So after some fun this morning with a few polishing mops and some lovely pieces of stainless (thanks Al and Pete) my S1 now wears a new shiny exhaust.

I have for now not put the heat shield back on the rear pot downpipe..........so I know how it is with it on.......what's it like with it not fitted....recipe for a burnt right leg or OK? What are other owners experiences?

I would put it back on

BTW, post pics...

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08 Specialized Langster

Yeh, post pics.

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Buell folks is nice folks.
Awesome X1, well Mazzed (& the best colour)
Built in America, refined in Dukinfield....

Wilco.....though MTB taking the daylight tomorrow so it may be next weekend when the heat shield will be back on.

Speaking from personal experience refit the heat shield. I have melted my trousers trying to run without the shield. Expensive on trousers and the melted material pain to get off the header

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1998 Buell S1
1998 Buell S3T

As Neil says, stuff stuck on the exhaust is a pain. I came back from Tesco with a few bags on the end of my bars and didn't notice that on the exhaust side I semi-toasted a loaf of bread and some tins of tomatoes and beans must have fallen out of the hole that formed. The exhaust was a mess, but I was in bigger trouble, I had to go back to look for the tins and ended up buying new ones cos one was squashed and the others looked very secondhand...

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08 Specialized Langster

If you used an asbestos shopping bag, you could have a tasty pizza ready by the time you get home

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If your dreams don't scare you, they are not big enough.

Leave it off. It looks so much better IMHO. I have and it's never been a problem... but then I never ride without leathers.

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'98 M2 Razorback, it's a keeper.

Put a nice shiney stainless one on like mine It still gets hot just a bit less so. Don't ask me where it came from it was already on when i git it

Trousers made from exhaust bandage ?

Sell it to me, my pipes are black ceramic coated

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Ride it like you've stolen it

A brief run out this afternoon to check the pipe and a 2nd hand HSR42 I got from eBay. I managed not to burn myself so will probably leave the heat shield off for now (though I will hanging onto it just in case).

DSC_0386 by jeznewsome, on Flickr

DSC_0387 by jeznewsome, on Flickr

DSC_0389 by jeznewsome, on Flickr

Carb appears to work well, though the throttle cable set up was a bit of a bodge ..... don't tell and needing some spacers to make it right.

Looks really good. Every time I see a nice white S1W, I want one, but I always end up selling...


Although I have fitted a soacer before...

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...the best fix I found was to shorten the cable...

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Having read one of your other threads before and I called to see if he had any recommendations for shortening and he mentioned spacers. I like the idea of spacers as this keeps the cables standard and therefore able to refit the CV if I want without changing the cables.

Not having a lathe to hand hopefully Maz will have some made up again for next time I drop down there.

Looking good Jez, just needs that front tie bar changing for a billet stainless one kerching