yoshimura slip-on fitting issue with shifter

[busa clubslinger]

Hello fellow screamers, I installed yoshimura R-77s on my orange (the fast color) '08 busa. I've come to realize that the bottom of the shifter linkage is now rubbing on the top of the slip-on due to reduced clearance between the pipe and the bottom of the shifter linkage. Anyone run in to this problem? And if so, how did you resolve it?

 

[Wayneovich]

Is this with factory or aftermarket rearsets? Check to make sure everything is torqued down. These pipes are new I take it but check to see if it might be bent.

 

[Zjoker]

I got the same bike, same system and have almost a 1/2 clearance. Re-check your mounting

 

[Wayneovich]

I got the same bike, same system and have almost a 1/2 clearance. Re-check your mounting

+1 I knew I forgot something.

 

[busa clubslinger]

Yeah, it's the stock rearsets with the slip-on. I'll recheck the mounting. Thanks guys.

 

[routemanj]

I got the same bike, same system and have almost a 1/2 clearance. Re-check your mounting

same here!

 

[busa clubslinger]

zjoker and routemanj, I checked my mounting and can't see any issues with it. But the clearance is an issue, the linkage is touching the exhaust on downshift. Can you somehow take a close up pic of your set-up so I can see if I'm doing anything wrong? This is friggin' frustrating, thanks!! ???

 

[Mojo]

Mine is a 2008 with R-77 slip-ons. Hope this helps.

 

[SLEEPERBUSA]

You may be able to loosen the bolt and twist the slipon abit. Since the pipe isn't a straight pipe, it "could" give you enough to clear.

 

[Sum Beach]

If you remember the factory exhaust has the pipe indent for the linkage to clear. I remember when my wife bought her 08 home I saw that dent and asked "um, is it supposed to look like that?" Would it be advisable to take a ball hammer to your new exhaust to do the same thing? I would hope not IMO

 

[Greenbean]

Yet another reason I am hunting for a full exhaust. I wear a size 15 shoe and if I adjust the shifter for my best feel on down shifts the rubber boot covering the pivot just barely touches the M4, sorry for your troubles bro, I hope you can get it adjusted to not touch.
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[071300r]

yea that stinks but if all else fails like it was stated a single shot on the pipe with a hammer

 

[busa clubslinger]

yeah sleeperbusa, twisting isn't an option, tried that. When you install these slip-ons you drill a hole where the pipe and header connect and install a pin to keep it from twisting. And yeah MattB600 there is an indention in the OEM exhaust for that reason now that I look at them. I actually thought about adjusting the rear set way up and then cutting/angling/welding the shifter down to make it comfy but the more I think about it a quick careful shot with a ball hammer may do the trick! I'll keep you posted.

 

[SLEEPERBUSA]

Tell ya what.
If you swing the hammer, try this.
Don't do a direct blow to the pipe.
If your aim is slightly off, you have 2 dents, or something of that sort.
Get something solid, even another hammer,place it where you want the dent, and strike that object instead of a direct blow to the pipe.
Get someone that trusts you to hold the other object.

 

[critterdoc]

I have these slip-ons and had no issues with installation.

 

[busa clubslinger]

Good advice sleeperbusa!
critterdog: how long have you had them?

 

[critterdoc]

Installed them about 3 months after getting the bike, so 18 months or so I guess. Why? You think maybe they changed the design?

I will post a couple of pictures later today.

 

[busa clubslinger]

critterdoc: thanks, interested to see the pics!

 

[fallenarch]

Yet another reason I am hunting for a full exhaust. I wear a size 15 shoe and if I adjust the shifter for my best feel on down shifts the rubber boot covering the pivot just barely touches the M4, sorry for your troubles bro, I hope you can get it adjusted to not touch.
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SIZE 15 SHOE At leat we know you didn't by a Busa because you're compensating

 

[thapp]

lol