Originally Posted by MikeFoxx

I did that... trust me it wasn't long enough to keep a solid seal. I even unbolted the heat shield and it would barely stay on its own. Once I'd touch it to bolt down it would be toward the edge of the port on the tube. I spent less than $5 to know it will never come off unless I need it to.

The oem was only short by like a 1/4 inch from connecting to the tube on its own... and when i had it on it was on by half an inch. I want it completely against the tube so that engine vibration/road vibration can't knock it loose.

When I was researching Takeda threads it didn't seem like anyone had this issue but I posted it to help anyone who may run into it down the road.