Buyers guide for an 83 gs1100e?

[adam83]

I went ahead and bought it!


Drove about 60 miles, about 50 of those miles on the highway. You'll be hearing alot more from me now.

I love the bike, but definitely gotta address some issues, number one being this delkevic exhaust. It is very loud and has a head ringing 'drone' to it, anything over 3000 rpm. So basically anytime you're on the highway. My head was aching by the time I got back home.
looking at the pictures, does it look like the baffle has been altered? Is this exhaust known for having a loud drone?

[Rob S.]

Congrats! Looks real nice in the pics. Of course I'm curious about $ (I have an 82 painted like an 83).

[rphillips]

I've never been around a Delkevic pipe but it looks really restricted, hard to imagine it would be very loud. Back in the day we would completely remove the baffles & run with completely wide open pipe. Bike looks really nice. Forget about that bike's eng. yr. model, entire bike looks way too nice & original to even think of such a thing. Congrats, I'd say you did good.

[Grimly]

I love the bike, but definitely gotta address some issues, number one being this delkevic exhaust. It is very loud and has a head ringing 'drone' to it, anything over 3000 rpm. So basically anytime you're on the highway. My head was aching by the time I got back home.
looking at the pictures, does it look like the baffle has been altered? Is this exhaust known for having a loud drone?

Yep, I have the same Delko megaphone and it's a total pita.
It's near enough a straight-through and the Delko baffle is a joke, which makes a slight difference to the harsher notes, but not enough.
I ended up welding a Supertrapp assembly on the exit, which mitigates the racket somewhat, but I still wouldn't call it quiet.

[dorkburger]

Regarding the exhaust... I had an 83 1100e many years ago. It had a crappy Mac exhaust. I ended up building a baffle for it with a small turnout (approximately 45?) on the end to direct a lot of the noise away from the bike. It helped quite a bit.

congratulations on buying a fine looking cycle.