I think I may have figured out what that “extra” piece from the MAC exhaust was for.

http://www.austincaferacer.com/2008/08/mac-exhaust-revisted/

I think know it was to keep the center stand from hitting the chain and the rear brake mechanism. When I took the bike off the center stand I didn’t notice anything peculiar. What I didn’t notice until yesterday was that the center stand was pushing the chain up about an inch and a half. And I didn’t notice that until I was riding the bike and I heard something rattling. Luckily nothing happened to the chain. One of the pieces of the rear brake was slightly scratched though. Needless to say, I felt like a total noob.

First, I removed the tension bolts on both sides of the stand.

It took a swiss army knife and a pair of needle nose pliers to pull out the cotter-pin from the axle thing that the stand rotates on. Next, I tapped on the axle rod with a hammer until it came out the other end. I had to use a flat head screwdriver and a hammer to finish it off.

What the hell is this piece? Not for the CB right? I thought it might be for the side or center stand in some capacity. But I just took my bike off the center stand and it doesn’t seem to get in the way of the exhaust. Maybe I’ll write to the MAC people to find out.

High temperature black headers.

Very unassuming. I like that the pipe travels beneath the bike.

Didn’t come with instructions. It wasn’t obvious at first, but I eventually figured it out.

Self portrait.

There was a good sized gap between the bolt, the harness and the frame. I assume the gap was there to accommodate for the passenger pegs. A couple of washers fixed that up, and it was a snug as bug in a rug.

I couldn’t be happier. It fits perfectly, it looks great, and it purrs like a big cat.