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Ok guys, it finally happened. After 29 years, the stock exhaust on my 1100 finally blew a hole in one side.
Currently I have muffler tape wrapped around it as a temporary stop-gap that will allow me to keep riding, but it looks like poo.
So now comes the decision. Which exhaust to replace it with.
The JAMA exhaust appears to be all gone, which is ok with me actually, they're about $300 more than I want to spend, and I want something a little throatier, a little meaner sounding.
Sportster mufflers - out of the question for me. I like my chrome things too much, and the sweeps that would have to be made will cost a mint to have chromed...and in my opinion, the 2 files I found with audio from them sounded like a pair of threshing machines parked side by side.
Used pipes from Flea-Bay - Why buy more of the same rusted out pipes I already have?
So it's down to 2.
MAC and Jardine
I actually found it listed somewhere that the MAC pipes come with a crossover, where I can't find any reference to crossovers with Jardines.
I found on Youtube where someone put a set of Jardines on a modified 1000, and the thing sounds like a '68 Volkswagen...Not an option there. Then I found where someone put a set of them on what sounds like a stock 1200 and it sounds pretty decent...But still no reference to a crossover, and no pictures of the fitment.
Can't find any files carrying the audio of an 1100 with MAC exhaust on them, so I'm perfectly clueless as to what they may sound and perform like.
I'm looking at a $400 to $600 investment here, and I don't want to get into a pig in a poke situation and end up not liking what I get.
Can someone give me some kind of factual comparison between the MAC and Jardine systems? Which one delivers a nice, deep mellow, throaty growl without sounding like a formula 1 racer on a stock 1100?
Will one improve while the other destroys overall performance and mileage?
These are the questions I really need answered.
Ok guys, it finally happened. After 29 years, the stock exhaust on my 1100 finally blew a hole in one side.
Currently I have muffler tape wrapped around it as a temporary stop-gap that will allow me to keep riding, but it looks like poo.
So now comes the decision. Which exhaust to replace it with.
The JAMA exhaust appears to be all gone, which is ok with me actually, they're about $300 more than I want to spend, and I want something a little throatier, a little meaner sounding.
Sportster mufflers - out of the question for me. I like my chrome things too much, and the sweeps that would have to be made will cost a mint to have chromed...and in my opinion, the 2 files I found with audio from them sounded like a pair of threshing machines parked side by side.
Used pipes from Flea-Bay - Why buy more of the same rusted out pipes I already have?
So it's down to 2.
MAC and Jardine
I actually found it listed somewhere that the MAC pipes come with a crossover, where I can't find any reference to crossovers with Jardines.
I found on Youtube where someone put a set of Jardines on a modified 1000, and the thing sounds like a '68 Volkswagen...Not an option there. Then I found where someone put a set of them on what sounds like a stock 1200 and it sounds pretty decent...But still no reference to a crossover, and no pictures of the fitment.
Can't find any files carrying the audio of an 1100 with MAC exhaust on them, so I'm perfectly clueless as to what they may sound and perform like.
I'm looking at a $400 to $600 investment here, and I don't want to get into a pig in a poke situation and end up not liking what I get.
Can someone give me some kind of factual comparison between the MAC and Jardine systems? Which one delivers a nice, deep mellow, throaty growl without sounding like a formula 1 racer on a stock 1100?
Will one improve while the other destroys overall performance and mileage?
These are the questions I really need answered.
