CB1100 exhaust comparison

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The Delkevic full system sure is attractive at that price point and I’ve always preferred a full system on an inline 4.

I had a V&H Competition plus full system on my GS750E back in the 80’s, no center stand and had to pull the header for oil changes but what the heck it was an absolute beast…same with the Hindle 4-1 on my 1200 Bandit w/RS36 Mikuni’s and GSXR1100 cams. With that said, How do I decide to go with the Arrow slip on?

First, I kinda like the stock 4-1 header, aesthetically the cat blends nicely into the collector and the offset bends on my 2013 are splendid. Performance wise I don’t see much benefit on ditching the stock header, heck even the tune for that matter as the low stock CR and small valves/TB are really gonna handicap any real power increases.

So that left sound, the Delkevic to me was a little raspy while the Arrow, with the DB killer removed, has a much deeper tone and in the end that what decided it for me.

Now I just gotta find a deal on a seat as I’m finding the stock seat to be one of the worst I have ever had