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

Where do you carry things on a GS?  Is there a hidden trunk I'm not aware of?

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 

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...



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