Tom's BMW R850R Muffler, Part Two
Here is the outlet trimmed even, and wire brushed to remove most of the rust where I'll weld on the new section. In this photo the muffler is upside down.
The new section is a standard exhaust adaptor from the auto parts store. Cost for the new part was about $2. The size was a tight fit to the original pipe shown here. I tapped on the new pipe, angled it down a little. After some test fitting, I welded the whole thing together. The planning, cutting, and test fitting took hours (maybe 4 or 5 hours). The welding was quick. The welding was less than an hour, and may have only been 30 minutes.
