[UncleErnie]

I wondered why you always wear gioggles.  I thought maybe you had bad eyes.

Wellll- just an update;  Turns out my muffler bracket broke clean who knows how long ago.  The only thing holding the whole shebang on was the header bracket- which is probably bent to hell by now.  So- I'm going to take the header-muffler off and put some RTV in there, and hold the muffler up with a coat hanger until I can get a better bracket made.  I could still get one on warranty, but what's the point?   

[1Blackwolf1]

  It would be a new one.  Start off at level ground at least.  A good welder could probably fix the old one for a few bucksalso  Just an idea.  Will.

[The Garbone]

Best bet would be to take a picture,  get a warranty repair pipe, then take the new pipe to a welder and get it re-enforced so it does not happen again.    The other option of having the welder fix the one you have  saves you the hassle of a warranty claim, I guess it depends on how much the header bracket is goofed up.

[UncleErnie]

Well, now that it's all apart, there is another mounting point for the header under a cable I didn't see before.The area where the header enters the head is fairly loosey-goosey, though, so a wad of silicone in the probably won't hurt.  Hope it plugs the air leak, because the carb area looks / feels tight.  (Unless the flange is bunged up somehow...)
That flange would get bent on old BMW's from over-tightening.  Wet / dry on a plate glass while watching TV will even it out.

Hysterical note;  Indian headers are just a press fit with a tab that bolts onto the frame.  You have to set your mouth just right, or it won't go in- but I never had an air leak.  Weird...

[Blue Ridge Wheeltor]

You probably broke that bracket running down those gravel roads. I warned you to keep off them.

[UncleErnie]

You   
Never mind...