Installed BMW GS 1200 2009 muffler in my R1100RT
Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 9:51 pm
Hello everybody, good evening.
I'd like to share an experience I had today with my BMW R1100RT 97. I was looking for a replacement for the OEM exhaust just because it does not have a decent sound, it is heavy and is old (as the bike has 20 years of life...). I've purchased a Dominator exhaust ( from Poland ) with DB Killer which includes the pipe for eliminating the cat.
It is light, decent quality but... unfortunately even with the "DB Killer" installed I was pretty sure the police was just waiting for a chance to give me a fine, or worst, put me in a jail for a night due the loud noise
So I had the idea to use the cat elim. pipe from the Dominator kit and adapt the GS 1200 2009 muffler on it. I bet you are curious to see how it looks, as well to hear how it sounds. Just finished the installation with some retries until fell satisfied with the results and went for a ride.
This is exactly how I imagined and should be! Beautiful sound at low rpm, strong and sport kind... then quiet for highways and long trips. I felt the motorcycle more responsible by eliminating all those mufflers behind the engine and with a less restrictive K&N air filter. Will test it better on the road tomorrow and post more information later.
It is my first post in the forum, let me know if you have questions. I am just looking for people with same interest to share this experience as my wife does not seem so excited as I am with how the bike sounding and performing better now, haha.
I'd like to share an experience I had today with my BMW R1100RT 97. I was looking for a replacement for the OEM exhaust just because it does not have a decent sound, it is heavy and is old (as the bike has 20 years of life...). I've purchased a Dominator exhaust ( from Poland ) with DB Killer which includes the pipe for eliminating the cat.
It is light, decent quality but... unfortunately even with the "DB Killer" installed I was pretty sure the police was just waiting for a chance to give me a fine, or worst, put me in a jail for a night due the loud noise
So I had the idea to use the cat elim. pipe from the Dominator kit and adapt the GS 1200 2009 muffler on it. I bet you are curious to see how it looks, as well to hear how it sounds. Just finished the installation with some retries until fell satisfied with the results and went for a ride.
This is exactly how I imagined and should be! Beautiful sound at low rpm, strong and sport kind... then quiet for highways and long trips. I felt the motorcycle more responsible by eliminating all those mufflers behind the engine and with a less restrictive K&N air filter. Will test it better on the road tomorrow and post more information later.
It is my first post in the forum, let me know if you have questions. I am just looking for people with same interest to share this experience as my wife does not seem so excited as I am with how the bike sounding and performing better now, haha.