Need Safety Advice re: muffler

[mamamia]

Hi to all. New to the user forum. New scooter rider too. Love my new Honda PCX150! Unfortunately, I messed up already! My inexperience led to my poorly manuevering out of the way of a "sorry I didn't see you" driver in a parking lot, despite being day-glo all over. I ran up on a concrete parking block and knocked a large dent in the muffler pipe between exhaust and body on the lower left.

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Hit the throttle too hard! No hole, doesn't overheat when I ride, no weird noises. Since I am an inexperienced rider, I would like to ride it as is until I become a more seasoned dodge and swerve agile rider, in case I have another oops. The pipe is low and exposed, so likely the site of other maneuverability practice errors. I definitely plan to replace the muffler-exhaust pipe (one solid unit) after a few more months of "getting my feet wet". I will replace ASAP if there is a safety issue involved, but this is what I do not know.

Two questions:
1. Can someone CONFIDENTLY tell me if it is still safe to ride the scooter with a dented exhaust pipe? Not crimped, no holes, just about 3inch long area of 1/2 the diameter in the pipe now.
2. Looks like a very simple unbolt, then rebolt new muffler in place repair... is there anything "tricky" to replacing a muffler re: exhaust fumes?

Thank you very much everyone!

[gn2]

Can't see your picture, but in answer to the questions
1: Yes (only potential hazard I can think of would be if a hole had developed near the cylinder head)
2: Really easy, piece of piss, nothing to worry about at all.

However (imo) so long as it isn't holed there's no point changing it.

[mamamia]

Thank you very much. There is NO hole, I checked thoroughly. I appreciate your time and advice.

[mamamia]

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Yeah! success!

[maddiedog]

Worked that time!

Don't worry about it. Your engine might get a bit more backpressure, but you'll still get good exhaust flow. Carry on, and don't worry about it!

To keep the How-To forum clean per the guidelines here: http://www.hondapcx.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=762, I am moving this thread to the General subforum.