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BillL

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Well i brought the first of three and when i came to post it up here, Dennis beat me to it. Im suppose to get it thursday 21st. I called them saturday and the price was 695.35, I went to work, thought about it at that price. Came home to buy one,And bamm!! 289.75.I should have brought two as i had already put the one in my cart and hit the purchase button and 579.50 appeared. Not greedy though and glad to see fellow board members were able to get in on this. :icon_dance: :icon_clap:

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The Two Brothers equipment was delivered by UPS yesterday afternoon. They are now installed and I am quite pleased.

A couple of things I learned along the way. During the course of research, I came to the conclusion that the Two Brothers and others did not have a bumper on their replacement mid-pipe to accomodate the centerstand. So, I bought one of cbrxxquad's centerstand stopper gizmos and had her on hand ready to go for when the pipes were delivered. That was the first thing I installed last night. Then I unpacked the pipes and looky there would ya, left side mid-pipe with bracket for the stock rubber bumper. Popped the bumper off the stock pipe and onto the new pipe and no problem. Now I have centerstand bumpers on both sides.

The other thing has to do with exhaust gaskets. I think it was the Two Brothers instruction sheets that I got off their website ahead of my purchase that said that the Honda gaskets will be used on the install of these pipes. Somewhere else I read that the stock gaskets are difficult to remove and a set of new ones are a good thing to have. So. I call up Service Honda and get a pair sent. I get a new gasket out of the box and look at the mid-pipe and say to myself "no way". The Two Brothers mid-pipes are sized to fit snuggly over the stock pipe, no gasket required.

The Two Brothers slip-ons ship with a tube of Permatex hi-temp silicone sealer. The intent is a bead be put on the joint between mid-pipe and the can inlet. After a few minutes of thought, I decided against it. I have an aftermarket exhaust on the 900F and no sealant between can and mid-pipe. No problems there after several years of use. We'll see what happens here.

The good. Wow! Does she ever rumble nice. I like!

The bad? The can hangers don't match. Discussion with Two Brothers is pending. No problems anticipated.

Can hangers. Better pics to follow.

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