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Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« on: March 02, 2008, 09:59:42 AM »
State your favorites and why you like them.

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Yoshimura

Bassani

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2008, 10:17:43 AM »
400f... becuz they's beauuuuuteeful!   ;D

never used aftermarkets on an SOHC4... should be an interesting thread.
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2008, 10:28:20 AM »
Yosh...
nice bends.

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2008, 10:44:51 AM »
How about stock 350F pipes....now those are expensive
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2008, 10:46:00 AM »
400f... becuz they's beauuuuuteeful!   ;D


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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2008, 11:17:46 AM »
i said it in another thread, and i'l say it again here: IMO noone -honda or aftermarket- has topped the grace and beauty of the cb550F 4-1 header. the 400 comes really close, but not quite. i always wondered why honda's 4-1 for the 750 was so ungainly, and why no aftermarket company ever made one similar for any of them.


that said, i'd like to see kerkers and supertrapps more readily available. and of course yoshis.
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2008, 11:28:39 AM »
Pops Yoshimura made the sweetest pipes for any bike, IMHO

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2008, 01:28:04 PM »
A decent muffler assembly for the stock 550F 4-1 header would be nice.

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2008, 02:51:02 PM »
affordable 4-4 for the 750

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2008, 03:57:55 PM »
i said it in another thread, and i'l say it again here: IMO noone -honda or aftermarket- has topped the grace and beauty of the cb550F 4-1 header. the 400 comes really close, but not quite. i always wondered why honda's 4-1 for the 750 was so ungainly, and why no aftermarket company ever made one similar for any of them.


that said, i'd like to see kerkers and supertrapps more readily available. and of course yoshis.

I wish I could find some like that for my 550K  :-\

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2008, 07:27:37 PM »
paulages, that is by far the best looking header made for these bikes. thats exactly what i wish i could have for my cb500....but it looks like its going to be a belly button MAC for me

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2008, 08:08:45 PM »
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2008, 10:30:49 PM »
they are some sexy pipes there paulages, might try something like that when i make mine for the cafe
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2008, 11:05:09 PM »
Those CB550F pipes really are nice looking, but reduce lean angles like the CB750 F1 pipes did, I threw my shiny new F1 away around a corner once when the muffler "grabbed" the road.

For mine, Megacycle Engineering here in Oz make the best pipe I've seen in a while, but I'd kill for a Bassani pipe, they were the ants pants! Cheers, Terry. ;D
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #14 on: March 03, 2008, 07:39:40 AM »
i've never seen ant pants or bee knees, but i hear they're all the rage!   ;D
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2008, 10:14:00 AM »
I dig the RC pipe for a street bike, but that's cause I've got one.  Has a decent muffler, hugs the frame close to keep the lean clean.  I'd like to see the Yosh pipes reproduced, but perhaps with more of a street-muffler (or atleast the option for one).

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2008, 12:12:23 PM »
i've never seen ant pants or bee knees, but i hear they're all the rage!   ;D

I tell you what Heffy, if you saw a bee wearing ants pants, you'd think it was the ducks nuts! ;D
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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2008, 04:00:11 PM »
i've never seen ant pants or bee knees, but i hear they're all the rage!   ;D

I tell you what Heffy, if you saw a bee wearing ants pants, you'd think it was the ducks nuts! ;D

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Re: Which Headers would you like to see make a Comeback??
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2008, 04:22:29 PM »
I always liked the sound of Kerker 4-1 on CB750's.  Bassani 4-2 on a KZ650 was a nice sound as well.
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