RE: Saito muffler problem
On my Saito 82 I just torqued the nuts up once the engine was hot and it's stayed tight since then.
On my Saito 100 I just used lots of teflon tape and did the same thing (torque it while it's hot) and all's fine.
It helps (I think) if you make sure the header pipe is screwed in far enough to bottom out in the head.