I have been plodding through my newly acquired K5, tidying up and sorting bits here and there as required, there are a few bits needing fettled as it original, wheel rims looking a bit forlorn with chips and thinning chrome. I had a look at the exhaust system and noticed the both the right side are HM341's but both the left are HM300's.
With the bike being over 40 years old there have probably been various changes to it by previous owners and why the HM300's were fitted we will never know, there could be lots of reasons.
The bike starts easily and runs nicely through the rev range the way it is, would the differing exhausts make a great deal of difference to the running of the bike in the long term?, if so what would be my options?
The K5 is basically my first 4 cylinder bike in 46 years of having bikes, mostly twins, (although I did get a CB550 which was certainly not as described and was sold within a week without me even riding it), so I am learning about the 4's as I go.
I have restored a number over the years from a Guzzi 1000S to my BSA Lightning Clubman , which I have just sold after 21 years of ownership. I don't have a problem working on the bike but as I mentioned 4s are new to me and I would rather ask a question than horse on and make a mess of something.
I appreciate any advice given regarding the different pipes.
Cheers