I agree, a stand would be your best bet. I put the full D&D system on my bike, what happens is once you remove the muffler from the left side there is nothing there to cover the protruding leg of the center stand that will be left sticking out. It looks rather ugly, take it from me, instead of spending all of your time putting everything back together. I am sure anyone else who has switched to a single pipe set-up will agree. Hope this helps