92KK 84WW Olaf
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I can't argue with that.
As said the 16v exhaust cracks anyway so a collector and an off the shelf exhaust is the way to go.
Years back when I had a Honda CB500-4 the 4 pipes rotted as they did. Expensive but I bought brand new ones and decided to preserve them.
However for every day use I also made up a 4-2 using the headers. I was lucky enough to be working on a very large scale project with lots of piped services. A certain sub contractor made me up a pair of manifolds in very thick walled copper pipe to make a 4-2 system. They worked brilliantly...got them on the bike and all fitted up then took them off and got them chromed. They lasted really well. But I hate to think what they would have cost off the shelf. The copper was an interesting call but it made huge sense and all it cost me was the cost of the chrome plating. I did all the set up and it took some measurement work to set them out.
I hit extremely lucky with the K1100 and found a brand new K1100 Remus for less than the cost of a collector and pipe. But anything like list price and the BSK collector would have been the way to go. Take off the K1100 exhaust if its good and sell it on.
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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