Got this posted over at bike chat forums, thought I'd post it up here for you guys to laugh at my attempt
Thought I might do my best to document this, to help anyone else who's thinking of doing it. I've read a few guides on the net but I am completely hopeless with anything to do with making/maintenance pretty much anything mechanical. I was amazed when I managed to fit bar end mirrors and still to this day feel proud, that's how bad I am. If I can pull this off, anyone can, and I mean anyone.
I bought this Scorpion stainless oval for my Bandit at this years bmf show but I came home and was very disappointed at the lack of pretty much any audible improvement So its time to do the right thing and stubby it
Stopped off at Homebase on the way home from work and picked up a rivet gun, 3 sizes of rivets, 3mm metal drill bits and two hacksaw blades for cutting metal (even got asked for id buying the blades, how crazy is that). This is how far I am currently.
*Sorry for the crap pics, Dad's in spain with my d-slr*
Here's the pipe as it was, looks alright, pretty long but just not loud enough.
Pipe off the bike and all the bits, rivet gun, blades and drill bits
Drilled the heads off all the rivets at the spout end using the 3mm drill bit and a hammer, then punched the remaining bit of the rivet through using a small screwdriver. After much hammering, shouting and pulling I was left with this The point of no return I think its called....