…how to mess-up your R12S pipes and cat in a few simple steps…
…this little wish of mine was a set of pipes without a cat. …
…but no brand (Laser/HPE/Remus etc.) would fit properly in combination with the belly pan…
…so ; this is what I did…
…last week I bought me a set of brand new, original pipes, got me a few Dremel ‘Heavy Duty Cut-Off wheels’, and gave me an hour (or so) in the garage in order to let the cat out…
…I could only be a very simple job...
...I thought…
…but that cat was somewhat bigger than I expected to be…
…I honestly thought : ‘cut off that chromed top, and throw that cat away…
…but you can see it in picture # 2 ; there is some sort of (a very tough !) inner shell, and that inner shell is firmly welded to the outer one…
…so, I took another few of those Dremel cut-off thingies, and cut that inner shell in half…
…and from there it isn’t that hard anymore…
…I’m half way, and with the cutting and such, it took my some 2 hours to come this far…
…BTW ; you can still see the other half of the inner shell, and I will leave that half where it is (because it is welded to the outer one, as I mentioned)…
new set of pipes. I will keep the ones that came on the bike as a spare
top of the cat’s outer shell is already gone (and I was surprised to see this inner shell)
half of the inner shell is gone too 
yes, yes, yes, half of it is gone...
…I’ll keep you guys posted regarding the final result…
