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Old May 2, 2020 | 12:07 PM
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feel free to elaborate on miles and failures and if so was it left or right side muffler
 

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i really like mine, sound as good as many of the slip ons out there for a change on the M*, put an RS 468 cam in and they are nice. So far quality is good. And they perform well especially with the cat out.
 
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How can you tell the difference?
 
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How can you tell the difference?
you mean between loose rattling baffle and a weld crack? if so it's simple...baffle is audible...weld crack is visual and REALLY audible..I've had both on my GEN 1 Canons and in my case the left slip on became a slip off with 360 degree weld crack..was on third set on Canons (GEN 2) when I traded my bike and it they were fine..wanted to love them because they perform, sound and look great...it was going to be either Third Times a Charm or Three Strikes and you're out...for some reason it always seems to be the left side that's having the problem....now I'm just curious if anybody with GEN 2 has suffered from the GEN 1 quality control issues

 

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Originally Posted by mjwebb
you mean between loose rattling baffle and a weld crack? if so it's simple...baffle is audible...weld crack is visual and REALLY audible..I've had both on my GEN 1 Canons and in my case the left slip on became a slip off with 360 degree weld crack..was on third set on Canons (GEN 2) when I traded my bike and it they were fine..wanted to love them because they perform, sound and look great...it was going to be either Third Times a Charm or Three Strikes and you're out...now I'm just curious if anybody with GEN 2 has suffered from the GEN 1 quality control issues

I meant between gen 1 and gen 2. Is there an appearance difference?
 
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I meant between gen 1 and gen 2. Is there an appearance difference?
yes, the GEN 1 has raised SE emblem and GEN 2 it's etched flush
 
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Originally Posted by mjwebb
yes, the GEN 1 has raised SE emblem and GEN 2 it's etched flush
Thanks. Looks like I have set of Gen 1s for sale in the classifieds then.
 
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Thanks. Looks like I have set of Gen 1s for sale in the classifieds then.
cool..if they are rattling you can advertise them as 'broken' in and not be lying
 
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cool..if they are rattling you can advertise them as 'broken' in and not be lying
Still new actually. Didn't rattle for the 200 miles I tried them. Decided to go with High Rollers.
 
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i have gen 2 and no issues after several thousand miles, they even sound better than gen 1, my first set of gen 1 developped a rattle that was from the baffle weld letting go
 
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