Thunderheader bracket
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Road Warrior
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Thunderheader bracket
I've been running my thunder header for about 4 years now with no issues with the mounts. However the other day my step brother was giving me a hand with the bike and he noticed that I had mounted my bracket to the trans different than he did. The rear bolt with the stud on it is the bolt I'm concerned about. You can see I used it as a regular bolt, and (sorry no pics) he screwed the bolt into the trans first, then mounted the bracket on the stud portion of the bolt and secured with a nut. He just recently bought his theader, so I'm not sure if they have changed the mount or if one of us mounted it wrong. How did you mount yours?
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Road Warrior
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Right in that's what I thought thanks man. Your bracket seems to have a lot more weld on it than mine. Wonder if I sould re weld that when I have the pipe powdered
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This is where my OCD takes over......Change that stud/bolt for a proper matching bolt!! I know I know, but geesh, a bike can look so much cleaner with proper hardware.
I even changed the rear mounting bolts to stainless button heads, the T Header bolts supplied were terrible.
I even changed the rear mounting bolts to stainless button heads, the T Header bolts supplied were terrible.
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Road Warrior
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This is where my OCD takes over......Change that stud/bolt for a proper matching bolt!! I know I know, but geesh, a bike can look so much cleaner with proper hardware.
I even changed the rear mounting bolts to stainless button heads, the T Header bolts supplied were terrible.
I even changed the rear mounting bolts to stainless button heads, the T Header bolts supplied were terrible.
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Glad I have a great bolt supplier 3 miles away.
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Road Warrior
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Looks clean I'll be doing the same. Why isn't your pipe brown like mine? Lol. I think I'm going to vht mine til I powder it
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Its still new, I havent got to log any miles on it. I am gonna end up using VHT on it to touch up a scratch from a jack that rubbed it during transport. Lots of guys use that paint and like it.
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i like the t header
so i realize this is of topic but look at what happened to the bracket for my bub 7 2-1. this is the craddle part that goes from the bracket to the muffler. they put slots in it so you can install the slash cut down or up.
seems like a sweet idea ontill this happens
then this is the fix, stronger than ever
so i realize this is of topic but look at what happened to the bracket for my bub 7 2-1. this is the craddle part that goes from the bracket to the muffler. they put slots in it so you can install the slash cut down or up.
seems like a sweet idea ontill this happens
then this is the fix, stronger than ever