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Hobbes306
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Hi guys,
Bit of a newbie here. Last fall I purchased my first bike, a 1980 GS450L, from a coworker who had been keeping it in his barn. I had absolutely no mechanical knowledge at the time, but with some advice I figured it was a pretty good deal ($200, sporadically running). Me and my more mechanically inclined friend have been fixing it up over the winter, and now that it's warm enough we've been test driving and sort-of fine tuning her as we spot new problems. Anyways, this website has been INVALUABLE to my project, and I've been reading the forums almost every evening learning new things. :-k Now that I have a SLIGHTLY better grasp of the way a motorcycle works, I wanted to pose a question of my own.
I've noticed that the pipe on the bottom of the bike that connects my two main exhausts, I think it's called the exhaust coupler, is pretty bent up. Looks like the previous owner drove it over a curb or did some off-roading (not unlikely in rural Iowa), and it's bent enough so I can imagine not very much air is passing through. My question is: Is this very important? Should I replace it? What kind of problems/symptoms would this cause?
Thanks!
PS For your pleasure, I posted a pic I took after her first bath
Bit of a newbie here. Last fall I purchased my first bike, a 1980 GS450L, from a coworker who had been keeping it in his barn. I had absolutely no mechanical knowledge at the time, but with some advice I figured it was a pretty good deal ($200, sporadically running). Me and my more mechanically inclined friend have been fixing it up over the winter, and now that it's warm enough we've been test driving and sort-of fine tuning her as we spot new problems. Anyways, this website has been INVALUABLE to my project, and I've been reading the forums almost every evening learning new things. :-k Now that I have a SLIGHTLY better grasp of the way a motorcycle works, I wanted to pose a question of my own.
I've noticed that the pipe on the bottom of the bike that connects my two main exhausts, I think it's called the exhaust coupler, is pretty bent up. Looks like the previous owner drove it over a curb or did some off-roading (not unlikely in rural Iowa), and it's bent enough so I can imagine not very much air is passing through. My question is: Is this very important? Should I replace it? What kind of problems/symptoms would this cause?
Thanks!
PS For your pleasure, I posted a pic I took after her first bath
