That's ryca's version

http://www.rycamotors.com/bikes/RR1/about/index.html

What's wrong with the muff going where it belongs, beside or under the frame rail, down and out of the way?

I was. I said beside or under the frame rail.  Not beside the cylinder.  I've been burned on plenty of dirt bikes with mufflers in locations similar to that.

Maybe I should have said beside or under the bottom frame rail.  It is, after all, a street bike.  Ground clearance isn't that big of an issue

It's a nice bike.  Someone put in lots of work, time, and effort.  It's just completely not my style.

Give me a stocker and let me install a good vetter fairing, some bags, a trunk, a double bucket touring seat, radio...Now we're talking.  

Nah...It's somebody's bike.  Clymer just got pics of it.

I just keep thinkin' how much my boys would be hurtin' if I rode longer than about 3 min on that seat leanin' forward to hold those bars.
I think that's a young mans bike, or its just to pull off a trailer and look at. (and that's my opinion, i'm not knockin' the looks, its very clean looking)

Dave wrote on 01/16/14 at 06:14:43:


Now that I have read what you posted.....I now understand that you agreed the muffler belongs under the bike......not up there along the cylinder.  For some reason I thought you mean the muffler belonged up on the side!  My bad

When I was a kid I had a small italian mini bike with a chrome muffler down the right side.  I got a really horrible nasty burn on my calf from that muffler one day - it got my attention!