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.