NC23 exhaust shape

[lutorm]

The exhaust can on my NC23 is really tight against the caliper and doesn't have a hanger. I found a used one, but it doesn't fit:



I don't know if the can is stock, maybe it's wider than it should be. Or, the exhaust headers are bent so the can points more upward than it should. Can anyone with a NC23 tell me if their exhaust headers drop down towards the back compared to the bottom of the fairing, like mine does:



See how the pipe is much lower after the join than more forward? The exhaust pipe also touches the fairing bottom edge where it bends up. And, though you can't see it in this picture, there's plenty of clearance to the fairing where the pipe exits in the upper left of the picture. It seems this is exactly what would happen if the bike went down on the right side and the exhaust got jammed inward and upward. The pipes would then pivot around the mount on the bottom and would move down and toward the fairing at the spot where it's touching.

I don't think this is fixable, I've already had to weld the pipe at one spot because it cracked, and the material is pretty well corroded back there. Finding a new exhaust and getting it to CA for a reasonable price doesn't seem easy, though.

[lutorm]

Anyone with an NC23 that wouldn't bind leaning over and telling me what their exhaust looks like?