Welcome to the site & the joys of XT riding.

Great colour, lucky you didn't get a hearing aid.

I hear what you are saying about the rear end & especially the cans. They are ridiculous. I just yesterday replaced mine on the R with an Akropvic single can.

The factory cans are so heavy, I feel like weighing them. The bike felt genuinely easier to push around the workshop, and better on the road & gravel riding today.

As Captn Moto says you might want to go the MTC cans & DNA stage 2 as soon as you can.

Cheers, Boneman