here is a conversation I started with cowtipper. he has promised pics so my fingers are crossed?
Background info:
My 'tails are 50" long total- 36" with a extension pipe.
Mine are the straight pipe meaning that they are 1 /78" all the way down- no baffles just straight pipes- no bulges (like Sorens)
I sealed off the crossover pipe
FREAK- no airbox
Here are some things you should consider when making up your set.
Fishtails are loud. They are drag pipes. They have a very distinctive "crack" at the end of the exhaust note.
Baffles: the open tails do not have enough back pressure. You will lose all of the low RPM torque. Power doesn't come on until near WOT. That and they are painfully LOUD.
I went through at least a dozen baffle configurations before I got them "tuned" correctly for my overall set up. I've also tried several different types including Samson's, Khrome werks, the welded bolt trick, and old skool "beer can" baffles. Currently I have two 4" "beer can" type baffles in each pipe. One at 20" from the header exit and one at the exit end of the 'tail. I ran a 3/8" rebar through them to open them up and reduce the restrictions in each one. I also have them in with the small end facing the head (some might say they are in backwards). I can promise you I've run them every way you can imagine.
They can be bought from a guy named shotglass88 on eBay. I've bought 4-5 sets from him. that is the cheapest I could find them @ $9.50 shipped.
At 36", they will stop at the axle nut. I wanted mine to go past the rear tire, and didn't want a bunch of splices in the pipes. I had a muffler shop cut some 1 3/4" straight pipe 24" long and flange one end, then I had these chromed. Chroming is very expensive and I latter fond them new on eBay for about half of what I have in these. These are my extension pipes. I also bought the 36 'tails. I mocked them up am set the 'tails to end where I wanted them to end, and cut the fishtail header end off directly under the mounting bolt hole. That way, the P clamp is both a hanger clamp and a pipe clamp, and it covers the seam from the extension pipe to the fishtail- no visible seams. I also marked the extension pipe at the same point, added 4", and cut off the extra.
You don't need custom brackets, there are brackets on eBay that have a clamp and stem. Drill a hole in the stem where the bolt goes. They are called p-clamps.
I love my 'tails. They may be my favorite part of the bike. They look great and have a proper Triumph sound to them.
