Heat Shield

Will anything be affected if I remove the heat shield on my bike? I see a lot pictures with them off, and must say it looks a lot cleaner, so was curious to know if there was a difference. Will my right leg get hotter than the left?

i have taken all of my heat sheild off and have not had any problems at all and your right leg wont get any hotter

Alright, thanks for the quick reply, taking it off now...

what is the heat shield?

Do not remove the one under the seat with the stock exhaust, it will melt you plastic it did mine

that might be true, i dont have stock exhaust so i dont know

If you have a carbon fiber exhaust, then you should be fine without the heat shield under the seat. I took off the heat shield that sits right next to my right leg and it's slightly hotter but, not enough to really bother you.

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what is the heat shield?

The item on the left of this picture is the heat sheild. It goes on top of the exhaust and keeps the heat from melting your plastics.

My Scorpion Exhaust came with an adheasive heat sheild similar to a thick duct tape. I just cut it to the right size and stuck it under the tail of the bike.

Lovely Scorpion there!

took mine off and havnet had any probs yet!!!

ive got a yosh RS-5 and took the one off over the pipe.....i left the one on the right side on....i pulled it off today and sprayed it with 1200-degree high-temp paint (low gloss) and it pretty much dissapeared from sight...blends in perfectly with the frame now...
 
is you swap pipes, you are pretty safe leaving the upper one off as long as you put the sticky aluminum tape on like it says...

i took mine off when I put on A 2 bros. s/o, but I did replace it's function with son self adhesion sound/ heat shield.  I got it from an aircraft interior shop.  works great.