Ryujin Exhaust System Review

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Well... just spent half an hour writing a detailed review and when I tried to attach pictures to the post (which I guess I can't on this forum) everything got deleted! That's what I get for being a newby I guess.

So... I've been lurking on the forum since I got my 2014 black standard CB1100 reading stuff but not posting. Figured I'd post now that I have something to contribute.

I decided a while back that my first modification would be the exhaust. After careful deliberation I decide on the Ryujin exhaust system as sold by Samurider for a few reasons:

1) Retains use of center stand
2) Removable Baffle
3) Beautiful hand bent system in black to match the black bike
4) Does not requite removal to access the oil filter

So I ponied up $1200 or so waited a month to get it from Japan. It arrive a few weeks ago and has now been removed from the bike and put on Ebay at half what I paid for it.

Why? Because it scrapes on the underside of the header collector (by front of the frame) under very hard right hand turns. Disclaimer: I'm 250lbs and like to push lean angles to the limits so perhaps other people might have better luck. I tried adjusting the suspension settings to no avail. Although I love everything else about this exhaust system I just can't stand to compromise handling on a bike. I had seen some posts about this being a problem on the very similar Yoshimura vintage full exhaust system as well and I guess I was hoping the Ryujin would be different.

Otherwise the exhaust was very nice. Looked great! (Wish I could post a pic) Also the sound with the baffle installed was reasonable (94db supposedly). With the baffle removed (essentially no muffler) power levers were GREAT but sound level quite loud as you'd imagine. If I didn't feel bad being a public nuisance I'd probably run with no baffle as it sounded surprisingly awesome and the power levels were better.

So, the system is removed and carefully bubble wrapped and packed up (saved all the original packing fortunately). Would have listed this for sale on the forum but since I'm a lurker I don't have enough posts to qualify to sell. We'll see if I get any bids on Ebay.

The bike now has the stock system back on it and I'm awaiting an Arrow slip on. It seems the factory header/cat is carefully packaged to allow just enough clearance for extreme lean angles and I double I'll find this with any other aftermarket offering. Best to just keep the stock headers afterall...

Safe and Fun riding to all! Hope this post was helpful.