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It seems like this "problem" the boxers have had forever would be a moneymaker for aftermarket exhaust pipe and SHIELD manufacturers to make some money. A shield that is hidden- clamped to the headers that present chrome to the visable side of the headers would be the ticket here. Maybe even BMW themselves could address this condition like the rest of the motorcycle world, instead of not giving a crap.
Strange - but in about 20 years of riding BMWs no one has ever made that comment to me. I look at bikes as a tool to ride, not as something to polish (NTTAWWT..)You then ride the RT to work and people ask why you put old pipes on a new bike ! How do respond to that ? They are thinking what you have already thought in the garage.
For 20 times the cost , I expect better from BMW !
You do have one OE option if have enough bux: The RT has always been avaialble with chrome pipes. If you (or the original purchaser) didn't check off the chrome exhaust option when the bike was ordered, you can always buy a replacement set of chromed head pipes directly from BMW.It would be great to have chrome some how. It's just the screwed feeling you get when you bring home a brand new $20K + bike and the exhaust pipes are already tarnishing up, and with the predetonating noises .You notice/compare it to the bike sitting next to the RT , an old 29 year old, $1250.-- Silverwing which still has nice shiny original pipes and it still doesn't predetonate. You then ride the RT to work and people ask why you put old pipes on a new bike ! How do respond to that ? They are thinking what you have already thought in the garage.
For 20 times the cost , I expect better from BMW !
I'm fairly sure that pipes that don't blue are double walled. I don't know how much weight double walled pipes would add, but BMW doesn't seem interested in using them. On the plus side, the stainless exhaust on my 85 K100 were still solid after 22 years. The chromed steel mufflers on my Japanese bikes had holes after about five years.
BMW does know how to do double-wall head pipes -- but the only time they have used them of which I'm aware is the R1200C -- precisely because the anticipated customer base was not expected to tolerate blue pipes.I'm fairly sure that pipes that don't blue are double walled. I don't know how much weight double walled pipes would add, but BMW doesn't seem interested in using them.
"Yeah - they get that way when you actually ride the bike.."