| Author | Message | ||
     Kurosawa |
I just realized I have a big dent in my muffler right under the front. I got the bike this way, and when going off the curb to the parking lot this morning I realized it was there for good reason. Does this affect anything performance-wise? Or do I need to take the muffler off, see if I can beat the dent out from inside, then gingerly walk the bike off curbs in the future? | ||
| Stealthxb |
I do a lot of things with my bike...none of which are done gingerly! | ||
| Buellin_ri |
I got one too. I don't worry about it very much. | ||
| Isham |
I have one also. Some idiot didnt lift the bike right. | ||
| Spike |
Shouldn't hurt anything peformance-wise. Both my stock muffler and my drummer have the same dent, in my case it comes from setting down wheelies too hard, but it can also come from speed bumps/curbs. I've seen the exact same dent on many an XB, haven't seen it cause a problem yet. | ||
| Paulson |
I have the same dent (self inflicted). It doesn't seem to affect my bike's performance. It may even be rare to find one without the dent.  | ||
| Joele |
One problem you may run in to is if you break an exhaust header stud and try to get it repaired under warranty - had a dealer insist that the dent on the bottom lead to the broken stud - even went on to say that Buell wouldn't warranty any exhaust tract related work if a dent was reported in the bottom of the exhaust. | ||
| Bud |
gg, the front end off the exhaust is hollow, the pipe runs though the hollow front box ( filled with damping packing ) till about the first ( front ) jacking point, from that point on the muffler really begins mine was dented aswell, and did some doktering with it  | ||
| Reepicheep |
Thats not a dent, it's a skidplate  | ||
| Skyguy |
Mine has dents.......... They came from a dip in the road in the middle of the night. | ||
| Dmextreme |
i have dents in mine as well.. but it is from doing to many wheelies coming down hard! I need to improve the stiffness of my front end.. I bottom out sometimes.. bike runnin strong.. havin lots of fun! |
