Exhaust system for saddle-ride type vehicle

An exhaust system for a saddle-ride vehicle comprising:

• a catalyst body having an exhaust gas inlet and an exhaust gas outlet;
• a muffler, said catalyst body being positioned within said muffler;
• a tubular case, said tubular case covering an outer circumferential surface of the catalyst body along the exhaust gas inlet to the exhaust gas outlet of the catalyst body;
• an inlet-side end portion and an outlet-side end portion being formed in the catalyst body, said inlet-side end portion thereof being secured to one end portion of the tubular case and supported at said outlet-side end portion thereof by another end portion of the tubular case;
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• the tubular case is supported at an outer circumferential surface thereof by a front end portion of the muffler.