A lot accomplished today Re wise. Found another aluminum can to cover my muffler/header connection. ..on way home from job saw a shop that made me salivate. An old British bike store with second hand parts a block big. Did a u turn on busy ass road to look. Shocks, RE bits, wheels, tyres, mufflers, heads, pistons everything. It's a bloody warehouse full of bits. I scored a couple of metzler tyres, second hand but in great condition for 130 for the pair. Whacked me on back of bike and headed home chuffed. Before getting home went to a muffler place and we sussed out my muffler connection problem. The 2 connections were same diameter. I nicked a flag holder from a real estate sign that they use at auctions. The house sold and the agent just had the sign up. He's an ass anyway and I need that exact diameter pipe. Nice tight virginal fit into the muffler. Welded other end onto header. Clamp to be purchased tomorrow. No more gaps. Exhaust tape to follow to cover the ugly weld mark, but I'm stoked.