uigiroux
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I had the same problems installing mine. I bought reducers which ended up not working and then I fashioned one from a crimped can as your being told to, but nothing would stop the leaks, and my exhaust was still just pointing directly on the rear brake line. I called around here in Houston and stumbled upon a guy who builds his own mufflers which it turns out are quite well known in the motorcycling world, Jemco Exhaust, and I got him to fabricate a coupler that he cut from 2 different diameters of pipe and he put an angle on it, I'd say between 6-10 degrees, and just welded them up. Then the difficulty was getting the muffler on the bracket as they were not lined up correctly. So I suggested he take his gas welder and heat up my bracket and bend it to match, which he did and it matched perfectly. To secure it in he actually made a bolt from some thick metal plate he had and cut it so it would just slide in but long enough that when putting the bolt in it wouldn't spin around. Now my exhaust is air tight and bent out properly, it looks and sounds great. Cost me $40. That was money is rather not have had to spend I originally wanted to just do it myself, but in the end I'm glad I went this route for such a good job and a proper running muffler and engine.
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