller

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