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Fitting a Delkevic exhaust system on my CB550F 1977
McCabe-Thiele (Ted):
I have been toying with the idea of fitting the Dekelvic system to my 500 to save money - this is putting me off somewhat - I might have to raid the imaginary gold reserves and fit the original 4 pipe system - a decision possibly for a new fiscal year.
:( :( :(
Trigger:
Delkevic code for the CB550F is COM320B
Delkevic code for the CB550K is HDR000B
CB500 four is the same frame as CB550 K0, K1, K2
CB550F1 frame is the same as a CB550 F2
CB550K3 is different and stands on its own.
Looks as you may of order the wrong one ? What Delkevic part number do you have ? And is the frame stamped with CB550F or CB550K ?
alexdecker:
Ugh, I ordered mine from the US website, where they only have one link and a text that tells the customer this will fit them all (here: https://delkevic.com/full-system-to-fit-cb500-four-1971-1973-cb550-1974-1975-cb550k-1975-1978-cb550f-1975-1977-with-classic-straight-universal-muffler-and-stainless-steel-4-1-downpipes/).
I see now on the UK site that you can select specifically a C550F model and get the part number you are referring to :(
Hopefully the pipes, head and muffler are the exact same, and it is only the bracket that differs!
Sesman:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on July 23, 2023, 09:23:47 PM ---I have been toying with the idea of fitting the Dekelvic system to my 500 to save money - this is putting me off somewhat - I might have to raid the imaginary gold reserves and fit the original 4 pipe system - a decision possibly for a new fiscal year.
:( :( :(
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Ted, the Dekelvic fits just fine if the correct one is ordered and delivered. The one on my F2 almost fitted itself. Having said that, if you have a 500, I’d be tempted to swallow the additional cost of a replica 4 pipe system as it looks and sounds much nicer on the 500. I was even tempted to fit one to the 550, but it just seemed too radical and I live in hope of finding an original or copy 4:1.
alexdecker:
--- Quote from: McCabe-Thiele (Ted) on July 23, 2023, 09:23:47 PM ---I have been toying with the idea of fitting the Dekelvic system to my 500 to save money - this is putting me off somewhat - I might have to raid the imaginary gold reserves and fit the original 4 pipe system - a decision possibly for a new fiscal year.
:( :( :(
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Don't be too discouraged Ted. On the .co.uk website, you can choose specifically which model the exhaust is for, and I think this makes sure that you get the correct parts. You can't do that on the US website (where I ordered mine), and in the headline it just says that this fits all of the models, which it obviously doesn't. The exhaust in itself is very well made and looks and sounds really nice!
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