Staintune Exhaust

[Scoobynut_imp]

redReno, that's awesome, I saved you 87 dollars! I feel like I did my good deed for the day now, lol!

The install of the Staintune is made much easier by remembering how you disassembled/removed the stock exhaust, but the service manual will be a nice aid too. Staintune also includes a nice little glossy brochure which includes a photo of their CB1100 exhaust -- it's a good reference for how the muffler hanger bolt assembly should look when installed on their muffler.
Also remember to recheck the hanger bolt and collector clamp fastener after your first ride with the new muffler -- the collector clamp on mine was still a little loose after its first ride, so I tightened it a little more and it seems good now.

 

[redReno_imp]

redReno, that's awesome, I saved you 87 dollars! I feel like I did my good deed for the day now, lol!

The install of the Staintune is made much easier by remembering how you disassembled/removed the stock exhaust, but the service manual will be a nice aid too. Staintune also includes a nice little glossy brochure which includes a photo of their CB1100 exhaust -- it's a good reference for how the muffler hanger bolt assembly should look when installed on their muffler.
Also remember to recheck the hanger bolt and collector clamp fastener after your first ride with the new muffler -- the collector clamp on mine was still a little loose after its first ride, so I tightened it a little more and it seems good now.

I even asked for Brandon, seems like a nice fellow. Thanks for starting this thread and all the good info/tips.

Now................ I wait....:exclamation::dodgy:leepy::-/

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

redReno, that's awesome, I saved you 87 dollars! I feel like I did my good deed for the day now, lol!

The install of the Staintune is made much easier by remembering how you disassembled/removed the stock exhaust, but the service manual will be a nice aid too. Staintune also includes a nice little glossy brochure which includes a photo of their CB1100 exhaust -- it's a good reference for how the muffler hanger bolt assembly should look when installed on their muffler.
Also remember to recheck the hanger bolt and collector clamp fastener after your first ride with the new muffler -- the collector clamp on mine was still a little loose after its first ride, so I tightened it a little more and it seems good now.

I even asked for Brandon, seems like a nice fellow. Thanks for starting this thread and all the good info/tips.

Now................ I wait....:exclamation::dodgy:leepy::-/

I even asked for Brandon, seems like a nice fellow. Thanks for starting this thread and all the good info/tips.

Now................ I wait....:exclamation::dodgy:leepy::-/
Oh man, your wait is gonna be worse than mine, I'm afraid to say. I didn't have my bike yet, so the Staintune was kind of secondary. I was so focused on getting the bike that the muffler was just kind of an afterthought -- it arrived the day before I picked up the bike. On the upside, though, mine did get here a week and a half before they said it would. Hang in there, my friend, the wait will make it that much sweeter when you get it.

 

[redReno_imp]

Yes that and the wait will give me time to come up with a way to tell the wife I ordered a $900 slip on lol

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

Yes that and the wait will give me time to come up with a way to tell the wife I ordered a $900 slip on lol

Ooh, haven't told her yet, eh? Well, like they say, it's always easier to explain your way out of it once you have the slip-on, than it is to get their permission in the first place. Well played, redReno, well played. lol

 

[Deftquiver_imp]

So Scooby, have you noticed any effect on MPG?

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

So Scooby, have you noticed any effect on MPG?

Deft, I haven't checked MPG yet. It would be pretty pointless at this stage as I'm only up to about 300 miles on the odometer and am constantly up and down the gears or varying my speed at all times during the break-in, which has to hurt gas mileage.

In any event, I don't really worry too much about mpg on my bikes. :angel: I'll try to give you a mpg report when I do run through a tank after the break-in.

 

[Deftquiver_imp]

Yeah, I'm with you on not caring too much about MPG, but what I do care about is range (since this is my comfortable, reliable bike). I'm excited to hear your impressions.

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

Yeah, I'm with you on not caring too much about MPG, but what I do care about is range (since this is my comfortable, reliable bike). I'm excited to hear your impressions.

It's really too bad they didn't include MPG on the instrument display. My Yamaha shows instantaneous and average MPG on the display if you have it set to that. I always leave it set on either air temp. (fahrenheit) or motor temp., but rarely even look at the MPG.

Funny thing is I monitor my car's MPG pretty carefully, but that' probably just because cars are more boring and it gives me something to do!

 

[redReno_imp]

Yes that and the wait will give me time to come up with a way to tell the wife I ordered a $900 slip on lol

Ooh, haven't told her yet, eh? Well, like they say, it's always easier to explain your way out of it once you have the slip-on, than it is to get their permission in the first place. Well played, redReno, well played. lol

Ooh, haven't told her yet, eh? Well, like they say, it's always easier to explain your way out of it once you have the slip-on, than it is to get their permission in the first place. Well played, redReno, well played. lol
I asked her what she thought about me ordering it, she said, "oh you haven't ordered it already?"

She doesn't like how quiet the CB11 is either and also looks forward to a better sound.

 

[Randy B]

Red I checked my build date...1/13 so I'd guess that all of the cb1100's in the states have build dates after 12/12 so what are you going to do about the new law?

 

[redReno_imp]

In what thread was the new law mentioned I can't find it?

But if the Sturgis Vendor is South Dakota is able to send it to me...then I'm bolting that sweet baby on. If they can't ship it to CA because of the new law..... I'll probably just cry myself to sleep for a few nights.

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

In what thread was the new law mentioned I can't find it?

But if the Sturgis Vendor is South Dakota is able to send it to me...then I'm bolting that sweet baby on. If they can't ship it to CA because of the new law..... I'll probably just cry myself to sleep for a few nights.

redReno, I can almost guarantee the Sturgis vendor won't have the slightest clue about that CA law. Such laws are alien to us folks up here on the High Plains. Hopefully EPA and CARB won't have Aftermarket Exhaust Agents waiting at the CA border waiting to swoop in to intercept it.

 

[Randy B]

The issue will be when you get pulled over and they don't let you ride off because of an illegal exhaust modification.

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

The issue will be when you get pulled over and they don't let you ride off because of an illegal exhaust modification.

Is that what they do? I thought they just issued a ticket? As I understand it, they still can't pull you over using just loud exhaust as the primary offence, but can ticket it as a secondary offense if you get pulled over for some other traffic violation. A Staintune isn't nearly loud enough that, so long as you weren't screaming through the gears, I can't imagine a cop even noticing it in CA traffic. And it sure doesn't look aftermarket. Heck, 99.99% of the cops will think you're on an old bike, manufactured no sooner than Jan. 1, 1983!

Myself, I'd chance it. And smile every time I quietly burbled by a cop...

Thank God we don't have such a blanket, arbitrary law like that where I live.

 

[Randy B]

I know with cars they CAN hold it and have it towed but a lot of the time tbey don't. Just be aware of it.
I'm in no way telling you not to install the can, just to be aware.

 

[redReno_imp]

I don't think having it shipped to CA would really be a problem since its is labeled as a part for a CB1100 without a specified year on Staintune's website but maybe I don't know. I definitely can't wait to hear the sound in person.

 

[darmahman_imp]

Just ordered one from the BMW dealer in Sturgis. $899 delivered. 3 to 6 week wait. I love Staintune products.

 

[redReno_imp]

Just ordered one from the BMW dealer in Sturgis. $899 delivered. 3 to 6 week wait. I love Staintune products.

It's been two weeks for me, I am so pumped for it. What other products have you had from them?

 

[darmahman_imp]

I have bought 5 or 6 systems from them for various BMW airheads. The fit is always perfect and the finish is equally so.