New air filter, crush washers, and cleaned pipes for Maggie.

[guywheatley]

[hootmon]

So, what's the story??

What kind of pipes are they (They are NOT stock)..
What happened to get them scratched up?
Did you re-chrome them, or did you buy some new/used ones?

[guywheatley]

I'd developed an exhaust gas leak on the left rear cylinder, so I needed to replace the crush washers. The pipes were on the bike when I got them and I frankly don't know exactly what the are. I'm thinking cobras, but again, I don't really know.
As for what happened, see story here.
Charles had some Harley pipes that look very similar, and I'd planed to replace my old ones with them while I had them off. Unfortunately, the Harley pipes turned out to be a little bigger. I didn't have room for them under the brace I made for my saddle bags. Fortunately, four of the Harley pipes were fitted with shields that did fit.
I cleaned my old pipes up as well as I could with steel-wool, magic eraser, and Mothers's chrome polish. The shields I got from Charles covered the worst of the scratches on my old pipes.
They won't pass as new with close inspection, but at a casual glance they're passable.
One of these days I'll just have to sink some money into the old girl and fix her up right, but for now she's presentable again.

[Chad in Michigan]

So, what's the story??

What kind of pipes are they (They are NOT stock)..
What happened to get them scratched up?
Did you re-chrome them, or did you buy some new/used ones?

those pipes looks like the ones you could get from JC Whitney while ago, not sure of a brand name though.

[lragan]

Well, first of all, the appearance difference in the bike is striking.  Good job.

Second, I have a set of pipes that look a whole lot like yours on the Magna I am trying to sell, so I was hoping, when I saw the pictures, for some ID on them.  False hope.  I like the way they sound, though, and they flow fast enough that the Dave Dodge jet kit, and a K&N filter, make it run really well.

[seratt]

Great job on cleaning her up.

I don't think those are Cobras. Here's my old 96 with cobras. However, I'm not sure if this was the only style for the Magna or not.