Anyone ever shortened a Vance and Hines?

[VaughanCustoms]

When I shorten the rear of the bike a little prob around 3-4 inches I started to think that the Vance and Hines will be sticking out alot. I love this exhaust setup and it sounds great but I don't want it to look strange when the bike is done. Has anyone ever taken one apart or cut one down to shorten one? I would like to take maybe like 2-3 inches out of it. Any ideas or should I just buy a slip on and leave this exhaust alone?

[fj11.5]

Never shortened a h&h , but have modded a couple of carbon pipes, if yours has a riveted on end cap, remove the rivets, remore end cap,shorten outer pipe to desired length, cut inner pipe to suit , to short and it may end up rattling around  , re'fit end cap and fit new rivets

[andyb]

Which V&H?  The SS I think is a straight-through like most pipes.  The SS2R should be okay to cut down unless you get into the ridiculously short range.

[oldktmdude]

   Shortened mine by about 4 1/2". Easy job. I don't like the look of long cans so decided to give it the chop treatment. Sounds great. Probably 10-20% louder than original. Drilled out the rivets holding the V&H label on and re-centered it. I'll post a pic if your interested. Pete.

[oldktmdude]

   Shortened mine by about 4 1/2". Easy job. I don't like the look of long cans so decided to give it the chop treatment. Sounds great. Probably 10-20% louder than original. Drilled out the rivets holding the V&H label on and re-centered it. I'll post a pic if your interested. Pete.

[VaughanCustoms]

The pics don't show up for some reason but I would love to see it. Yeah it has the rivited end cap but I am pretty sure that my exaust is all one piece which will prob make this project a lot harder.

[FJmonkey]

Fixed it for you.

[VaughanCustoms]

Oh yeah thats sweet. I may not cut out quite that much but it is definatly to large the way it is. How much of a challenge was the packing and cutting out the tube inside the muffler?

[Country Joe]

Piece of cake! The core comes right out with the tail piece. Dennis Kirk has the packing kit for about $13. You should be able to cut the packing to the length of the shortened core with scissors. They even have replacement V&H badges if yours is rough looking.

Joe

[oldktmdude]

Fixed it for you.

Thanks Mark.