Exhaust Headr gasket

[scottybee]

I Have the Exhaust system off my bike right now and I don't have any sort of gasket on the header to cylinder head connection. I know alot of bikes use a copper ring thats gets crushed when it's tightened down. Is there supposed to be anything here?

[GuzziMoto]

I'm pretty sure there should be a gasket there. Sometimes the gasket is smoushed into the head so hard that it doesn't look like it's there, but if you pick at it with a dental pick you may find it.