Stock Exhaust

[Nortoon_imp]

Hi All,

I am a newly minted CB1100 owner and wanted to get everyone's opinion on the stock exhaust system. I love my bike and appreciate all the great and subtle details that make it awesome but am finding the exhaust to be too quiet. It is almost to the point of me feeling its lack of "speaking up" makes it tougher for people to notice me in city traffic. I know this is easily remedied by getting an aftermarket exhaust, but I wanted to know if other members similarly felt the stock system is a bit quiet for their tastes and also, the best aftermarket system for a nice sound (not necessarily the loudest).

Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts and opinions.

In busy traffic motorists often don't see each other, and they are sitting in huge vehicles with pairs of large lights front and rear. If you are front of them they would likely see you, although they might not respect the space you are in.

If you are behind them, it is unlikely they will hear you with the windows up, air conditioning and radio or phone on. If you have stood by a busy road lately, you would realize the horrendous amount of noise traffic makes. As motorists we do not hear it.

I wear ear plugs. It always amazes me when I remove them how much noise surrounds us. Pulled into a Tim Hortons for my afternoon break, ice coffee and a maple dip donut. At the end of the building was a tractor trailer delivering food. It was not until I removed my ear plugs did I realize that it was rattling away.

So unless you intend to use an obnoxiously loud exhaust, I doubt things would change. Actually you would probably be treated with less respect unless you look like this.