GS1100g exhaust

[drtytim]

Hi all, I have n 82 GS1100g, I want to do somthing with the exhaust, not sure whate to do with it. I want to keep the dual pipes(I really don't like the 4 into 1) so I was wondering what everyone else is doing, and your thoughts. here's a pic of the bike now

[nvr2old]

The thing to ask might be, how much time and effort, and/or money that you want to spend. Looks like a bit of road rash on the right pipe, so sand blasting the whole system and painting it black would probably be the easiest and most cost effective. After taking a grinder to the rash to smooth it out a bit, the black would hide it nicely, too. Smoothing it out and ceramic coating it silver would be cool, but expect a few hundred bux to do the whole system. Still cheaper than a new 4 into 1.

[Nessism]

I concur on the sandblast and refinish in black suggestion. If you want to change the look there are various aftermarket mufflers on the market that could be welded onto the stock head pipes. JC Whitney has various types, and there is always Harley mufflers which about 99.9% of all new Harley owners ditch within the first 10 miles of ownership, thus they are readily available and cheap.

[drtytim]

I thought about doing that, I wish they were about 6-8 inches shorter