Hi all
I fitted the EFI silencer today. Didn't take that long and was a fairly easy fit. Only drama was fitting the single bracket to the foot peg. This was a pita to line up.
Anyway finally got it on and exhaust completely fitted started the motor which ran fine then noticed the exhaust pipe which goes into the engine is a bit to one side
See enclosed photos. Any drama if i run the bike like this.
Hey Bill,
Just ignore me if you already did this BUT
Whenever you put on a different muffler with different brackets you've got to loosen the connections at the engine. Then you loosely fit up your new muffler & modify the bracket(s) as necessary to fit right. Then you've got to tighten up slowly starting at the engine & as you tighten up you have to make sure that the pipe lines up as it wants to at the engine & if the brackets then need further mods to keep the stress out when you tighten them then you've got to do that. The fit at the engine with no stress is the most important. Then you modify the bracket(s) so they also tighten up with no stress.
It looks like when you tightened your muffler to pipe connection, then your muffler bracket(s) it pulled the engine connection out of alignment (putting stress into that connection).
I would (1) loosen Everything; (2) Tighten (not FINAL tight) your engine connections; (3) Tighten your muffler to pipe clamp; (4) Then see how much out of line your bracket(s) is & shim or mod it so that it fits up with no stress; (5) THEN final tighten the engine nuts allowing that connection to "go where it wants to fit"; (6) THEN Final tighten the bracket(s) & clamp.
Like I said, if you did this, just ignore me javascript:void(0);