Hi all,


Here's my story: I've bought a Metal Mule 2-1 exhaust in January and it took ages for it to arrive (just last Friday). Paul from Metal Mule just kept hiding behind a third party supplier which makes the heat shield. But okay that can happen.
After a lot of e-mailing and broken promises the exhaust finally arrived.
I was really happy and the exhaust looked amazing... that is until I tried fitting it.

I followed the instructions perfectly but the exhaust kept hitting the frame where the exhaust passes through the engine and the frame. I tried everything to get the required space between the exhaust and the frame but I can't manage to get it right. I started over multiple times using different ways to work for over 10 hours but still failed to get it right.

I then called a friend who has worked for a long time at a local motorbike shop as a main mechanic and he started from scratch and couldn't get it to work. The exhaust flange on the right side of the bike looks to have too much free play and it doesn't fit snug into the engine exhaust port. Even if you try to bolt it in the small left pipe doesn't align properly with the engine. The radius of the small pipe is like 2mm to big to fit and if you try to fit it you push the exhaust to the frame.
My friend said the fitting looked like the guy who made it was still drunk from the night before...

So my friend concluded that the exhaust would never fit the bike properly without making serious modifications to it, which I don't intend on doing as I payed a lot of money for it.

I've just send Paul another e-mail. I will let you know how this ends but I was curious if other people had the same issue?

Sorry if my English sucks by the way