In a message dated 4/7/03 6:33:27 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
jgh3rd@MINDSPRING.COM writes:

<< While looking at the underside of my 1990 GL, I noticed that, right behind
the cat, the header pipe is seriously dented.  It looks like someone backed
into something, and I would estimate that the pipe is bent in on the one side
by about 60-70 percent of the total diameter of the pipe.

 This would cause a significant loss of power, right?  ...>>

Yes, I would guess that depression will cause a "dent" (sorry) in your
performance and your wallet as well as your gas mileage will suffer.

<< Would it be possible to drill a hole, slide-hammer it out and weld the
hole, or am I better off installing a new header pipe? >>

Anything is possible. It can get just as expensive to have this done
professionally as just replacing the pipe with used one.

BenT Pipe