Staintune Exhaust

[ChipBeck_imp]

Gentlemen,

I put my new Staintune on yesterday afternoon and went for a ride last night. First, as mentioned by others, the quality and workmanship of their product surpasses that of any other motorcycle exhaust system I've purchased (at least 20 over the last 40 years). The stock system is very well made too but it's unpolished in areas not visible where the Staintune is brilliantly polished everywhere. The up stop for the CB's center stand is welded to and part of the slip on so it's important that the slip on is robust enough to take that blow repeatabely as the center stand spring snaps the stand up against that stop. The Staintune is noticeably stouter than the stock piece and it's center stand stop is very well braced. The exhaust flow through the stock slip on has the gasses making two complete 180 degree changes of direction as it flows to the back of the pipe, then forward to the front, and then into the center and back to the rear where it exits the pipe end. The flow through the Staintune is a straight shot through with no restriction or change of direction. The path through the Staintune is about 1/4 the distance as the path through the stock system.

My impression of the sound. It's quieter than I thought it would be but it's got a deep rich sound that's very nice. It fits the character of this bike well. This system does not change the look of the bike and everybody that sees it thinks it is the stock muffler. Great quality, great sound, and unlike most other systems it does not require removing the center stand. I'm very satisfied with this slip on. Now I just need to figure out how to do away with the ugly catalitic converter. Cheers.

Chip