Well my new V&H 4 into 1 came today. Fitting the megaphone to the headers was a bit tricky, it was REALLY snug. Aside from that it bolted up perfectly. Prior to installing the exhaust I removed the old gaskets and put in new ones, which was kind of a PITA, probably the original ones in there. I reinstalled the passenger peg mounts which I had off in order to polish/paint them. Its hard to tell in these pictures but they came out awesome. Anyway, here are a few pictures and a short video of it running. It definitely needs some tuning and probably a carb clean, neither of which I plan to do until I try riding it and diagnosing what it needs. It started up nicely and idled smooth, although a little high at around 1400 rpm.

Installing the new exhaust gaskets


Fitting on the headers which I quickly took off to put the megaphone on since it was too tight to fit while on the bike


The megaphone and my newly painted/polished passenger peg bracket...please excuse the lighting, good pics will come soon


and here is the video of it running
http://i267.photobucket.com/player.swf?file=http://vid267.photobucket.com/albums/ii291/pjm204/bikes/DSCF0110.flv

Gorgeous!  What is it that is so supremely satisfying about restoring an old bike?

Quote from: Majorhavoc on January 08, 2009, 02:37:08 AM
Gorgeous!  What is it that is so supremely satisfying about restoring an old bike?

Who knows but I can already tell that I will appreciate this bike more than my new bike. Can't wait to put on the tires in about 3 hours when Fedex comes. After that its carb time.

Pretty chorme header. I like. Looks like it will be a sweet bike.

man that's a smooth idle, agreed, a very cherry bike.

looks like you couldn't stand the wait anymore, and HAD to fire it up before the rear wheel was on. anticipation is agony !

yeah that sound VERY smooth

you should make another vid with some revs...
if only to 5 give it some gas 

Well I mounted new tires on this weekend. The rims are tube type cast alluminum mag wheels. With some research I found that a lot of people run them tubeless so I figured I would give it a shot. I drilled out the valve stem hole to accept standard valve stems and seated both tires. Unfortunately a small gouge or something in the front rim caused it to leak slightly so I had to use a tube up front. The back one seams to be holding nicely. I can't wait to go for a ride...cold and snowy out right now though.

That's a cool bike!