irishrOy Posted September 5, 2018 Share Posted September 5, 2018 I have got a quick question and hope you can help me out. How hard is it to remove the heat-shields from the stock exhaust and put them on again on another stock exhaust? To make things short: I'd like to make the hole-saw & dremel-mod to my exhaust. However I'm not sure if the cops like this (here in Germany). So I'm getting a used VFR-exhaust to work on, and if I the men in blue don't like it, I can put the default exhaust back on. The problem is: The new exhaust has weird heatshields and I'd like to use my own. So the question I'm having is: How hard is it to take off the heatshields? I know there are two screws holding the side-heat-shields in rubbermounts and two allen keys are holding the end-cap-heat-shields. Is that really everything there is to the them, or are there any hidden shenanigans? Thanks in advance for your help! 🙂 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Contributer Grum Posted September 5, 2018 Member Contributer Share Posted September 5, 2018 Nothing tricky at all, have transferred heat shields from one set of 6gen pipes to another. Simply remove the screws from the main shield and from memory l think they slide slightly rearward to detach them from the rubber mounts. The rear end shields can then be unscrewed and removed, simple process. Of course this can only be done with the exhaust removed from the bike. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrOy Posted September 5, 2018 Author Share Posted September 5, 2018 6 hours ago, Grum said: Nothing tricky at all, have transferred heat shields from one set of 6gen pipes to another. Simply remove the screws from the main shield and from memory l think they slide slightly rearward to detach them from the rubber mounts. The rear end shields can then be unscrewed and removed, simple process. Of course this can only be done with the exhaust removed from the bike. Cheers. Man, that is awesome and good to hear! You might have saved me not just a couple of bucks but also some tedious work! Thanks again! Then I'll get a used exhaust, cut it up and put my own heatshields on it! Can't wait 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayStar2009 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 I just did that, bought another oem exhaust & drilled the baffles. Transfered the heat shields because they were a different finish. I got a 12 inch drill bit and started a pilot hole then used a 5/8 counter sink on a 12 inch locking adapter. Drilled several holes. Has a rumble sound, not overly loud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighwayStar2009 Posted September 17, 2018 Share Posted September 17, 2018 And, the shields do screw off and slide off. There is also rubber caps on the tangs you will want to keep on. They may fall off so keep an eye out. Come back with updates, how you made out. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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