exhaust removal

I,am about to swap the standard exhaust on my 09 bike for a street extreme pipe. On the original pipe there is a chrome cover just in front of the end can thats held on with 2 allen headed bolts which i assumed i,d just need to undo but on closer inspection the bolts have a spot weld attatching them to the nut so they can,t be undone what do i need to do to remove this piece? will i need to use it again with the new pipe or do i just hack it off?

[Stu]

A pic would help.

Usually it was 50mm backwards from the weld that you saw through. But these new fangled ones may be different

No instructions from Street extreme?

[Nobbylad]

That cover comes off and cannot be re-used if I remember correctly.

Like you I had assumed the bolts could just be undone but ended up hacksawing them off.

This is the piece and these are the bolts if i dont need it then i,ll cut it off just didnt want to cut it off then realise i needed it

[Nobbylad]

No...think I'm right in saying you cut the stock pipe almost in between those bolts anyway.

Will try and dig out a pic later

On my K6 I took it off and managed to put it back on again. On my K8 as you said, there are welds. I just cut it off as I wasn't bothered about putting it back on afterwards.