This Could be a Problem...
 

I took the Hawk out on a long trip last week (about 40 miles each way at near wide-open throttle), and just noticed this has happened. I imagine that the exhaust gasses got this piece of plastic pretty hot (obviously) and cut out a pretty good sized wedge on the rear fender. Has anyone else with the aftermarket exhaust had this problem? I was thinking about doing some type of fender eliminator, so this really just accelerates those plans a bit. Any thoughts from the forum?

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Megadan had rotated the baffle end 90* so it would face away from the rear fender so that wouldn't happen. This video shows what he did.
https://youtu.be/hCBvJSe_K6E

This happened to someone here long time back and I can't remember who. It was one of the very first of these installed. Maybe Hertz?
I ran a spacer (big ass nut) between the exhaust can and frame mount. Directed it away from the fender.

Thanks for doing all my work for me Jerry lol. I talk about it anlittle around the 3:20 mark.

Undo the 3 bolts holding the tail pipe and cover off and rotate it out. It kinda looks a bit goofy, but it works. I did that because of another member mentioning having the same problem. Quick and easy fix.

Not super worried about it either way. The Hawk is really my workhorse for banging around town and running errands. I don't care if it gets tipped over or scratched or such. On the one hand, I stay on top of all the maintenance, but on the other hand, it's really nice to have what effectively amounts to a disposable bike in the event something goes wrong. In related news, the kickstarter hits the right side footpeg everytime I kick it over. That's resulted in a pretty substantial amount of paint damage and dings on both the kickstarter and the back of the footpeg. Also, the right passenger footpeg broke the welds. I'm just going to get a longer but smaller bolt and a set of washers and just sandwich the existing threaded barrel to the anchor point. Problem solved.

Emerikol, I've had that kicker issue with bikes in the past. I make an index mark to show the relationship of the kicker to the shaft and then remove the kicker. I reinstall it one spline forward, so as to shift the end of stroke travel. If that's not enough, I move it another spline.
Of course, you still need to be able to kick it effectively and it needs to rest in an appropriate spot. Some experimentation might solve your issue.

Weld, thanks for the info. I've done the same with shifters and clutch clevis's. Like I said previously, I'm not that worried about it. The Hawk is an amazing round town runabout, but in the end I have no illusions about what it is. It's certainly not going to make a round the world journey. I'm happy with it for what it is, but in the great grand scheme of things, I'm not going to cry in my beer when it's time to scrap it, or if something happens to it. I'm really comfortable with having a bike like that. The Ural, on the other hand, is a whole different ball of wax. I'm going to do everything in my power to keep that beast up and running forever!

Mine just cleared it on the TT, but you can get chunky nylon spacers from Home Depot to push it out about a half-inch. Assuming you've got frame clearance elsewhere, of course.

Ever mount a tv on the wall, lots of really good hard plastic spacers usually come in those kits. That's what I used 1.5" spacer with a hole nearly perfect for my bolt.

I've got a spacer put in the hanger for the exhaust, but I guess it just didn't bring it out far enough. Funny thing is, this is the second time I've done that ride. The first time was a couple months back, and I'm guessing that it was still cool enough that the plastic never got hot. I'm thinking about trying to trim everything back and relocate the plate to directly under the brake light. That would eliminate 99% of the problem. The exhaust would still catch a very slim slice of the plate, but I think it'll be just fine. I'm still turning it over. Not sure if I even want to get involved in a project like that and miss out on all this great riding weather.