Crisis averted. The new exhaust (Nojima Megaphone) doesn't have the "ledge" where the center stand stops when tucked in, therefore, the center stand was going all the way up and resting on my chain.
I removed the rubber pad that made contact with the ledge and in the hole it left installed a 5" carriage bolt, one not to secure it and another to jam the first. Covered the bolt with heat shrink, and Loc-Tited a threaded rubber bushing on the tip of the bolt.
Now the bike has a new look and sound.
There's a flaw to my "under the mango tree" engineering but I hope it will withstand it.
Peace!