Help me decide (exhaust content)

[chrisross_imp]

Greg, I appreciate the response. I do understand what you are saying about black bikes being a contrast in and of themselves, plus the contrast of different blacks. I'm simply not looking to completely black out this bike. I have looked this bike over many times and I am happy with what chrome is there (bars, bolts, etc). I just don't like that both the exhaust and fenders are chrome. I am only going to change one of them.

I don't mean to sound ungrateful because obviously you put a lot into your response but I have no desire to add chrome to this bike at all in any way.

Having said that, the knee pads and license plate mods are interesting to me and worth consideration. Thanks!

Now, for the exhaust. This is really the kicker I think: can you constantly hear the exhaust without having to listen for it? I can't hear the stock with my full face helmet, and that bothers me more than anything on the bike.

A little backstory that I possibly should have begun with: I came from an xr650l that probably had 20 mods done. Exhaust, carb work, changed fenders, tank, etc etc etc. I went nuts on that bike, but I was always 1 mod shy of being done and it bothered me.

So when I got on the market for a new bike I researched for a couple of months before I made my purchase. The CB1100 is perfect for me except for 2 things: too quiet exhaust and too much chrome. If the black yoshi exhaust fixes both then I am fine with doing only that. I bought the bike I wanted, it only needs a few tweaks. I want to enjoy riding this bike, not bogging my mind trying to figure out how to fix all these problems I decide exist.