Originally Posted by paul_clarke

am I being dumb? my lovely set of carbon stubbies arrived today - all seems in order, except for the clamps at the lower end of the assembly. The ones on the OEM pipes are soldered in place (2009 model XTX). Seems like game over for the moment? Oh, and do the gasket inserts need to be transferred from the old pipes to the new? The instructions included were kind of brief (non-existent). Beautiful work though. Objects of lust, even if I can't fit them...