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I also found myself wishing for this. Additionally, about 4mm could be shaved off the bottom of those lugs without compromising their strength at the threads. Might be worthwhile for that extra little vertical adjustment if I touch down again. On a funny note, I had a guy looking the muffler over yesterday and admiring the handiwork. Then he said, "But I don't like the outlets. They look cheesy. They should come up beside the tire, like this..." and with his hand drew a line up to the hub center. "...like on a Harley with the tips of the pipes turned upward." :huh: Sure glad he didn't design this system! :blink:

I thought about that shape as well, but retroactively. I think it would be fairly easy to cut the sides right off the muffler and weld in two flat pieces angled out as you've shown. I think I've probably got mine situated now. I was able to move the whole thing up about 1/4" at the front and 3/8" at the rear (had to lose most of the clearance between the suspension link and heat shield). Then I took a body hammer and very carefully hammered a taper into the lower right rear corner of the muffler, filed and sanded it smooth, and called it good. I'll have to load up and go for a ride to see if it's the final solution, but I think it'll do.

I have perforated tubes both for inlet and outlet. I may go ahead and leave it loud for a while and see if it bothers me. I certainly love the quality of the sound, but I may want to take it down a few decibels with solid outlet tubes. The O2 pigtails are of course connected to nothing. I simply didn't go to the effort of finding or making plugs yet.

Busy day today. I got the system gasketed, put together and mounted without a whole lot of fuss, but it was a royal pain to get the right-side (used to be) centerstand bolt in past the headers. Oddly, it was much easier with the larger-diameter 5th gen headers in place. I'm very happy with the result visually, but it's no quieter than my underseat setup was (minor issue), so I may play with some stainless steel wool between the inlet and outlet pipes and see what that does. As for practicality, I no longer have to worry about loading up the luggage and wife on the back and hitting the exhaust with the rear wheel. Thank you Ralph, for designing this remarkable muffler and sharing your ingenuity. I'll never fail to mention that this wasn't my idea when people see it (besides, it's kind of fun to let them know it was custom-designed for me in South Africa ) The Whole Shebang.JPG Front.JPG Lovely Profile.JPG Rear Three-Quarter View.JPG Side View Close-Up.JPG Mrs. Magellan.JPG I'll post up a .wav file as soon as my laptop comes back from the repair shop ( I use it to record) So whaddya think?

Well, if you've been desperately bored enough to follow the story of my difficult choice of headers ('98-99 larger diameter pipe vs. '00-06 smaller diameter pipe but perfect alignment of pipes for tok tokkie style muffler), I can finally say I've gone for the easier fit of the late-model cat-equipped headers. My catless exhaust may very well be sold this weekend (if I can bear to part with them). As it stands, Fred has my muffler tonight and is slightly adjusting the position of the mounting brackets. Everything went smashingly until we realized that the inside of the rear headpipes was rubbing against the engine casting where it curves under to join the front head pipes. I also wanted to more precisely center the muffler with the bike's longitudinal centerline. Anyway, it should be done tomorrow (fingers crossed). Interesting note: I cut the loop the cat bolts to off the bottom of my block (yes, it's on the '98s too. Mmmm...), seeing as how my bike didn't have one and won't be needing one. Removing this obstruction allowed the muffler to be mounted further forward than tok tokkie's (he left the loop in case he ever wanted to go back to the stock exhaust), so I didn't need stub tubes to be welded to the headers. I simply welded flanges to the carefully flattened end of the headers and voila, I'm ready to bolt on the muffler. Weld like the wind, Fred!! 2000_0310_011620AA.JPG

Life has a weird way of changing one's expectations. I don't weld stainless, so I called a friend of a friend yesterday to see when I might schedule an appt. He asked, "What are you doing this afternoon?" So, much to my surprise, we spent all afternoon and evening welding up and polishing my Tok Tokkie Special . It's a beauty! 2006_0715_192406AA.JPG 2006_0715_192438AA.JPG 2006_0715_192346AA.JPG This is Fred, the evil welding genius. Now all I have to do is cut the cat off my spare headers, weld on the flanges that mount to the muffler, line everything up on the bike, tack it all into position, and do the final weld-up. I think I can do it all this week with only several hours of downtime.

Haven't I heard that riding two-up is no-go with a Wolf-type system? Do you ever have a pillion, Rob?

What are your impressions after living with the system on your bike for a while now? Is the Db level comparable to an aftermarket slip-on (you have Mark II on the bike now, right?), or louder? Any clearance or fit issues? Are you content to be without a centerstand while far from home? And of course we'd love another pic or two...