This morning, I decided to clean the engine. While i was removing the covers, the bracket attached to the exhaust and where where one of the bolts for the cover is screwed on suddenly went off. Apparently, this was caused by the rusting of the bolt and /or that part of the exhaust. My question now is this, will it not affect the performance of the bike should i opt to permanently remove it? There's no way of putting / attaching it back to the exhaust other than to weld it or oversize the thread. Moreover, I noticed this crack on the air filter box. While it is just a tiny crack, this gives me so much worry as it may also affect the bike's performance. Can anyone give their advice on these? This bike has given me a pain in the ass and my regrets of buying it has reached to the heaven's saints.
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