Plan on going with the mikes commando system at some point...also if anyone running them how they sound? Got the taper mufflers now like the sound...I never heard commandos in person so hard to tell with YouTube videos....anyways to the main question are these mounts bent in a little or is that bend in stock...I can tell bikes been dropped with scrapes on front and back turn signals... just wondering???
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Exhaust mounts
- Thread starter payaso13
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FLEA
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may have been bent to get at sidestand,on mine its very hard to access the stand with these pipes.
Yeah I dont know what they looked like stock and know these aren't stock pipes...have no issues with it. Just wondering...was gonna get mikes rubber stops for side stand cuz now its metal to muffler every time I use sidestand..also side stands easy to access no issues...probably cuz of bent mount..
Probably not much. The only reason I have the MAC headpipes is because that's what Mike's was selling like 8 years ago when I was fixing my bike up. Today, I would have his headpipes. They have the nicer finned collars like stock. My MACs just use a flat plate.
The Commandos aren't super loud, just a nice throaty sound. I think they make the bike sound like a real motorcycle. In my opinion, they're wonderful, one of the best mufflers available for this bike at the moment.
Your mounts look original and yes, they did bend in like that. Yours could be bent on top of that though. What you're going to find is that your muffler bracket isn't going to align with the sliding track on the Commando muffler very well. The forward muffler mount hole is too far forward. A better fit can be had by using the muffler bracket from an earlier 650 or the XS500. On these, the forward hole isn't as far forward .....
I use the XS500 hangers on mine. Still, the forward hole doesn't quite make the track. But it's close enough to clamp the bar mount I have slid in the track down tight .....
I use the XS500 hangers on mine. Still, the forward hole doesn't quite make the track. But it's close enough to clamp the bar mount I have slid in the track down tight .....
This is what I was interested in
http://www.mikesxs.net/product/07-0748.html ...your head pipes seem to be more up swept than mine....I think the kit I was looking at has head pipes without that kick up to...but I do get what you mean
http://www.mikesxs.net/product/07-0748.html ...your head pipes seem to be more up swept than mine....I think the kit I was looking at has head pipes without that kick up to...but I do get what you mean
I like the up-swept style. It allows axle removal without having to take a muffler off. As far as the sidestand goes, I re-worked my tang so it contacts the headpipe mount bracket on the frame when up .....
This keeps it well away from the pipe but more importantly, stops it from hitting the bottom of the engine.
This keeps it well away from the pipe but more importantly, stops it from hitting the bottom of the engine.
