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K75S - Replacement of Exhaust Header Sun Apr 23, 2023 6:11 am
Bruce Petterson
Silver member
Wow . . . . unheard of on a K75S the replacement of a exhaust header. After noticing there was a crack in the exhaust header and with the annual BMW Kane Toad Rally held at Mount Perry was looming there was a sense of urgency in regard to getting the exhaust header replaced. I shopped around for a second-hand exhaust header and fortunately I found one at Chris;s BMW shop at Stafford, purchased it and it cleaned up well.
Not really knowing what to expect when stripping the bike down, I was preparing for the worst and bought exhaust header studs for $1.00 each, exhaust stud nuts at $2.00 each, and exhaust gaskets for $2.00 each along with Optimally TA Paste from Moto Bins in the UK. A total of $46.50 Including postage. The order only took two weeks to arrive in Brisbane Australia and I was now was prepared to tackle the task
One of the guys that I ride with Martin was kind enough to allow me to use his hoist, knowledge and tools in order to get the job done. Once I had removed the belly pan and after using penetrating oil on the nuts and studs it appeared the job may not be as bad as suspected as the nuts we're relatively clean and uncorroded, this was perhaps due to the bike being housed for the majority of its life. Martin and I were able to remove the old nuts and studs without too much difficulty in actual fact with ease. We were able to replace the header, six new studs, nuts bolted and the exhaust back on and everything was good. This only took two hours.
Thank you once again
Martin for the use of his knowledge tools and expertise in order to get the job done prior to the BMW Kane Toad Rally at Mt Perry Queensland in 4 days’ time.
Not really knowing what to expect when stripping the bike down, I was preparing for the worst and bought exhaust header studs for $1.00 each, exhaust stud nuts at $2.00 each, and exhaust gaskets for $2.00 each along with Optimally TA Paste from Moto Bins in the UK. A total of $46.50 Including postage. The order only took two weeks to arrive in Brisbane Australia and I was now was prepared to tackle the task
One of the guys that I ride with Martin was kind enough to allow me to use his hoist, knowledge and tools in order to get the job done. Once I had removed the belly pan and after using penetrating oil on the nuts and studs it appeared the job may not be as bad as suspected as the nuts we're relatively clean and uncorroded, this was perhaps due to the bike being housed for the majority of its life. Martin and I were able to remove the old nuts and studs without too much difficulty in actual fact with ease. We were able to replace the header, six new studs, nuts bolted and the exhaust back on and everything was good. This only took two hours.
Thank you once again
Martin for the use of his knowledge tools and expertise in order to get the job done prior to the BMW Kane Toad Rally at Mt Perry Queensland in 4 days’ time.
