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Offline paulages

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good product/supplier for cb550 4-into-1 header?
« on: December 12, 2005, 11:54:43 AM »
anyone got a good link for a good-priced header (no muffler) for a '76 cb550F? i might just get an entire kerker system, which seems to priced about the same everywhere i've found, but the current plan is to buy a silencer from carpy, which supposedly is a yoshi copy.

okay, this is a tech topic...my next question is: what combo seems to provide the best performance for a street bike, that hopefully sounds nice? i've read the suspension performance article in the articles section on this website which reccomends the action four header with a kerker muffler, and i know there have been several threads discussing this topic, but i figure everyone probably has their 2 cents to pitch in, and maybe somebody's got something new to offer.

i know several people will probably just reccomend a stock setup, but that may be as hard if not harder to find than an aftermarket setup.
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Offline pablo78cb550

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Re: good product/supplier for cb550 4-into-1 header?
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2005, 03:00:55 PM »
Why not just buy a Mac 4 to1, and leave off the silencer?
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Offline Dennis

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Re: good product/supplier for cb550 4-into-1 header?
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2005, 04:19:43 PM »
........ i might just get an entire kerker system, which seems to priced about the same everywhere i've found, but the current plan is to buy a silencer from carpy, which supposedly is a yoshi copy.

 

You found Kerker systems for the 500/550's?
I thought I heard that they were not available.
Where did you find them?

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Re: good product/supplier for cb550 4-into-1 header?
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2005, 04:39:18 PM »
sorry, i meant to say mac systems.

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Why not just buy a Mac 4 to1, and leave off the silencer?

because i'd rather not pay for something i might not use...i'd rather just buy the header if i can.
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Re: good product/supplier for cb550 4-into-1 header?
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2005, 07:01:43 PM »
MCSC 550 4-into-1s are $219 at loudfastugly.com, show chrome.

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