Topic: cmsnl.com stores oem exhaust for the CB350F

[Raul CB750K1]

I recall having read they were unavailable. I stumbled upon them searching for some Suzuki parts.

Pity the $ is so weak now against the euro....


http://www.cmsnl.com/products/muffler-kitoem_01800333610/

[kghost]

Damn it...did you have to show me that?

Guess I'll have to save my pennies...

[hoodellyhoo]

We've been talking about this in the For Sale section. Aparently DSS will be stocking them too, so someone is making them again. We just don't know who.

[bryanj]

Possibly Honda, they had the jigs but No2 (I think) was faulty so they just stopped manufacture, if enough people nagged perhaps they re-jigged

[Reverend66]

These boards get me in more trouble. How the hell am I going to explain $1100 missing from the bank account?

[heffay]

These boards get me in more trouble. How the hell am I going to explain $1100 missing from the bank account?

explain 1500 instead w/ the help of some jewelry.

[heffay]

now, legally... no one should be able to call their product "OEM" unless it was made by the original equipment manufacturer... wouldn't it have to be Honda?

[333]

Who says that they're not OEM?  The part number looks like a true Honda number.  And I realize that this doesn't prove anything.  In fact, at least for the U.S. market, it isn't a valid part number, nor has it ever been.  Honda has never marketed a exhaust kit for any of these bikes for our market.  But that doesn't mean that they won't fit.  I'm sure they will.  The only difference between the U.S. models and the others is color and different lights.

[heffay]

i sure didn't say they weren't OEM.

i think you misread.

[Soos]

Cool they're making pipes for the honda 4's again!

Too bad CMSNL.com doesn't carry any for the cb650. 


l8r

[333]

now, legally... no one should be able to call their product "OEM" unless it was made by the original equipment manufacturer... wouldn't it have to be Honda?

So what were you saying, Hef?

[heffay]

on the cmsnl site... they say OEM

since they are OEM... they legally must have been made by Honda.  correct?

[ttr400]

I see on the DSS site he also has them. GBP 596.00 Non-Honda replacement.

Set of 4 exact replica of the original.

Kevin

[Raul CB750K1]

If you do a search by the part numbers, they also pop up -and it doesn't say they are not OEM-

http://www.cmsnl.com/searchparts.php?s_product1=18300&s_product2=333&s_product3=618&partslistPageSize=25&totalresults=


If you want them, I would suggest take the numbers to your Honda dealer and ask for them. They will insert the numbers in their computers and chances are Honda is selling them again. You won't have to pay shipping and if they arrive damaged you won't have to buy them.....

[hoodellyhoo]

How much you want to bet someone buys a set and puts it on ebay for a crazy price, just so they can make a buck off the poor fellow who didn't do his homework.

[333]

There are 4 part numbers for the 4 pipes.  They are 18300-333-618, 18400-333-618, 18500-333-611, and 18600-333-611, for pipes 1 through 4 respectively.  The last section of each part number may change, as it has to do with supersedes, and/or change of actual manufacturer( Honda doesn't always make the actual parts, sometimes they sub them out(Heffay)).

[OakBehringer]

I was at my dealership over the weekend getting an oil filter and asked about these muffs. They told me they are not made by Honda.

[kghost]

I was at my dealership over the weekend getting an oil filter and asked about these muffs. They told me they are not made by Honda.

Dealers say all sorts of stuff.....some of its even true once in a while.

[333]

CMSNL is in The Netherlands.  The U.S. has a different set of parts available than the rest of the world.  And I'd like to think that if the OEM phrase is used, that it has to be a true Honda part, just as the law states for the U.S..  Most Americans, much less dealers, are totally unaware of the models available only outside the U.S..  So I wouldn't put too much faith in what a dealer says about parts from The Netherlands.

[SOHC4 Cafe Racer Fan]

333 is right.  The OEM parts are not always manufactured by Honda.  Tires are a prime example.  There are usually 2-3 different tires for a car or motorcycle that are specified as OEM, so that a car or motorcycle manufacturer has ample parts to complete the end product.

[heffay]

CMSNL is in The Netherlands.  The U.S. has a different set of parts available than the rest of the world.  And I'd like to think that if the OEM phrase is used, that it has to be a true Honda part, just as the law states for the U.S..  Most Americans, much less dealers, are totally unaware of the models available only outside the U.S..  So I wouldn't put too much faith in what a dealer says about parts from The Netherlands.

333 is right.  The OEM parts are not always manufactured by Honda.  Tires are a prime example.  There are usually 2-3 different tires for a car or motorcycle that are specified as OEM, so that a car or motorcycle manufacturer has ample parts to complete the end product.

was gonna say the same thing but figured why would someone believe me/us over someone who is employed to spout bullsense.

i never go to the dealer for info.  

i'm not saying i know it all either but they think they do... thats the problem.

[fmctm1sw]

i never go to the dealer for info.  

i'm not saying i know it all either but they think they do... thats the problem.

I agree 100%.  In this day and age, there is no excuse for not being able to walk in and know as much, if not more, than the salesman on a floor.  Same holds true for almost anything... 

[kghost]

i never go to the dealer for info.  

i'm not saying i know it all either but they think they do... thats the problem.

I agree 100%.  In this day and age, there is no excuse for not being able to walk in and know as much, if not more, than the salesman on a floor.  Same holds true for almost anything... 

My dealer (well the Manager at least) rides a 74 CB750K.........

Used to drag race a 750 back in the day........

[Jonesy]

Lots of parts for our bikes were made by other manufacturers..

Horn- Mitsuba
Wiring Harness- Sumitomo Electric
Alternator Coils, Voltage Regulator, Rectifier- Hitachi
Gauges- NipponDenso, Nippon Sakei
Rims- D.I.D. (can't remember the words in the acronym.. Daido something)
Sparkplugs- NGK or Denso
Control Pods, Ignition Coils and Points- TEK (Tokai Electric ... ?)
Battery- Yuasa
Lights- OE Stanley
Mufflers- Sankeii (stamped on the back of the later rolled mufflers found on the 750 and 550)
Brake Calipers- Tokico
Key Switch- Niles (No longer in business)
Carburetors- KeiHin

These are all items I've seen manufacturer names on. Other items, such as filters, were likely made by someone else too..

So, the pipes could have been made by the company that once supplied them, but not directly through Honda. This then begs the question if they are doing this with Honda's permission.

[BobbyR]

The Japanese use a large number of subcontractors. It is not worthwhile to fab up your own parts. This company probably made the exhaust for Honda. There is a tip off on hidden on this page if you can find it. http://www.sankei-gk.co.jp/global/p_04.html

More likely someone bought the dies and is producing the pipes in China or Vietnam.