Staintune and short stem mirror questions

[Guth_imp]

I pretty much considered all of the available options before deciding on the Staintune slip-on exhaust. Comparing the Staintune and the Two Brothers offerings is interesting.

The Staintune can was clearly designed with the styling of the CB1100 in mind. It looks like it could come with the bike right off of the assembly line. The Two Brothers can looks pretty much like every other can they make, thrown out on the market with little thought as to the aesthetics of the bike.

The Staintune can is beautifully constructed, with no rivets — just clean polished welds, unlike the Two Brothers can. I'm guessing that one reason for this is because eventually you'll probably have to re-pack the Two Brothers unit. Whereas the Staintune unit requires no such maintenance. It's also probably much less expensive to manufacture the type of exhaust favored by Two Brothers.

With the Staintune unit being manufactured in Australia, those of us located elsewhere are going to see some additional costs because of this. But even if Staintune were located here in the States, I would still expect the product to cost more just for what you are getting when compared to the Two Brothers offering.

I realize that The Spaceman's post is in good humor, but I still wish Two Brothers had put a little more effort into their product for the CB1100. When it comes to cars, I find the "coffee can" exhausts to be rather perplexing. But when it comes to bikes, I simply don't get it at all. Yes, I'm a bit old-fashioned. But then so is the CB1100.