So I had an interesting ride home yesterday. About halfway home, I noticed that something was blocking my left foot from pressing into the plate by the peg. Then I started hearing a rattle/scrape. I pulled over.
My inspection revealed that the bolt holding my muffler to the frame had fallen out. As a result, the muffler was shifting down and to the right, and the center stand stop was no longer preventing it from hitting my chain. Sigh. I rigged up some nylon straps to hold it temporarily, and headed home gingerly.
So, it got me looking at the muffler assembly and what's going down there. I'm gonna buy a Yoshi exhaust...but it looks like to me where it slips on is located in a way that I will be losing my center stand stopper. What to do? How have some of you Yoshi exhaust GS owners dealt with this issue? I'd rather not remove my center stand....but I really want my Yoshi.
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Never mind. I checked the installation instructions, and there's a spot for the stopper.
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Lmao it happened. To the wedge can gs of mine. Why i carried zipties thereafter :embarrassed:
Where do you carry things on a GS? Is there a hidden trunk I'm not aware of? :P
On mine there is a small area directly in front of the tail light under the seat. I believe our bikes came with a small tool kit located in this area.
i wear a pack back at all times.
With a small tool kit, zip ties, water, and a small snack.
Just in case. I did use to ride Korean bikes so I knew it was only a matter of time before that snack was devoured lol.
I shove my own toolkit down one side of the rear fairing side bulge... fits neat and stops it rattle around! .. leaves the tail 'storage' area open for my alarm, a small squirt bottle of chain lube, a visor clean kit and a wooly hat/beanie in case my bald head gets chilly on a evening coffee run :)
That is a cool idea Janx! I never thought of doing that... it certainly would open up the little storage space for my neck warmer and maybe some beef jerky :laugh:
Beef jerky for roadtrips!?!!!!!! ... (fading running footsteps to shops) lol!
Quote from: GS500Schultz on November 06, 2014, 09:41:47 AM
i wear a pack back at all times.
With a small tool kit, zip ties, water, and a small snack.
Just in case. I did use to ride Korean bikes so I knew it was only a matter of time before that snack was devoured lol.
i had a glock backpack i used exclusively. The wedge can came off of a 2010 gsxr 1000. Had a nice sound, anyhoo the mount wasnt as good as i thought, and the same thing happened. Had a giant ziptie at the time so ivused to to secure pipe. After that, so :/ e blue loctite worked pretty good
Here's the (semi) permanent repair. One 5/16" x 2 bolt, two washers, two nuts, and loctite. I feel a bit better.
Now...back to eBay for that Yoshimura TRS...
(http://i1346.photobucket.com/albums/p684/chris_dennis4/_20141107_140550_zpsmg5uff0u.jpg)
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