son of a b..........

ajgerdes · Apr 3, 2011

WAS having a great day riding in SE Minnesota......

Now, your prob telling youself what could go wrong with fun roads like these..........

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[mad] There goes my Kooks header, hope i can get it welded up somewhere.

shining · Apr 3, 2011

Damn..that just makes for a crappy day![mad]

WALLSXB · Apr 3, 2011

That royally sucks !!! [down]. You have a cool looking bike though ! [up]

upthemaiden · Apr 3, 2011

That definitely sucks, but I was expecting to see a crumbled up tuber, so I'm glad to say is that it was just a repairable header. Love the bike!

ajgerdes · Apr 3, 2011

I would just buy a new header but KOOKS doesn't make them anymore and nobody will sell them that have them. They make more HP then the buell pro series exhausts. But anyway glad you guys like my bike its a 2000 x1 Millennium #167/800. ]

YEAH WE STILL HAVE SNOW

[mad]

gtp3800 · Apr 3, 2011

YEAH WE STILL HAVE SNOW

as long as there is no salt on those roads, its riding weather [up]

Raisingicarus · Apr 3, 2011

Ouch!

BuddhaBuell · Apr 3, 2011

yup, thats a nice looking tuber [up]

as long as there is no salt on those roads, its riding weather

exactly, and btw thats hardly any snow...

Sirius815 · Apr 3, 2011

How the hell does that happen?? Glad the bike itself isn't down. I don't know anything about the value of the header - but I think I'd rather see that than a down Buell!

ajgerdes · Apr 3, 2011

yeah most of the snow is gone but still find it. Got up to 55 today. Rode 180 miles today.

xtremelow · Apr 3, 2011

Never seen that, check that off the list.

ajgerdes · Apr 3, 2011

Right when it happened it sounded like a sparkplug blew out of the head. Ran like crap and glad it happened a few miles from home and not when i was over in Wisconsin.

And now that i look at it I think the weld around the 02 bung had a weak spot. Looks like it started there and worked its way around.

ajgerdes · Apr 4, 2011

well this sucks, local shop wants 70 bucks to weld up my header WTF!!! [mad][mad][mad]

Midnight82 · Apr 5, 2011

$70 is better than a few hundred for a new header. ;-)

ajgerdes · Apr 5, 2011

found a new header for 400 [sad]

shdwmsk · Apr 6, 2011

if you want, not sure where your at but bring it up to me and i'll weld it for free. im up in cambridge. let me know.

ajgerdes · Apr 6, 2011

Thanks man! ill keep you in mind, your about 2.5 hours away from me. Im in Austin Mn. Can you weld stainless steel?

shdwmsk · Apr 7, 2011

yup. no problem, not much i havent welded. i need to make sure i have some ss filler rod in the garage though.

thomas_cronan · Apr 9, 2011

i would weld it up and use exhaust wrap on it and you will never know. i had the stud for the exhaust flanges break off in my front head. i drilled and tapped it out but it was a bitch!
Thomas

racepro716 · Apr 9, 2011

How bout this...'your bike with a broken header".

again, just teasing. You should be able to get it welded but ask yourself why it broke in the first place. There must be something stressing it in that area. I had a ton of trouble with the Kerker aluminum baffle cracking on my GPz till I figured it out. Good luck, wayne

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