Decided on the Staintune

[Guth_imp]

I too have now fallen victim to the attraction of the Staintune slip-on exhaust. I was torn between the slip-on exhausts available from Moriwaki, Mugen and Staintune. I really liked the looks of the Mugen unit but so far, here in the States at least, these simply can not be acquired. I also really liked the looks of the Moriwaki unit and almost decided to go this route. But when it came right down to it, from all of the videos that I've been able to find, I liked the sound of the Staintune unit the best. Happily, I find that the Staintune looks better in person to my eye than in some of the photos I've seen. After installing mine, I could tell that Staintune worked very hard to achieve a good visual fit for the bike from a design standpoint.

I've only spent time in a few of the area's motorcycle dealerships over the past few years, but one Triumph dealership in particular (Cascade Moto Classics) struck me as a really good bunch of folks. So when I learned that they were also the local Staintune dealer, I couldn't resist giving them a call. I had the exhaust installed on my CB1100 within a week of making the phone call. Lucky timing on my part I believe.

Others have posted up their experiences with this exhaust and mine were no different — the Staintune slip-on is truly a quality item that was very easy to install. With a good number of photos posted already, I worked to try and get some decent audio/video.

I have a small digital field recorder that I normally use to record my guitar music and wanted to use it to capture the tone of the Staintune exhaust. I couldn't get too carried away as houses in our neighborhood are bunched up fairly closely and I try not to cause my neighbors too many headaches with my bikes. I've never tried combining/synchronizing an audio track with a video track before and spent a fair amount of time on this. Not sure if it was worth it, but I learned a few things at least. Here are the results:





I also shot some quick video with my GoPro cam while running errands today. I didn't have any long stretches around town where I could really wind the bike out (and honestly, I'm usually short shifting the CB most of the time anyway) but this clip kinda gives you the general idea:





All in all, my gas mileage is probably going to suffer somewhat until I've grown accustomed to the new soundtrack. I'm sure that I'll eventually mellow out once again when I get over the thrill of the snarl. Until that time comes, I'm really going to enjoy working the bike over a bit more with the Staintune installed.

All the best,
Guth

[cb400four_imp]

That is a nice sounding unit!

[the Ferret]

And a good looking unit as well. I think your videos represent the sound well as compared to others I have heard.

[ChipBeck_imp]

Guth,

I've had mine on for a couple weeks now and I really do enjoy riding the bike more with the Staintune. A fantastic sound track to ride with. It looks like a stock part (a good thing to me) and I like that it keeps the stock heat shield. By feel and appearance it looks like it's built to outlast the bike itself. Cheers.

Chip

[BuffaloBill_imp]

VERY nice looking and sounding exhaust Guth! I too like that it's close to the factory look. Thanks for sharing the videos! This really assists me in my decision process.

[wildezt_imp]

Alright Guth !! Glad you are enjoying it !

[HondaJon_imp]

Ordered mine last week from Pirate's Lair. Seems to be the best exhaust available. Great sound and from what everyone says here, uncompromising quality.

I absolutely love the 4 pipe look, but I just can't see spending $2000+ for it.

[jamboa_imp]

Ordered mine last week from Pirate's Lair. Seems to be the best exhaust available. Great sound and from what everyone says here, uncompromising quality.

I absolutely love the 4 pipe look, but I just can't see spending $2000+ for it.

Plus now that I have my 42L hard bags the 4/4 no longer will fit. I have 22K miles on my Bonnie and the Staintune twin pea shooters still sound the same(not loud but throaty) and one great thing about Staintune U will never have to repack them. Man I think I just talked myself into a Staintune slip on.

[HikerToo_imp]

Thanks for taking time to put some decent sounding videos up!!
Although, would LOVE to hear a few 7K RPM shifts on the road.......?
Once I stop buying all my Dainese gear, plan to get some better sound on my CB too.
This is on the top of my list unless something comes out next year that is a better value.

[Ole]

Thanks for taking time to put some decent sounding videos up!!
Although, would LOVE to hear a few 7K RPM shifts on the road.......?
Once I stop buying all my Dainese gear, plan to get some better sound on my CB too.
This is on the top of my list unless something comes out next year that is a better value.

me too