hey guys, i literally just joined to add my 2 cents haha. when i was 18 i got my first bike, an 03 XB9S, i love it, I've had it for 4 years now. I've recently been having trouble with the jardine muffler that came on it when i got, the rivets on the end kept rattling loose and every time i re-rivet it, it comes apart again, im currently a full time student at Lincoln tech for diesel so i have no money for a new muffler so i made a straight pipe for it. i made it as long as the jardine muffler with a 45 degree out the side. it had no power when i tried it out. so with some redneck engineering i crimped the end of the pipe with a vice and it works perfectly. sound awesome too!