I haven't worked on the Suzuki for a few days now, I could use Thanksgiving as an excuse but the truth is I just didn't want to. After having made so much progress in the last week or so, I couldn't get my head around taking it apart again for the sake of some %^&*# piece of steel wool. Well today was the day and I pulled off the nice chrome bits and the inspection covers and rotated it to TDC and all the rest of it and pulled the head cover. It wasn't that hard to do in the frame but what saved my sanity was having a 10mm 1/4 inch drive ratchet because there is no room in there for much else. So with the strainer in place and it all back together I thought that I should do something that would please me and looking at the manual the next step was to install the exhaust pipe. Now here is the funny thing. The pipe had some strange marks on it and when I lined it all up they were clearly where a boot had rested on the pipe and melted but those marks were completely hidden by the very smart chrome heat shield. So I have to wonder if Lee, or twinkle toes as I like to call her, was riding without the heat shield and if so why. Enquiring minds need to know.
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