Author Topic: CB500 exhaust headers on CB550  (Read 1346 times)

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Offline MotoRico

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CB500 exhaust headers on CB550
« on: January 22, 2007, 07:39:35 AM »
Will these fit?  I have a 74 CB550 with a hole in the exhaust.  Turns out it is illegal in Texas to weld said hole so I need a new exhaust.  I believe the headers would swap between the two, CB500 and CB550.  Is this correct?

Offline cafe75-550

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Re: CB500 exhaust headers on CB550
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2007, 08:27:24 AM »
I believe you're right, and this topic has come up a number of times....

A quick search of "cb500 exhaust" gave me these

http://www.sohc4.us/forums/index.php?topic=5802.0

http://www.sohc4.us/forums/index.php?topic=7949.0

There are a lot of interchangeability threads on here, a quick search usually will give you what you need...
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