92KK 84WW Olaf
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Vibration and resonance is a well known issue with stainless steel.
Unfortunately the same issue also affected stainless steel exhausts in cars which is one of the reasons they still use mild steel.
Splitting the silencer and manifold certainly helps because the 2v engines don't suffer the problem.
I looked at a lot of options including frequent replacement of the rubber damper mountings but that still doesn't guarantee a cure.
Plan B was to take it off and split it and get a collector and silencer. I wanted to eliminate the problem altogether.
However before I got that far a complete Remus for the K1100 presented itself on eBay at a buy it now price not to be refused as it was much less than the cost of a collector and silencer. Maybe I should say muffler as the Remus isn't exactly a silencer but its darn nice.
Would I go down the road of welding it up? No because it will keep happening.
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1992 K100LT 0193214 Bertha Blue 101,000 miles
1984 K100RT 0022575 Brutus Baja Red 578 bought 36,000 now 89,150 miles
1997 K1100LT 0188024 Wotan Mystic Red 689 58,645 now 106,950 miles Deceased.
1983 K100RS 0011157 Fricka 606 Alaska Blue 29,495 miles Damn K Pox Its a Bat outta Hell Now 58,200 miles.
1996 K1100LT 0233004 Lohengrin Mystic Red 38,000 miles currently 51,800 miles.
1983 K100RS 0004449 Odette R100 colours 58,000 miles. Sprint fairing now 63,390 miles
Past:
1968 Yamaha 80 YG1
1971 Yamaha 125 YAS-1
1968 Honda 125 SS
1970 Honda CD 175
1973 Honda CB500-4
Honda CX 500