Reply With QuoteMounts for a home made skid plate or heat shield? Never seen that before and I can't imagine what technical reason they would be there.
I was asked by a Buell tech why I installed the bolts in my Exhaust header. I bought the bike this way, so I am not sure how to answer.
Anyone know why someone would do this? Too small for Oxygen sensors (or so it seems to me).
Mounts for a home made skid plate or heat shield? Never seen that before and I can't imagine what technical reason they would be there.
Maybe additional grounding terminals?
Looks like the one on the left (in the picture) has a small leak.
I've searched and viewed hundreds of XB pictures and have not seen anything like it. Keep in mind when I got the bike with 500 miles, they were there.
Going to ping the PO and see if he knows.
Does it look like there was a dent before, maybe dent puller? Then bolt hole up
thats what i was thinking tooOriginally Posted by ztied
shaughn is correct. i can't find the pic but an outfit called BG racing enterprises offered an incredibly hideous looking "heat shield" kit that featured a worthless shield that mounted cross-ways to both header pipes at virtually the identical spot where your 2 bolts now reside. do as you please but as a winter project i'd be tempted to clean that mess up however you choose.
Like John has said I would clean up to. Like weld them in.
You could take the bolts out and weld the holes shut, but headers are cheap so unless you can do that yourself, I'd either leave them alone or just swap in a new exhaust header.
i screw a spark plug in one and propane in the other... FLAME THROWER!!!!
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