Problem Fitting Rear Exhaust To X-pipe

EDIT: Sorry - the post below is completely irrelevant to your bike! Just looked at the picture again and they're entirely different.

Does the clamp have any material inside it? Maybe there was a (lead?) gasket in there that needs replacing??

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2019 Thruxton 1200 R:

Hmm, I had the exact same problem today, as it happens. Mine looks a bit different to yours though - 2019 Thruxton 1200 R

When I'd done the hanger bolt up and the can-to-middle pipe clamp up, the can would wobble left-to-right.

It was caused by the end of the can (the bit that the clamp squeezes) being a bit deformed and so the clamp wasn't tightening it up enough.

I took the clamp off and put a bit of grease on the thread - so that all the torque on the clamp nut would get translated into the clamp squeezing the connection (rather than the clamp nut binding on the thread).

I also made sure that the clamp was square on the pipe, rather than at an angle. And I made sure that the end of the clamp and the end of the pipe it squeezes were flush - if the clamp is too far away from the end it will be on the part that won't compress, no matter how hard it squeezes.

With that, I did it up to a reasonable torque (i.e. I didn't have to over-do it). And that succeeded in securing the can - no more wobble.

In other words - don't go suspecting the can-to-footrest support bracket fixing - that only supports the can vertically, it doesn't stop it moving left-to-right. Having that bottom clamp done up tight is what stops the can wobbling left-to-right.

Dave