That is the question. Ok so I put on my TwoBrothers pipe, but when I was playing with the heat shield I decided to keep it on. One reason was because I wanted my girls butt to not fry. The second reason was because I wanted to make sure the plastics did not get damaged. The third reason was because when my buddies and I went to vegas, a friend rode his R1 and it does not have any heat shield. He had blisters on his leg when he got to vegas. So now I pose the question to the group. Cut, remove or keep the heat shield?



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sounds like you alrady know what you think you should do. I think it looks pretty clean as it is anyway.

 

I agree cjbettis, it doesn't look bad with the heat shield so I'd stick with it.

 

Take the heat shield off and paint it gloss black -- use some high heat paint if you can find it.

 

just trim it a little in the back end.

 

wonder how it would look to cut the sides off...... so you can see the pipe! And then paint it black....

 

i took off my heat shield completely and didnt have a prob with anything melting.

 

L8X... how long has yours been cut, and how long do you ride? I think chain had a great plan, paint it gloss black with exhaust manifold paint. It withstands temps in the 1200+ range depending on the brand.

 

I don't think I mind the heatshield too much. Of course I don't have an exhaust either, but, I don't think it would bother me. If you really wanted it off, I haven't heard anything bad about it really. It's the first time I've heard of people's legs blistering up.

 

I don't use the heat shield. I got the yoshimura RS-5 no problems with things melting or getting hot.