Long Story short some ****ebags vandalised one of my bikes.
Main damage was to the exhausts. One muffler torn off which I can deal with as I was planning to put aftermarkets on. The bigger issue is they tore an EGR valve off the top of one of the pipes. It's left a fairly big hole in the pipe, now the bike is fine without the EGR's they are just there to get it through Euro emission laws but I'm wondering if the hole can be patched/welded over as the value of the bike means buying new pipes is not really economical.
Any advice appreciated as my local garage while does welding gives generally ****e advice in the pursuit of making money so I want to be sure patching over it is actually a good idea before I ask em to do it. If anyone versed in welding stuff could estimate the time it would take too that would be very handy so I don't get bent over on price.
The hole is shown in the photos
