Two Brothers M2 Carbon Fiber Exhaust with P-1 Power Tips
Practically everyone who has seen the Suzuki B-King in person walked
away thinking they just can't get past the enormous exhaust. What
was Suzuki thinking? I tried to live with it but finally couldn't
take it any more. I looked at Micron, Yoshimura and Two Brothers
exhaust. After allot of research including listening to the sound on
many YouTube videos I decided on the Two Brothers M2 slip on system.
I have to give credit to my nephew Adam Green, who is a parts Guru
at Tacoma's Cycle Gear on 38th. He has a Two Brothers Exhaust
system on his GSXR and has been very pleased with it's sound and
performance. I purchased the Two Brothers M2 Carbon Fiber cans from
Cycle Gear in Tacoma and had Hinshaw's install them for me. As
always Jim Speer's (Service Manager) mechanics did a great job on
the installation as they always do. When I picked up the bike the
moment of truth came when I depressed the start button and that big
1340cc engine came to life. Wow! The engine had a nice deep but loud
roar to it. I was very please to say the least. I was a bit
concerned about the noise level though. Since I plan on riding this
bike for a couple hundred miles a day load pipes can wear on ones
every last nerve. Once I took care of my bill I was on the road
headed for home. By the time I was half way home that roar had been
resonating in my helmet to the point my ears were ringing slightly.
Not good! I rode straight up to Tacoma's Cycle Gear and ordered the
P-1 Power tips. They make two models. P1-R (-2 - -3 db) and the P-1
(-4 to -5 db). I went with the P-1 power tips. Once they arrived I
installed them while my video camera captured the event. The install
was very easy and required only a Torxs bit. It wasn't long and I
was leaning over the tank ready to once again depress the start
button to hear the new sound. What a difference the Power Tips made.
The pipes still had that throaty sound but it was more subdued and
at 2,000 RPM it didn't have that deep loud resonating sound. The
Power Tips did exactly what they were suppose to do. One thing to
note is that Two Brothers designed there exhaust systems so the use
of the two different Power Tips does not rob from performance. After
the installation of the Two Brothers M2 slip-on exhaust Jim Speer
from Hinshaw's stated the end product had a much cleaner look then
the Yoshimura's. The video above shows the installation process with
before and after sound samples. The modification took about 15
minutes. Another successful modification goes into the books.
