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Offline Mantree

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Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« on: March 18, 2014, 05:34:15 PM »
I have been building a 72 cb750 into a touring bike for my girlfriend starting with lowering the bike back to a reasonable hight (PO had installed +4 forks on and I had trouble touching at 6'6).  Now I am having trouble with the home made 4 into 1 scrapping on speed bumps.  I was thinking of using a flat 4 into 1 collector to save vertical space.  I was hoping that someone else  had a  set like this that I could look at.  I'm also looking at lowering the rear just a bit because with the cb550 forks the front I about 1" short now (rider is 5'4) and I need to shorten the center stand and kickstand (90 deg with the kickstand down and takes 3 people to get it on the center).   

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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #1 on: March 18, 2014, 05:44:26 PM »
sounds like it's still quite a hack job... buy stock parts and stop suffering... and stop riding over speed bumps.
i know, not what you wanted to hear... but if you're 6'6" and can't lift the rear off the ground, well um...
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #2 on: March 18, 2014, 05:52:45 PM »
Scroll down to the bottom of the page in the link, you can buy the flat collector from these guys....

http://www.coneeng.com/collectors.html
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #3 on: March 18, 2014, 06:22:16 PM »
The Kerker exhaust hit on speed bumps on my stock K5....
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2014, 10:19:49 PM »
My Kerker scrapes a bit also ('76 750F).  My easy solution is to take the bumps slow & at an angle.  :)

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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2014, 03:55:02 AM »
CycleX has some sidewinder exhaust options as well, both 4 into 1 and 4 into 2:

http://www.cyclexchange.net/Honda%20SOHC%20High%20Performance%20Exhaust%20Page.htm
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2014, 09:45:52 PM »
Check out an F2 header 77/78 factory 4 into 1. They're pretty flat and can fit a K. The 75/76F do not fit with a drum brake pedal.
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #7 on: March 23, 2014, 06:39:30 PM »
Thanks retro rocket I spotted that was 1 option I was thinking as for not getting the rear up the center stand has been cut and extended with a custom kick to help with the pos mods now that its up the rear is almost 5" off the ground.  I did find this set up that I think I will copy
http://home.earthlink.net/~castleman/pipes.html
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #8 on: March 25, 2014, 07:14:15 PM »
Has any one done scrambler pipes before

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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2014, 04:47:27 PM »
I have a picture of F2 pipes on my projects thread. 76 cb750 F1 brought back from the grave. Dont ask why I have F2 pipes with an all F1 bike but it works.

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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #10 on: October 14, 2014, 06:23:27 AM »
Thanks I actually found stock 4 into 4 pipes from a 74 750k now I just need flanges


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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #11 on: October 14, 2014, 07:09:59 AM »
I have been building a 72 cb750 into a touring bike for my girlfriend starting with lowering the bike back to a reasonable hight (PO had installed +4 forks on and I had trouble touching at 6'6).  Now I am having trouble with the home made 4 into 1 scrapping on speed bumps.  I was thinking of using a flat 4 into 1 collector to save vertical space.  I was hoping that someone else  had a  set like this that I could look at.  I'm also looking at lowering the rear just a bit because with the cb550 forks the front I about 1" short now (rider is 5'4) and I need to shorten the center stand and kickstand (90 deg with the kickstand down and takes 3 people to get it on the center).

I actually like the way the flat collector looks.
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Re: Flat 4 into 1 exhaust
« Reply #12 on: October 14, 2014, 09:06:04 AM »
Either a F0/F1 or a F2/F3 header.
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