for the last few weeks I've been working on the swing arm. it's going pretty well. but while I had the seat, fuel tank, and swing arm out I noticed that there's a tab extending inward from each side( the right one has a threaded hole- approx. 8mm sized...the left has a thru hole approx. 10mm dia) these tabs seem to be part of the bracket assembly that braces the two header pipes, just before they connect to the "collector" - the aft end of the collector has the two connections where the two mufflers branch off of. the tabs are about 5" above the collector and just below the swing arm. I've poured over the Honda parts fisks and simply can't find them ! the only thing I can imagine them to be, is attachment points for some sort of a heat shield. I can't tell if there was ever, anything connected to the tabs (16 years of collected dirt) any ideas?
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