Opinions on header removal/install?

[Hummer]

Hoping to find time to install the Micron this weekend and just wondered what everyone figures is best/easiest as far as going for the engine rotate or entry from the rear (giggity).

Let's try to keep the convo motorcycle-based. Lol.

 

[Miami78]

Here's how to do it without rotating:

http://www.buellxb.com/Buell-XB-For...MOVE-HEADER-NO-ENGINE-ROTATE-NEEDED-with-pics

 

[Hummer]

I read through both that writeup and the one on rotating the engine...some of the comments got me thinking about whether it really is easier overall one way or another. Since the Micron slips together, I won't need as much wiggle room for the install but I just thought I'd see what the general opinion was.

 

[Miami78]

Yeah, I kinda got that same impression. Sometime in the future I'm going to get my headers ceramic coated, going back and forth on which way to take them off and on...

 

[Squattybodyjr]

Where did you find the micron?

 

[Hummer]

Noticed it on BWB one day and thought to myself, who would pay that much? Then hit some sand on the road a few days later, did a bit of a slide and dinged up my header. I figure I can still fix it but didn't want to risk being without a bike if my fix went bad. Also didn't want to buy a new factory header to remind me that I wrecked the original one every time I looked at the bike.

So I decided to upgrade! From what I can see online I actually got a decent price on it - Micron was in great shape when it got to me and I sent the headers away for ceramic coating.

That's part of my concern as well...I want to make sure whichever method I go with I don't ding up the black ceramic coating. The less I have to bend, twist and swivel, the better.