More problems

Starting the bike revealed an annoying tendancy to stall, linked to the fact BOTh of the pipes are broken.
One is repairable (See below)

But the other one is shot.

It is always good to have a few spares around. A few trials later, it turns out A1 Samurai pipes fit perfectly the original header pipe on the RH side. The LH is a bit more tricky, there’s a crankcase screw interfering with the pipe fit. I used an already bashed LH Samurai pipe and convinced it to fit.
The good thing is that I have new exhaust seals for these, so I will eventually get the motor rid of leaks while running.
Other things: the voltage regulator/redresser is shot… I’m seeing 16 volts when revving the motor, and there is an annoying hole in the carburation between the idle and the opening of the slide, strong enough to kill the bike.

I will receive J&R expansion pipes for an Avenger shortly and hopefully these will fit without use of the BFH. Looks like it will take a long time to find original pipes in any kind of condition… so this will have to do. The bike will likely stay slightly caféed for a while.

This is how it looks for now.