I have no idea what the VW tips were on there. The stickers were pretty worn. I sold mine on ebay a while ago to a guy who wanted the header pipes to build his own exhaust. The tips that were on there didn't have a flair. Not sure if you are familiar with VW Beetles but I am thinking of the 1967 stock beetle exhaust with the slip on pipes. Those were pretty damn close to what was on there. You could probably score a set on ebay for next to nothing (at least some repos).
Ok, time for a fast forward as this is starting to drag. I tore the bike down in November after the replacement master cylinder gave up the ghost and piddled it's contents all over the floor and hand control. The bike was torn down, bagged, and the motor sat for a couple of months until I collected all the parts for an engine rebuild. During the time, I started to plan the changes to the frame.
This is where I learned my first lesson. Friends who work for beer might not always give you the best results. I had a friend who claimed he could mod my frame and what I got back from him was the most unsafe piece of metal I have ever seen. My friend used an arc welder and probably drank all the beer I paid him before he got started. The frame was a wreck. On the left side where the seat rails begin to connect to the back bone, the metal was burned through. He tried to use nails, etc. to get patch the weak spot.
Once I got the frame back, I was tempted to start over and find a new frame with a fresh title. Fortunately, Owned introduced me to a local guy, Cliff Meyer of Meyer Metal Works
http://meyerbuiltmetalworks.blogspot.com/ who was able to not only rebuild the frame from the backbone to the rear shock supports, but round out the tail as well. As Cliff put it, it was the worst welding he had ever seen. I don't blame him. Cliff added supports to make sure that the frame stayed square and then welded in new seat rails.
Cliff has done some other work for Owned and charged what I thought was a very reasonable price for what he did. He added some supports to the seat frame rails which I think give the bike a really interesting look. We had discussed frame guessests but decided against as the rounded tubing opened up more for the frame.
During this time, I had a friend roll a seat hump for me. Cliff was able to work it into the rear of the frame and create a type of inner fender for the bike. This is going to be a rider and so while I didn't want the inner black plastic fender blocking up the frame, the aluminum rear inner fender Cliff came up with worked perfectly and gave me a place to mount my Hondaman Ignition, Oregon Regulator/Rectifier (a super cheap ebay find) and the starter solenoid. Cliff also designed and built a small battery box for mounting under the seat. The idea again is that it wouldn't be too obtrusive in the hallowed "triangle".
Lesson of the story here: Friends+Arc Welders+ Beer = professional grade work by Cliff - He is a seriously cool guy and has some of the most amazing fabrication skills I have ever seen. Check out his website for other awesome work he has done.
