its pretty much brand new been used a few times... no scrtaches not bent... its silver... im at work right now so i cant get you a pict... its the same one jeff sells at fast thats where i got it... the lever sells for 32 bucks alone...
not correct... the welder gets so hot the chrome comes right off.. the weld WILL stick to the pipe but yes im sure it will be a tiny bit weaker then if it was bare metal.. but its on a pipe your not putting stress on it like a swingarm... i know for a fact the weld holds. polish had to do it on his pipes... its all about how migh you got your welder set if it will break though the top layer and bond both metals together or if it just melts the wire and sticks it on the metal like glue...
running it will tell you if your blowing air but if you have a leak on your jugs when running your going to suck air not blow air.... if you run it get some carb cleaner and spary on the gaskets and the motor will cutout its just a little harder to tell then bubbles...
i dont know man my bike hasnt had stock arm the entire time i had it... so i dont have stock arms to go look at to help you out... if they are anything like 95% of aftermarket arms the rubber boot can come off and be repacked with grease... you just got to cover what you dont want to have pc stick too and then get a new boot and repack it when your ready...
there or the threads on the dome... i wouldnt waste a compression tester to see if its leaking... pressurize your top end and shoot some water with soap around all your gaskets and shit and see if anything bubbles..
you should be able to pc them if you can gt the rubber off... tape the parts that dont need to be pc'ed and then they hit them with the gun and then pull the tape and bake it... replace the boots...
shouldnt be a problem...
i would NOT run it with the sides being mor then 10% differance... and in your case its much mor then that... now thats taking that your tested is right... how many times did you check it ? also did you make sure your threads are clean and dont have metal or debris on them? the dome having marks wont make your cyliders be that far off... 1 to 2 lbs MAX and thats being generous....
if your head was leaking the needle should drop on your tester... if its not dropping your holding the pressure...
lol i like how the cpi went from a hot potato to a thing of the past in 2 weeks lol, got my shearers comin one of these day... i was hoping they came in before today so i could put them on for glamis but they didnt make it...
take your carbs apart and clean them... if it has sat for awhile you more then likely got shit builtup o your float valves and they are getting stuck and dumping fuel....
im sure you can find someone on here that has an old stock air box that they will give you for shipping amount... just get a proflow adaptor and a k&n and youll be ok...