Hannibal's Elephant

[FourstrokeForever]

Now that is a work of art 

[jimson]

I wanted to keep the old school desert racer look so I made a front plate out of scrap I had laying around. Jimson

[jimson]

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[jimson]

Well I'm waiting on the 28 Koso carbs to come from my eBay purchase & if the planets aline & I have cash in my pocket. I'll be at Classic Dirt this year with Hannibal. Should be a great weekend on top of the elephant lol. Jimson

[jimson]

Time to make some baffles for Hannibal, I've had this bit of drilled out pipe in my stash for about 10years lol & a quick trip to Bunnings for some washers. Jimson

[jimson]

Lucky they'll be in the pipe & you can't see my shitty welds lol

[jimson]

[jimson]

They seem to slip in, with the outside washer being larger it stops the baffle from falling into the pipe. Jimson

[William Doe]

Looking bloody Awesome Mate  you have really captured that late 60s early 70s desert look

[jimson]

Thanks Bill, it's always going to be a work in progress. I love the motorcycles of that era & the way they were adapted for what people wanted to use them for... Jimson

[jimson]

Slip the pipes back on & you wouldn't even know it's got a set of mufflers lol Jimson

[jimson]

Well the old carbie manifolds were leaking air & cracked. The after market ones didn't put the carbie in the right place. So I thought I could make some from the existing manifold. So out comes the wire spitting grinder to do a clean up job. Jimson

[jimson]

Now with the rubber cleaned away & a metal base to work with, I've cut some gal pipe with the right OD & ID to work with. Jimson

[jimson]

Now I asked my son Tom to weld them, as I can only stick weld & he can tig. Not looking to bad I'll check how good they line up to the port & give them a heat proof coat of black paint if all is good. Jimson