Here's how it goes:
Very well packed, in two boxes, was ordered from Colorado, but drop-shipped from China:
Weird shortcuts in polishing, but it is behind a heat shield so no biggie, but odd to me:
End cap:
Weird little spot-weld mark:
Doofy guy installing them:
The good:
The kit is almost complete, new collets, clamps for the midpipes, header clamps to the head.
It's really well packed, arrived in perfect condition, although the boxes were well marked-up.
The not-as-good:
No nuts were included, glad I had some in my Stainless Cycle kit
No crush gaskets, glad I had a set.
No gaskets for the 2&5 cylinder header-muffler joints, so I scrambled around today and found a set locally
The castings for the new header clamps (the crown-shaped things that the studs pass through) are kind-of porous and cheap looking, and I wish I'd just used my stockers.
The not very good:
The chrome is decent to good, but not very good.
There are surface imperfections, teeny dings, stuff like that, and being chrome, they are easy to spot.
Not having installed an exhaust system in a while, a few simple tips or instructions would have made the job easier. I figured it out quickly enough, but just a few clues would have helped.
The price I paid. This has come down, but relative to what I have heard about the Sankei, not enough. These should be a couple hundred less than the Sankei, although that is an opinion founded upon second hand evaluations of those.
My conclusion: I wish I had known the Sankei were coming, and from what I have seen of them, I would have preferred them. Now, all kvetching aside, they look friggin' excellent from 10 feet away, as Jan said they would, and the bike looks dynamite with them on.
N.
