I bought a used bike and am trying to get it all dialed in. Previous owner had installed an FMF Gnarly pipe and FMF silencer, but had made his own pipe mount brackets and pipe was sitting all crooked in the cylinder. (He hadn't ridden it, since taking it apart to powdercoat the frame)
So I bought the correct OEM pipe mounts to get things lined up, but the pipe hit the frame on the left side (front frame rail) the pipe appeared to be brand new, but because it would not line up, without hitting the frame and had a strange shape to it, I decided to order a brand new pipe to get this thing together. Thinking maybe it was the wrong pipe for my bike. (The flange barely enters the cylinder, you can see the o-ring when the pipe hits the frame, a good 1/2” or so too short)
The new pipe is exactly the same and confirmed that the pipe that came on the bike isn't bent at all, but just an awkward bend in it up front. But my problem is still that the flange on the pipe is not long enough to reach into the cylinder. Am I missing something here ? Any help would be appreciated.