Should exhaust flange be flush with front cylinder??

[Mike3485]

I just noticed that my front exhaust flange is not flush with the cylinder, is this normal? I am not sure why I never noticed before but I was looking at some pictures of when I first bought my bike and it was like this then as well with only 400 miles on it. I'm a little concerned since it seems that a lot of people have had problems with these things coming loose or cracking.

Looking at the service manual, it appears to say that it should be flush but I did find a couple pictures floating around the web that look the same as mine. Does anyone have any close-up pics of this? Thanks!!

 

[konarider94]

looks normal. the flange has to hold the pipe in the head. if it was contacting the head it wouldn't be able to compress the gasket.

 

[stellio78]

That's how it should be.

 

[Mike3485]

Thanks guys, makes sense now Kona. This is the second error I have noticed now in the service manual (along with the drain plug torque values).

 

[Iamarchangel]

It is flush. You're seeing the flange. There's a retaining ring (circlip) inside the ring clamp that forces the header against the exhaust port.

There's no error.