Toss all that crap in the trash, including the bracing of the fender, along with the idiotic muffler and the brace.
Like this - one I did 12 yrs ago.

BTW that is the stock rear fender with the spot welds holding the brace in the fender ground off. The stock airbox and electrics etc etc, only tail light is swapped for that weirdly named one that rhymes with jimpclick.

Take off the muffler and hack off the brace and put a turnout and strap it to the heat shield with a piece of chicken wire. Would add to the "feral" look of the thing.

Cool.
Srinath.